Chandigarh: The UT engineering department has floated a tender for the construction of the PGI-PU pedestrian underpass,.The construction is to be completed in six months at an estimated cost of Rs 8.4 crore. This is the second time the tender has been floated.According to the project plan, the underpass will be around 14 metres wide…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: In a bid to plug the gaps and ensure full collection of daily revenue from the paid parking lots, the municipal corporation, Chandigarh, has deployed engineering staff to keep vigil on the parking employees and their working. The move came following an internal assessment that parking lots are not generating full revenue…
Panchkula: Alongside traditional vehicle-based and foot patrols, the Panchkula police has now introduced mounted police patrols. The objective of this initiative is not only to effectively control crime, but also to extend police reach to areas inaccessible to standard vehicles.As part of this initiative, the team from Sector 21 police post, led by In-charge Didar…
tnnPanchkula: Under the large-scale ‘crime and encroachment-free’ campaign of the Panchkula police, illegal shanties were demolished in Sector 14 on Thursday.The police said as part of this special drive, thorough verification was being conducted of migrants and suspicious individuals living in illegal shanties and makeshift settlements along roadsides in various parts of the city.Following identity…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: All opposition political parties on Thursday slammed Chandigarh BJP president Jatinder Pal Malhotra for his alleged remarks over Punjabi. While on one side Congress workers, led by its youth leader Sachin Galav, held a protest on the issue, other opposition parties like the AAP and SAD said the statement of BJP leader…
Chandigarh: In a dramatic turn, two shooters — Sunny Mehra (22) and Aryan Sharma (19) — arrested for allegedly killing a 45-year-old chemist shop cashier in Sector 11, were injured in a police encounter early Thursday when they allegedly tried to escape after a police vehicle bringing the duo from Jammu met with an accident…
Sahil Malik, the suspect in double murder, was arrested In Panipat on Thursday Mohali/Panipat: In a chilling twist to the Lalru property dealer murder, police say the accused nephew, Sahil Malik, allegedly went on to kill another man near Panipat within hours of shooting his uncle. The bullet-riddled bodies of Rahul Malik and Ankush were…
Chandigarh: CBI Thursday arrested former Panchkula municipal corporation commissioner Ram Kumar Singh in the Haryana govt funds misappropriation case, making him the first IAS officer to be arrested in the scam.Singh’s arrest has intensified the probe into the alleged siphoning of public funds from the corporation’s account maintained at Chandigarh’s Sector 32 branch of IDFC…
Sandeep.Rana1@timesofindia.comChandigarh: Almost entire Panchkula will get covered with mechanized road sweeping as the civic body is for the first time going to expand its vehicles strength from current two to eight.The corporation body has sent about Rs 18 crore proposal to the state government to hire six more mechanized sweeping vehicles. Currently, the corporation has…
Amritsar: Two days ahead of BJP national president Nitin Nabin’s maiden visit to Punjab after taking over as party chief, new Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon and BJP national general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Chugh visited Amritsar on Thursday, paid obeisance at the Golden Temple and held a public outreach programme.Nabin is…
