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The Sampark Centers will start accepting CHB payments from February 17, for cash payments upto Rs 5,000. To facilitate the allottees, the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) authorities have decided that Sampark Centers will collect payments on behalf of CHB from February 17. The UT Administration, while deciding that the Sampark Centers will accept the payments […]
Chandigarh is expected to receive 21,000 vials of Covid-19 vaccine in the first phase, which will be administered to front-line workers, the Centre has informed local health authorities. Even though the date for the rollout to begin has not been communicated yet, authorities said they are ready to start the drive within two days of […]
A Manimajra man was arrested on Thursday for raping a 17-year-old girl after she was found seven months pregnant. The accused has been identified as Abhimanyu, 20. The rape came to light after the minor rushed to a hospital with complaint of severe stomachache and was found pregnant during medical examination. The minor’s family approached […]
Only 77 cases of snatching were reported in Chandigarh this year, lowest in five years and down from 122 in 2019, mainly due to restrictions imposed in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Police claim other initiatives such as mapping of snatching-prone areas, registration of cases against snatchers who stopped attending court hearings and making it […]
The complainant further alleged that due to the negligence of the dentist, she suffered boils and scars in her gums and mouth and was unable to chew her food. The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of Chandigarh has directed a dentist to pay Rs 18,500 to a woman for faulty implanting of dentures. Veena Suri, […]
After failing to get the desired response from city residents for its latest segregation drive, the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) has decided to rejig its strategy. From asking residents to walk to the garbage collection vehicles to dump the waste, MC has now decided to ask its personnel manning these vehicles to collect garbage from […]
Even as a traffic police head constable was suspended on Thursday after being arrested for gambling earlier this week, another Chandigarh cop’s video of allegedly driving under the influence of liquor surfaced online. Head constable Rajesh Kumar was among the 11 people, who were arrested for gambling near a gurdwara in Sector 31 on Monday. […]
A year after the municipal corporation cleared the Sector 22 market of illegal vendors, squatters have returned to the market besides Kiran Cinema in Sector 22-D. Selling their products from unauthorised spots, vendors have set up shop on the railings, pathways and even corridors in front of stores, while others can be spotted walking around […]
As many as 324 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the tricity on Sunday, even as five patients also succumbed to the virus. Chandigarh and Panchkula reported two deaths each, while Mohali confirmed one fatality. With the death of a 65-year-old woman from Sector 49 and a 39-year old man from Sector 52, Chandigarh’s death […]
After partly cloudy skies were observed in the city on Saturday morning, though the skies cleared later during the day, cloudy weather is likely to return on Sunday as per India Meteorological Department (IMD). Officials said, “Cloudy weather is likely on Sunday, but clear skies will return on Monday. Due to the cloudy weather, the […]