Tag: Chandigarh

Besides being a resource hub, the centre has achieved heights in capacity building by organising more than 50 workshops and webinars for around 3,500 program managers and academicians.

The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research here on Thursday said it has started the 'human milk bank' service for inborn neonates.

New Delhi: The northern states of India were rocked by a moderate intensity earthquake on Wednesday. Tremors were felt in Delhi and the adjoining regions this afternoon along with Union Territory of Chandigarh and other states in the zone like Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana. The earthquake, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, […]

Chandigarh: Bringing joy to people of Odisha, home team Kalinga Lancers today evening became champion in the Coal India Hockey India League after thrashing Dabang Mumbai 4-1 in the final clash in Chandigarh. Glenn Turner’s field goal in the 18th minute and twin penalty corner conversions from captain Moritz Furste in the 30th and 59th […]

Bhubaneswar: Kalinga Lancers will take on Dabang Mumbai in the final match of Hockey India League (HIL) to be held in Chandigarh today. Mumbai and Lancers entered the finals of the fifth edition HIL by winning their respective semi-finals against Delhi Waveriders and Uttar Pradesh Wizards at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium in Chandigarh on […]

Chandigarh: Over 750 boxers, including 300 in the womens section, will participate in the second BFI Junior National Championships, starting at the Chandigarh University, Mohali, from Wednesday. The event organised by the Punjab Boxing Association gives an opportunity to the young pugilists, representing 30 states in 13 weight categories, to come up through the ranks […]

Chandigarh: Punjab has procured over 115 lakh tonne of paddy this kharif season, food and supplies officials said on Monday. Government agencies and private millers have procured 11,592,262 tonne of paddy in Punjab till Sunday evening.Over 99 per cent of the paddy has been procured by government agencies while the remaining has been procured by private […]

Chandigarh: Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife Navjot Kaur have been summoned by a one-man commission conducting an inquiry into the Amritsar train tragedy in which 60 people were killed on October 19. Senior IAS officer B. Purushartha, who is conducting the inquiry in Amritsar, has asked the Sidhu couple to appear […]

Chandigarh:Taking a lead over other parties in the state, the Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday announced the names of five candidates for the Lok Sabha elections likely to be held in April-May next year. The AAP has retained two outgoing MPs, Bhagwant Mann (Sangrur) and Sadhu Singh (Faridkot). The names […]

Chandigarh: A court in Haryana has sent two of the main accused in the gang rape case of a 19-year-old college student to four days police custody, police said on Monday. The Haryana Police’s Special Investigating Team (SIT) on Sunday arrested the two main accused, Pankaj and Manish. Both were on the run for 11 […]

Chandigarh: The Haryana Police’s Special Investigating Team (SIT) on Sunday arrested the two main accused in the Rewari gang-rape case. The accused, Pankaj and Manish, were on the run for almost two weeks. They were arrested from Satnali in Mahendragarh district. The victim, a 19-year-old school topper, was abducted and gang-raped after being drugged on […]

Chandigarh: Chandigarh and its surrounding areas were hit by a massive dust storm on Friday evening followed by rain. The city and nearby areas were plunged into darkness around 5 p.m. with high velocity winds, dust and rain continuing for over one hour. Trees were uprooted and branches fell at several places. Power supply was […]

Chandigarh: A minor fire in the Haryana secretariat building here on Thursday led to a scare among people. Three fire engines were rushed to the spot to extinguish the fire. No casualty was reported in the incident, police said. The fire was noticed on the second floor of the building in the morning before the […]

Chandigarh: A Class 12 student allegedly shot dead the principal of his school in Haryana’s Yamunanagar on Saturday, police said. The victim, Rita Chhabra, was sitting in her office when the alleged assailant came and opened fire on her from close range from his weapon. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she died. The […]

Chandigarh: Chandigarh BJP MP Kirron Kher’s unsolicited advice to a young woman who was gang raped earlier this month here by an auto-rickshaw driver and his two accomplices has stirred a controversy. Kher said on Wednesday that the victim should have been more cautious and not boarded the auto-rickshaw in which three men were already sitting. […]