The extreme destruction brought on by the monsoon rains in North India has claimed the lives of thirty-seven people in the last two days. Having suffered devastating weather events over the last two weeks, Himachal Pradesh has reported 72 deaths during this period alone. Everybody else has stopped working because those who lost their loved […]
The order passed by the Supreme Court of India granting the state governments to classify Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) so that there can be quotas for admissions and public employment on this day in August 2024 serves as a turning point. A seven-member bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud made the […]
The Municipal Corporation (MC) of Chandigarh is planning to implement a new smart parking system, which would result in a Rs 5 premium for cash payments at the city’s 89 paid parking lots. The MC invited proposals from August 2 to 23 for the design, development, management, and maintenance of the parking facilities. The new […]
An alarming case of an internet investment scam has engulfed Sunil Kumar Bhargav, a 51-year-old businessman from Sector 12, Panchkula, whereby he lost ₹1.75 crore after some con artists posed as HDFC employees duped him. After realizing that he had been deceived; Bhargav who owns and operates an Ayurvedic medicine-producing pharmaceutical factory located in Kala […]
On July 31, two young sisters in Valmiki Colony, Ambala City, were tragically discovered dead inexplicably at their house. The victims, Yogita, age 11, and Amayra, age 7, were found by their older brother Saurabh, who had forgotten his phone at home and had returned home. The kids were left alone in the house that […]
Dadumajra, Chandigarh, has seen a storm of protests in response to plans to build an integrated solid waste management (ISWM) processing facility. Residents fiercely opposed the idea and demanded another location during a public hearing on Tuesday, turning out in huge numbers. With a capacity of 600 tons per day, the planned plant would be […]
Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Hamas terrorist organization, died in what the group termed a “treacherous Zionist attack” at his house located in Tehran. The incident took place yesterday morning, shortly after Haniyeh had partied with friends during Masoud Pezeshkian’s swearing-in ceremony for president of Iran, and one bodyguard also lost his life during […]
The Chandigarh education department unexpectedly decided to restore the ten headmistresses and school in-charges who had been suspended in May 2024. Their ban came after a well-publicized instance in which a con artist deceived cleaning staff members out of large sums of money by infiltrating and operating within many government institutions. Raju, also known as […]
Chandigarh is about to write history as the first city to lay down a treemap through modern Geographic Information System (GIS) innovations in India. This groundbreaking initiative will see every tree in the city mapped, thus helping to manage and conserve green spaces better. During a critical meeting, the expert committee of the Union Territory […]
A calm and composed Manu Bhaker scripted history to become the first Indian athlete in post-independence era to win two Olympic medals in a single edition of the Games as she combined with an equally unruffled Sarabjot Singh to clinch the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze here on Tuesday. The Indian pair defeated the […]