In a bid to enhance its operational efficiency and responsiveness, the Chandigarh Police has implemented a substantial reshuffle involving over 2,700 personnel. The transfer orders, affecting ranks from sub-inspectors to constables, were issued on Tuesday following the approval of the Police Establishment Board (PEB). The Chandigarh Police, which now has over 6,000 officers, has undergone […]
Indian Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman read out the Union Budget 2024 – 25 on July 23rd, 2024. This was her seventh time doing a union budget and her first activity since the re-election of the BJP-led NDA government in June. The areas targeted by this budget are employment generation, skills development, MSME support and […]
The discovery of a fraudulent medical certificate scam operating in the centre of Chandigarh has led to a startling revelation. The swindle, which involves a fake medical laboratory and an immigration consultant, has conned many people who want to travel overseas. Jai Karan Joshi, an immigration counsellor and the operation’s leader, was first caught scamming […]
In response to increasing demand from student organizations, Punjab University (PU) has relaxed the requirements for Scheduled Caste (SC) students enrolled in the Post Matric Scholarship (PMS) program regarding fee payments. The Ambedkar Students Association (ASA) and other student organizations repeatedly protested the challenges students experienced in fulfilling the fee requirements, and as a result, […]
An ex-serviceman in Ambala district, Haryana, brutally murdered six members of his own family, including his mother and a six-month-old baby, following a heated land dispute. The event shocked the community. The offender, a 45-year-old former soldier named Bhushan Kumar, was detained on Monday for the horrific act that took place in Rataur village on […]
The Chandigarh police have disrupted a perfectly planned immigration scam that cheated over a hundred individuals out of lakhs of rupees. 102 passports have been retrieved, and three people—including the mastermind—have been caught. Ashish Sharma, who claimed to have been tricked along with seven other people by Jai Karan Joshi, the owner of M/S Golden […]
With Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing a major reduction in customs duty on cancer drugs and mobile phones, it is set to considerably bring down their prices in the market. The three cancer drugs are Trastuzumab deruxtecan, Osimertinib and Durvalumab.The Finance Minister also announced a reduction of customs duty on mobile phones and mobile chargers […]
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her 7th Union Budget in Lok Sabha announced tax sops for over 4 crore salaried individuals.Those under the new tax regime, have been given relaxation in the standard deduction limit from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000 while the deduction on family pension for pensioners has been enhanced from Rs Rs […]
Student-led protests in Bangladesh have intensified, forcing over 1,000 students from India and neighbouring countries to flee the violence. The unrest stems from a controversial quota system for government jobs, sparking clashes and leaving a trail of death. The Bangladeshi government previously reserved 30% of civil service positions for families of war veterans who fought […]
Eight people, two of whom are women, have been taken into custody by Zirakpur, Chandigarh, police for posing as NIA agents and trying to extort ₹69 lakh from a local. Veerpal Singh, a resident of Sector 39, Zirakpur, was the target of the gang’s July 17 incident, which was reported. The gang pretended to be […]