Tag: Chandigarh

Chandigarh: With people feeling the pinch after tomato prices soared to Rs 100 per kg, an “on-demand hyper-local transport and logistics app” Jugnoo has offered to make doorstep delivery of tomatoes at just Re 1 per kg. With its “Tomato Loot” initiative, Jugnoo has offered to deliver tomatoes at only Re 1 per kg for one […]

Chandigarh: Haryana police have issued summons to 45 members of a committee of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect to appear before it regarding the violence that erupted following the rape conviction of the Dera chief on August 25, police sources said on Friday. Police sources said a hard disk, which reportedly contains details of transactions […]

Chandigarh:The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in Chandigarh has once again ruled that shops cannot charge extra value added tax (VAT) on items sold on discounted price, saying that by doing so they are “indulging in unfair trade practice”. Penalising Benetton India Private Ltd, the forum, presided by Rajan Dewan, observed: “The act of Benetton […]

Chandigarh: Senior journalist K.J. Singh and his aged mother were found dead in their residence in Mohali town in Punjab, adjoining Chandigarh, on Saturday, police said. Both victims were attacked by their assailants with a sharp-edged weapon in their house in Phase 3B2 of Mohali, 10 km from here. Police said that Singh’s mother, Gurcharan Kaur, […]

Chandigarh: After Dera followers indulged in large-scale violence on Friday following their leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s conviction in a rape case, the Haryana Police on Saturday said the jailed godman will not be brought to Panchkula for the sentencing on Monday. CBI court judge Jagdeep Singh while convicting the Dera chief in the 2002 […]

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday directed authorities to withdraw 1,000 police personnel from VVIP security and deploy them to strengthen security in the state, an official said. A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting presided over by the Chief Minister ahead of the judgment by a Haryana court this […]

Chandigarh: The 10-year-old rape victim, whose abortion plea was turned down by the Supreme Court, today delivered a baby through C-section at one of the government hospitals here, a senior doctor said. The girl’s condition is stable. “The minor girl delivered a baby through C-section this morning. The infant’s weight is 2.2 kg and it […]

Chandigarh: A court in Ludhiana has issued fresh arrest warrants against controversial actress Rakhi Sawant after she failed to appear before it, court sources said on Tuesday. Rakhi had been directed by the court to appear before it on August 7 (Monday) but did not come and her lawyer told the court that she was away […]

Chandigarh: Andrew Charter put up a superb show under the bar to guide Kalinga Lancers to their second consecutive final of the Coal India Hockey India League (HIL) as they prevailed over Uttar Pradesh Wizards 4-3 (4-4) via penalty shoot-out at the Chandigarh Hockey Stadium here on Saturday. The match went to the penalty shoot-out […]

Chandigarh: Mobile Internet services have been suspended for 72 hours in Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh, ahead of the court verdict in the sexual exploitation case against the Dera Sacha Sauda sect head tomorrow. The decision to suspend mobile Internet services was taken in a coordination committee meeting of Haryana, Punjab and Union Territory Chandigarh held under […]

Chandigarh: The driver and conductor of a private bus were arrested after a woman alleged that she had been molested by a passenger near Punjab’s Khanna town, police said today. The incident took place near Khanna town, 60 km from here, yesterday when the woman boarded the bus from Sirhind town to Sahnewal near Ludhiana. […]

Chandigarh: The Punjab Police on Monday conducted raids at various places in Ludhiana district after a young woman alleged she was gang-raped by 12 men at a farmhouse near Jagraon town after she and her male friend were attacked and abducted. No arrests have been made so far. The victim, aged around 20 years, told […]

Chandigarh: More than 10 per cent voting was recorded in the first three hours of polling to Punjab’s 13 Lok Sabha seats on Sunday in the seventh and final phase of the general elections, officials said. Voting began at 7 a.m. in the constituencies of Patiala, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Jalandhar (SC), Hoshiarpur (SC), Anandpur Sahib, […]

Chandigarh: What is the highest price you have paid for a pair of bananas? Could be Rs 12 or maximum Rs 20 probably. Calm down, because actor Rahul Bose was charged more than Rs 400 for two bananas and he doesn’t seem to be happy. The actor has expressed shock over the price of the […]

Chandigarh: A nine-year-old girl died after she was allegedly raped by her father in Rohtak district of Haryana, police said on Wednesday. According to the victim’s mother, she and her husband have been living separately. Her husband took their daughter to his home on November 27 and allegedly raped her, the woman said in her […]