The Latest Breaking News from CHANDIGARH

Chandigarh: Man gets 20-year jail for raping minor

CHANDIGARH: A local court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 20-year jail term and fined him Rs 1.10 lakh for raping a 11-year-old girl in June 2019.

The Times of India · Feb 8, 2022

Chandigarh education department to interview teachers on February 14, 15

CHANDIGARH: There has been a shortage of teachers in the Chandigarh education department for a long time and the department has started rectifying the situation.

The Times of India · Feb 8, 2022

Union budget focuses on the welfare of every section, says Haryana chief minister

CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that the budget for the year 2022-23 presented by the Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman is focused on digitalization and infrastructure.

The Times of India · Feb 1, 2022

Can’t direct courts to expedite matrimonial cases in pandemic times: Punjab and Haryana HC

CHANDIGARH: Citing the impediment in courts’ working in the Covid-10 scenario, the Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that it cannot direct the family courts to expedite the matters related to matrimonial disputes and decide these in a time-bound manner.

The Times of India · Jan 19, 2022

Water pressure low tomorrow

CHANDIGARH: Due to maintenance of 66 KV grid sub-station at Water Works, Kajauli, on January 21, there will be no pumping of raw water from its phase I to VI, which will affect the water supply.

The Times of India · Jan 19, 2022

Hindustan Times journalist claims she was laid off at Amarinder Singh’s behest

On September 12, Sukhdeep Kaur, a journalist in Chandigarh, posted on Facebook that she had been pressured to resign from Hindustan Times after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh complained to the newspaper’s management about her adversarial reporting. When she resisted, Kaur claimed, she was handed a termination letter on September…

Newslaundry · Sep 16, 2019

The lure of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

For much of the English news media, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is somewhat of a joke who first burst onto the scene with his viral song, Love Charger in 2014.He’s been steady fodder since with his music videos, blingy fashion sense, hairy back and five movies.The self-styled ‘messenger of god’…

Newslaundry · Aug 24, 2017

UGC nods to one-week deadline for final decision about NET after students’ protest

As part of All India Students Association’s (AISA) nationwide call, student activists held protests, Save NET exam, across the country. This included protests in Delhi, Chandigarh, Allahabad and Uttar Pradesh.

Newslaundry · Jul 5, 2017