Chandigarh

The corporation has maintained essential cleanup services during the strike by prioritising field-level monitoring, stakeholder coordination, and participatory community solutions. Panchkula: The Panchkula municipal corporation (MC) will table a proposal in its upcoming House meeting to reduce garbage collection charges for local market associations that take responsibility for sweeping their own commercial areas.The initiative follows…

Ambala: Six H1N1 cases have been reported in Ambala and Yamunanagar, prompting health authorities to step up surveillance and advise residents to take precautions against the infection.Ambala civil surgeon Dr Renu Beri said three cases had been reported in the district, including a four-year-old girl who suffered a seizure and was referred to PGIMER, Chandigarh….

Kangra: A dispute between four tourists from Punjab and local residents over vehicle passage and parking at McLeod Ganj turned violent on Aug 24, leaving two people injured on each side.Kangra SP Kulbhushan Verma said the tourists got into a scuffle with local residents over a parking/pass issue. During the altercation, the tourists allegedly attacked…

The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at eight locations across India. MOHALI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches at eight locations in connection with a suspected fake call centre fraud and money laundering case, with sources indicating that a key premises linked to the alleged operation was located in Sector 108, Mohali.According to sources, the…

IED seizure in Chandigarh Chandigarh: The three youngsters — two still in their teens — arrested with a suspected IED and a pistol from a forested area behind ISBT Sector 43 on Sunday night were operatives of a Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) module, working under the directions of foreign-based handlers, Chandigarh Police said on Monday.The…

A planned transformer theft was foiled when the getaway vehicles got stuck in the mud. BATHINDA: For a Swift car and the recovery truck sticking in the mud in the fields of Takhtupura village in Moga prevented a suspected theft of electricity transformer. The police have arrested one if the accused while two others are…

Nomination papers can be filed on Aug 25 and 26 Chandigarh: The District Bar Association (DBA), Chandigarh, has announced the schedule for its 2026 elections, with polling set to take place on Sept 11 at the District Courts Complex, Sector 43.According to the election committee, nomination papers can be filed on Aug 25 and 26…

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s wife, Gurpreet Kaur, on Saturday sent a legal notice to former Punjab and Haryana high court judge Ranjit Singh CHANDIGARH: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Punjab govt and its police chief over a complaint alleging that CM Bhagwant Mann’s wife Gurpreet Kaur sought Rs 5…

Mohali: A minor girl suffered around 80% burns after a man allegedly sprayed sanitiser on her and set her on fire at her residence in Industrial Area, Phase 7, Mohali, on Friday.Police said the accused allegedly locked the room from outside and fled after the attack. The girl was rushed to the civil hospital, Phase…

180 ETT (Elementary Teacher Training) Teachers Union members, accompanied by their families, staged a protest outside Punjab finance minister Harpal Cheema’s residence over their various demands. CHANDIGARH: Members of the 180 ETT (Elementary Teacher Training) Teachers Union, accompanied by their families, staged a protest outside Punjab finance minister Harpal Cheema’s residence over their demands. They…