Regional

JBT teachers scam: HC directs Delhi government to consider afresh ex-Haryana CM’s plea for early release

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the AAP government to consider afresh former Haryana chief minister O P Chautala’s plea for early release from jail in a teachers’ recruitment scam. A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal set aside the Delhi government’s April 3 order of rejecting Chautala’s plea to […]

Regional

ALL-WOMEN PCR VANS TO BE MOBILISED IN 5 CITIES TO HELP STRANDED WOMEN REACH SAFELY HOME AS CAPT AMARINDER ORDERS SCALING-UP OF POLICE PICK-DROP FACILITY

Chandigarh, December 19: Further scaling up the police pick-drop facility for women in distress, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered all-women PCR vans to be mobilized in major five cities of Punjab to provide safe transport in response to such calls. PCRs rushing to help stranded women seeking to be dropped safely to […]

Tricity

Chandigarh: Cycle track around Sukhna Lake to be lit up at a cost of Rs 80 lakh

A STRETCH of cycle track from Sukhna Lake towards Madhya Marg will be lit up at a cost of Rs 80 lakh. The street lighting of the track at this stretch would be done through underground piping. According to UT officials, cyclists have been facing trouble as the tracks would remain dark. Therefore, they decided […]

Tricity

4,000 field employees of Chandigarh MC to get compulsory GPS-enabled watches from January 15

Chandigarh Come New Year and all 4,000 field employees of the Chandigarh municipal corporation will be under strict monitoring. The municipal corporation will provide the employees with GPS-enabled wrist watches from January 15 onward. This is a one-of-its-kind project of the civic body to keep a tab on employees at work. Each field employee will […]

Tricity

Two College Students Shot Dead in Sector 15 by Unidentified Gunmen

Chandigarh Two college students from Haryana were shot dead by unidentified assailants at their rented accommodation in Sector 15 area here, police said on Thursday. The victims, both in their early twenties, have been identified as Ajay, a student of a private university, and Vineet, who was attending a government college here, Superintendent of Police […]

National

GST Council Meeting: No rate hike, vote for single lottery rate

New Delhi The all-powerful GST Council, in its 38th meeting here on Wednesday, voted for uniform rate of 28% on lotteries across the country. Despite pressure to boost revenues amidst a shortfall, the GST Council chose not to tamper with the rates. It was decided to extend the annual date of GSTR 9 filing to […]

Regional

Internet and Mobile services suspended in parts of Delhi

New Delhi The protest against the new citizenship law is heating up in national capital Delhi. As a precautionary measure, the government has asked mobile phone operators to suspend voice, data and internet services in some areas. The order to suspend the services was issued on Wednesday. The users of Airtel were first to find […]

Regional

Exams Time is here: CBSE Class 10, 12 Board Exams Begin On February 15

New Delhi The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), one of the biggest education boards of the country, conducts class 10, 12 board exams for more than 30 lakh students, every year, in both class 10 and class 12 level. Of the 240 subjects in which the Board conducts the exams at secondary (class 10) […]

Tricity

Ranji Trophy: Kapil Dev’s son Ankit Kaushik saves Chandigarh Cricket Team

Chandigarh A couple of years back, he fell one short of equaling former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record of 14 sixes in the Vijay Hazare trophy but on Tuesday, Ankit Kaushik bailed Chandigarh out with a sedate century as the hosts posted a healthy 274 for 5 before bad light forced an early closure […]

Tricity

Charging Rs 12 for carry bag costs Domino’s Rs 5 lakh

Chandigarh The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed the fast food chain to deposit Rs 5 lakh in the Poor Patient Welfare Fund of the PGI and to stop the unfair trade practice. Jitender Bansal, a resident of Sector 27-D, had filed a complaint against Domino’s Jubilant FoodWorks Limited, Sector 8-B, Chandigarh, and its […]