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Woman claims Prince Harry promised to marry her; court calls it ‘day dreamer’s fantasy’
Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently dismissed a petition filed by a Lawyer seeking action against Prince Harry Middleton son of Prince Charles Middleton resident of the United Kingdom and…
- Entertainment
Sonu Sood appointed brand ambassador for Punjab’s anti-COVID vaccination programme
Chandigarh: Actor Sonu Sood has been made the brand ambassador for Punjab’s anti-coronavirus vaccination programme. During the coronavirus-induced lockdown last year, the actor had helped migrants reach their home states. Sood catapulted to…
- India
Night curfew in Chandigarh as COVID cases rise
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration decided on Tuesday to impose curfew from 10 pm to 5 am in the wake of the soaring coronavirus cases in the city. The night curfew will be implemented…
- Bollywood News
BJP MP Kirron Kher suffering from blood cancer, undergoing treatment
Mumbai: Bollywood’s veteran actress and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher is suffering from multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. This shocking news was disclosed by Chandigarh BJP president Arun…
- Bollywood News
Kanika Kapoor excited about new song ‘2 seater car’
New Delhi: Singer Kanika Kapoor is excited about her new song “2 seater car”, which released recently. The track, as Kanika puts it, is a “conversation” between two lovers. “I am always…
- India
Faridabad court convicts two in Nikita murder case
Chandigarh: A fast-track court in Haryana’s Faridabad on Wednesday convicted two men in connection with the murder of Nikita Tomar, five months after she was shot outside her college in a crime caught…
- Andhra Pradesh News
Andhra spurious drugs probe leads DCA to Chandigarh
Amaravati, March 1 : Following the detection of substandard Azithromycin antibiotics in Andhra Pradesh recently, the state’s Drugs Control Administration (DCA) has dispatched a team of officials to Chandigarh as the wholesaler…
- India
Punjab housewife bags Rs 1 crore in lottery
Chandigarh: A housewife from Amritsar has won the first prize in a lottery worth Rs 1 crore from a ticket that cost her Rs 100. As per a statement from the state…
- News
Haryana to table anti-conversion bill in upcoming budget session: Minister
Chandigarh: The Haryana government will bring in a bill against religious conversions through force or fraudulent means in the upcoming budget session of the Assembly, state Home Minister Anil Vij said here on…
- India
Ice sheet hanging on mountain fell, landmass also came into river valley: DGIRE director explains glacier burst
Chandigarh: After conducting an aerial recce and collecting evidence from Raini village, the Defence Geo Informatics Research Establishment has submitted an initial report on the Chamoli glacier burst that said that a…
- India
Cavalcades of tractors from Punjab, Haryana set out for R-Day tractor parade
Chandigarh: Several batches of farmers from Punjab and Haryana set out on Saturday in their tractor-trolleys and other vehicles to take part in the proposed tractor parade on January 26 in Delhi. Carrying…
- Photos
Congress workers protest in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Police use water cannons on Congress party workers to stop them from entering Raj Bhawan during their protest against the new farm laws, in Chandigarh, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (PTI Photo) Chandigarh: Police…
- India
AAP to provide free Wi-Fi to protesting farmers
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday announced free Wi-Fi facility to farmers protesting against the Centre’s ‘black’ agriculture laws at Singhu border, Delhi. It said this would help them address the…
- India
Security forces recover 11 grenades dropped by Pakistan near border in Punjab
Chandigarh: The security forces have recovered 11 hand grenades dropped by a drone launched from Pakistan in Salach village, located about one km from the International Border, in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, police…
- Top Stories
Unable to bear ‘farmers’ plight’, Sikh cleric shoots himself dead
Chandigarh: A Sikh preacher supporting the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s agriculture laws allegedly committed suicide near the Singhu border in Delhi on Wednesday, police said. A handwritten note in Punjabi, purportedly…
- India
Chandigarh bans hookah bars to contain COVID-19
Chandigarh: In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, Chandigarh on Monday imposed a ban on the operation of hookah bars in the Union Territory from December 14 to February 11. An order issued…
- Top Stories
Days after taking vaccine, Haryana health min Anil Vij tests COVID positive
Chandigarh: Days after voluntarily taking a test dose of Covid-19 vaccine, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Saturday said that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to a hospital.…
- India
Haryana’s first woman MP Chandrawati dies at 92
Chandigarh: Haryana’s first woman MP and former Puducherry Lt Governor Chandrawati passed away on Sunday. She was 92. The senior Congress leader was undergoing treatment at the Rohtak’s PGIMS hospital where she had…
- India
Chandigarh bans firecrackers
Chandigarh: Sale or use of firecrackers has been completely banned in Chandigarh in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, an official said here on Friday. The directions have been given as a containment…
- India
Haryana govt mulling law against ‘love jihad’: Anil Vij
Chandigarh: The Haryana government is mulling a law against “love jihad“, Home Minister Anil Vij said on Sunday, a day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced his government would bring legislation…
- India
Farm bills: Punjab Youth Congress to burn Modi’s effigy on Dussehra
Chandigarh: The Punjab Youth Congress on Saturday said it will burn an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Dussehra as a symbolic protest against the three farm laws…
- India
Punjab schools to reopen from Oct 15
Chandigarh: The Punjab government said on Monday that a decision had been taken to reopen schools and coaching institutions from October 15 in a graded manner. Students of only classes 9-12 are…
- India
COVID-19: One more death, 98 new cases in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: One more death due to COVID-19 in Chandigarh took the toll to 192 while 98 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 13,260 in union territory on Monday. There are 1,170…
- India
Punjab BJP chief’s vehicle attacked in Hoshiarpur
Chandigarh: The vehicle of Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma was allegedly attacked by some protesting farmers at the Cholang toll plaza in Hoshiarpur district, police said on Monday evening. Windowpanes of his…
- Politics
Vijai Vardhan is new Haryana chief secretary
Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Wednesday appointed senior IAS officer Vijai Vardhan as the state’s new chief secretary. Vardhan, 58, replaces Keshni Anand Arora, who retired on September 30, an official order said.…
- India
Will fight against farm laws on all fronts: Punjab CM
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh extended his government’s full support to the agitating farmers on Tuesday and assured them of all possible legal and other steps to fight the “draconian new farm…
- India
Amarinder mourns the death of economist Isher Judge Ahluwalia
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday mourned the death of eminent economist Isher Judge Ahluwalia. Isher Judge Ahluwalia, the wife of noted economist and former Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek…
- India
Ready to lead fight against farm bills: Amarinder
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said he is ready to lead the political fight against the three anti-farmer bills passed in Parliament. I will do what it takes to save…
- India
Punjab Cabinet nod to setting up Vigilance Commission
Chandigarh: The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to set up a multi-member state Vigilance Commission for more transparency and to check corruption among public servants. The proposal is in line…
- Politics
AAP MLA Aman Arora tests COVID-19 positive
Chandigarh: Punjab Aam Aadmi Party MLA Aman Arora on Monday said he has tested positive for coronavirus. Arora, who represents the Sunam assembly constituency, said he had been having body ache since Sunday.…
