Chandigarh (ANI): The Punjab and Haryana High Court will take up the bail plea of former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore on Monday. Rathore, who is now lodged in Chandigarh’s Burail jail, moved the high court with a review petition, seeking bail on medical grounds. Earlier, the Chandigarh District and Sessions Court had [...]
Mullanpur (Chandigarh): With the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) providing jobs to many labourers closer to their native places in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, there is a massive labour shortage ahead of the paddy sowing and transplantation season in Chandigarh”s Mullanpur town. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are reportedly the two main regions [...]
Chandigarh (ANI): Former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore who was sent to jail for molesting Ruchika Girhotra has appealed for suspension of the sentence. Rathore’s lawyer wife Abha is expected to file a petition on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Chandigarh Sessions Court sentenced Rathore to a year and half year in jail for [...]
Chandigarh: A Chandigarh Sessions Court on Tuesday enhanced the jail term for former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) S P S Rathore to another 18 months in the much debated Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. Pronouncing the verdict on a petition filed by Rathore that challenged a CBI court’s decision to sentence him to six [...]
Chandigarh: A sessions court in Chandigarh will pronounce its verdict on the plea of former Haryana General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore challenging the six-month sentence awarded to him by a CBI court for molesting Ruchika Girhotra. Rathore has three cases pending against him in the court, all filed by Ruchika””s family and friends. On [...]
Chandigarh: Organisers of the Shooting World Cup have apologised to the Indian team for harassing them in the United Kingdom. “The organisers have apologised,” said Rajib Bhatia, National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) secretary. “We have now asked for a written apology and are waiting for the letter,” Bhatia added. Meanwhile, Minister of State for [...]
Chandigarh: Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, will be visiting Chandigarh on 7th May and to Baddi and Shimla on 8th May, which is the first-ever high level meetings to be held in both the places. Sharma will address at the Interactive Session with the captains of Industry of Northern Region, which is [...]
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Rural Development has released grant in aid worth Rs.1000.00 lakh (Rs. ten crore only) to Punjab for execution/completion of rural water schemes to provide safe drinking water facilities to rural habitations and schools under Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission for the financial year 2009-10. As per the provisions [...]
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Administration has firmed up plans to make the three day mega event to mark the Baisakhi celebrations from April 11 to 13, an elaborate affair. The celebrations will include musical evenings by renowned Punjabi singers like Jasbir Jassi and Amrinder Gill; live performance by Meghna Naidu, a Telugu sensation; and cultural and [...]
Los Angeles: “The Green Warriors of Chandi’s Fortress”, a zero-budget film shot on recycled tapes using a handy cam about an environmental campaign of Chandigarh, will form part of international “Green Lifestyle Film Festival” in University of California—Los Angeles (USA) from March 19-21. Made by Dr. Gaurav Chabra with one-man crew, this film claimed to [...]
Chandigarh: Cell for Gender Development (CGD), Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Punjab (MGSIPAP) organized a Seminar on “Social, Economic and Political Mainstreaming of Women in Punjab” to commemorate International Women’s Day. Dr. Upinderjit Kaur, Hon’ble Minister of Education, Government of Punjab, graced the occasion. She released a book entitled “Ajoki Aurat – Dasha [...]
Chandigarh: ‘Chandikrit-2010’, an industrial and business bonanza was inaugurated today by Adviser to the UT Administrator, Mr. Pradip Mehra at Parade Ground, Sector-17. The exhibition is being organized by the Department of Industries and will remain open till February 23, 2010 from 10 am to 8 pm. Lauding the efforts put in by the Department [...]
Chandigarh: MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36 today organized the Environment Fest 2010 which was inaugurated by the Adviser to the UT Administrator, Mr. Pradip Mehra. Students of various schools, colleges and Panjab University took part in the fest in different items. Around 1200 students participated in the slogan writing competition, expressing their innovative [...]
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Administration has amended the Punjab Liquor Licence Rules, 1956. The rule will now be called the Punjab Liquor Licence (Chandigarh Amendment) Rules, 2010. This rule will come into force with the immediate effect. In the Punjab Liquor Licence Rules, 1956, in rule 37, for condition 4 (b), the following condition will be [...]