BJP’s Akshita Saini elected Ambala mayor | Chandigarh News

BJP’s Akshita Saini elected Ambala mayor | Chandigarh News

Ambala: BJP candidate Akshita Saini won the Ambala City municipal corporation mayoral election by 21,358 votes on Wednesday, securing 52,794 votes against Congress candidate Kulwinder Kaur Saini’s 31,436. Independent candidate Sonia Chaudhary polled 21,730 votes.The BJP also dominated the ward elections, winning 16 of the 20 seats. Congress won three wards, while one seat went…

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Who is Raghav Goyal? BJYM-linked man held in Punjab Vigilance bribery case | Chandigarh News

Who is Raghav Goyal? BJYM-linked man held in Punjab Vigilance bribery case | Chandigarh News

BATHINDA: Raghav Goyal allegedly arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a Rs 20 lakh bribery case from a five-star hotel in Chandigarh late on Monday belongs to Malout town in Punjab’s Muktsar district. Malout resident Raghav Goyal is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). He was reportedly in Chandigarh with…

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Rural students outshine urban peers as Punjab Class X pass percentage dips | Chandigarh News

Rural students outshine urban peers as Punjab Class X pass percentage dips | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh: Punjab School Education Board’s Class X results this year presented a mixed picture, with the overall pass percentage declining from last year even as rural students significantly outperformed urban candidates and girls maintained their lead over boys.The PSEB declared results on Monday, with 2.5 lakh students clearing the examination out of nearly 2.7 lakh…

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Punjab’s new drug worry: Study flags misuse of pregabalin | Chandigarh News

Punjab’s new drug worry: Study flags misuse of pregabalin | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh: A multicentric study across Punjab and Chandigarh has flagged high levels of non-medical use and dependence on Pregabalin among patients undergoing treatment for substance-use disorders, prompting calls for urgent clinical and policy intervention.Pregabalin is a prescription medication commonly used to treat neuropathic pain, epilepsy, fibromyalgia and generalised anxiety disorder. The study, conducted by doctors…

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After raids and searches, ED arrests Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora | Chandigarh News

After raids and searches, ED arrests Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh: Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora, 62, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday in connection with a newly registered money laundering case involving him and several entities allegedly linked to him.The operation began Saturday morning when ED teams arrived at Arora’s residence in Sector 2, Chandigarh. After a daylong search, the minister…

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AFD moves to cancel 24×7 water project | Chandigarh News

AFD moves to cancel 24×7 water project | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh: Flagging lack of progress for nearly four years, French development agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has written to the department of economic affairs (DEA), Union ministry of finance, seeking an early meeting to discuss cancellation of the proposed pan-city 24×7 water supply project in Chandigarh.In its communication, AFD said the move would trigger…

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A story separated by time: Sakoon Singh on her new novel in Chandigarh | Chandigarh News

A story separated by time: Sakoon Singh on her new novel in Chandigarh | Chandigarh News

A bookstore in Sector 8, Chandigarh, made for an intimate and fitting setting recently as Chandigarh-based author Sakoon Singh stepped into conversation about her latest work, Fourteen Springs of Separation, a historical fiction that reaches back into the turbulent heartland of nineteenth-century Punjab. In dialogue with Dr Manpreet Kaur, a historian whose academic grounding lent…

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