CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday felicitated the state's athletes and coaches who won medals in the recently held 19th Asian Games held in China.

CHANDIGARH: In a heartwarming reunion, a woman who was brought to One Stop Center Sakhi-26 by Police Station in Sector 19 in Chandigarh on August 19, was reunited with her family on Friday.

CHANDIGARH: A fire broke out in Chandigarh PGI’s Nehru Hospital and 424 patients were evacuated, officials said on Tuesday, adding that the patients requiring ventilators were moved to safer areas and there was no causality.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on Tuesday asked all Deputy Commissioners to assess and enhance efforts aimed to prevent stubble burning.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on Thursday said the Union government had selected 3,893 benchmark schools in the state based on their performance in seven domains.

CHANDIGARH: In the middle of the show, a young man starts shouting, and rushes towards the stage. Armed guards accompanying entitled bureaucrats in Chandigarh even inside the auditorium try stopping him. He gets more agitated. Everyone is expecting the worst. There is an elderly woman accompanying him, she tells something to the guards who are unable to understand. Finally, Varun Grover asks her 'what is the problem' in a low voice, and she answers that her son is special. By then, the young man had climbed up the stage. Grover tells the guards to back off.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday rode a Royal Enfield motorcycle in his hometown Karnal to reach the airport.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said persistent efforts to kick-start the PGIMER Satellite Centre in Ferozepur had finally borne fruit with the PGI, Chandigarh, appointing an executing agency to construct the Rs 233 crore centre and inviting bids for it.

CHANDIGARH: As India on Thursday suspended visa services in Canada citing "operational reasons", Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal on Thursday said "this is set to create great hurdles, uncertainty and anxiety for Punjabis".

CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh-based Chander Mukhi Sharma, former Secretary General of the Basketball Federation of India, on Tuesday was re-nominated to the FIBA Appeals Commission, a high-power body that sits in judgment of all legal matters concerning the governance of sport of basketball in the world, including if required the decisions taken by FIBA (International Basketball Federation).

CHANDIGARH: To tackle unauthorised commercial construction within residential areas of cities, Haryana Chief Minister Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced to formulate a policy for commercial construction in residential areas.

CHANDIGARH: Amid chants of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Vande Matram', mortal remains of third-generation soldier Col Manpreet Singh and his colleague Major Aashish Dhonchak, who made the supreme sacrifice while protecting the nation from the terrorists in Anantnag, were cremated with full military honours at their hometowns in Punjab and Haryana, respectively.

CHANDIGARH: As digital threats continue to evolve and pose challenges, Haryana Police on Wednesday said it has decided to give cyber security fresh momentum.

CHANDIGIARH: The much-anticipated release of a comprehensive report, providing the perspective of farmers on the challenges they face in reducing stubble burning, has shed light on an issue that has long been a concern for both the environment and the farming community.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced the development of an industrial area spanning 100 acres under the Programme to Accelerate Development for MSME Advancement (PADMA) scheme in Khanpur village in Hisar district.

CHANDIGARH: A woman was allegedly gang-raped by accomplices of a sub-inspector in Haryana’s Palwal when she went to a police station to file a complaint against her husband, officials said.

CHANDIGARH: Less than a fortnight after dissolving over 13,000 gram panchayats in Punjab, the government on Thursday informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it will withdraw the notification regarding the dissolution of gram panchayats in the state.

CHANDIGARH: A day after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said a Congress MLA has been issued notice by the police in connection with the July 31 Nuh violence, state Home minister Anil Vij on Tuesday alleged that MLA Mamman Khan was in touch with Nuh rioters.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Monday informed the assembly that “if any person wants to get a personal inspection of a house which is partially or completely damaged due to floods or excessive rains, such person can submit a report in writing to the Sub-divisional Magistrate (SDM) within one month”.

CHANDIGARH: Accusing the Congress of “orchestrating” the communal violence in Nuh district on July 31, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Monday informed the Assembly that the government “is democratic and secular, allowing people of every religion to freely practice their religious activities based on their beliefs”.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday congratulated international athlete Neeraj Chopra for winning the gold in javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships.

CHANDIGARH: Congress legislators led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday staged a walkout from the Haryana Assembly, demanding the resignation of minister Sandeep Singh, who has been booked on charges of sexual harassment and wrongful confinement of a woman coach.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said the government has decided to regularise 450 unauthorized colonies situated beyond the municipal limits, falling under the purview of the Town and Country Planning Department.

CHANDIGARH: To press for their demands,cab and auto ricksaw drivers have extended their hundger strike for an indefinite period. According to their earlier plan, the strike was to end yesterday.

CHANDIGARH: Two Municipal Corporation (MC) officials, who were arrested by the CBI in a case of corruption two days ago, have been suspended.

CHANDIGARH: A local court sent constable Virender of the Chandigarh Police, who was arrested in a case of extortion, to judicial custody for 14 days. Virender was produced beofre the court after his three-day police remand ended on Thursday.

SHIMLA: The Chandigarh-Shimla national highway, the main lifeline of the Himachal Pradesh capital and upper areas of the state, was closed again after a massive landslide in Solan district early Friday, police said.

CHANDIGARH: The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh swung into action to remove illegal stocking of dry waste and removed 24390 Metric tones of dry waste stocked by junk dealers near Shahpur colony, sector 38 west, Chandigarh, unauthorised.

AMBALA: The court of Additional Sesions Judge Man Pal Ramawat, while sentencing a man to life imprisonment for remainder of natural life for raping his 13-year-old daughter, said if a girl is not safe in the company of her father,the nobody can save her.

CHANDIGARH: On the edge over the murder of two cab drivers in Mohali over the past three months,over the past
three months, cab and auto-rickshaw drivers have decided to go off roads from Thursday, when the Cab Auto Union
Front will also launch and indefinite hunger strike in Sector 25 to draw attention to their safety concerns.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Banwari Lal Purohit on Tuesday prohibited air travel and star hotels for officers of the UT visiting Delhi.

SHIMLA: The traffic on Chandigarh-Shimla National Highway 5, which was closed for traffic near Solan following landslides, was restored after over 10 hours of closure on Wednesday for light vehicles.

LUDHIANA: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday handed over cheques of Rs 1.75 lakh each to 25,000 beneficiaries, totalling a sum of Rs 101 crore, for construction of houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) scheme.

CHANDIGARH: Two persons, including the brother of a former BJP councillor, were arrested by the CBI while accepting Rs 3 lakh in bribe from a resident of Ram Dardar on behalf of a UT police constable, Pawan, who s absconding.

CHANDIGARH: A dog owner has been booked by the police after his pitbull dog attacked a two year old boy in Sector 32.

CHANDIGARH: Three days after the Council of Ministers gave the gohead to the Home Delivery of Atta scheme, Governor Banwarilal Purohit today questined its rollout.

CHANDIGARH: Angel One Limited, formerly known as Angel Broking Limited, India's most trusted Fintech company, has launched the #SuperIsHere campaign.

CHANDIGARH: Police have arrested a 22-year old man for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 17-year old girl who
hanged herself at home in Sector-40 on Sunday morning.

CHANDIGARH: Additional Sessions Judge Jaibir Singh has sentenced a UP resident, Sanjay,to six years of rigorous imprisonment each in the two cases.