The Latest Breaking News from CHANDIGARH

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government has appointed AAP Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha as chairman of the temporary advisory committee to the state government on matters of public importance. An official spokesperson said chief minister Bhagwant Mann cleared the file in this regard here on Monday.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday issued notice to Mahinder Kaur of Bathinda on a plea filed by actor Kangana Ranaut against her summoning in a defamation case by a lower court.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Monday submitted the copy of the challan, presented against Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in connection with the sacrilege cases before the Punjab and Haryana high court. The report was filed by the state in response to the plea filed by…

CHANDIGARH/JIND: One more MLA of Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), which is an alliance partner in BJP’s Manohar Lal Khattar-led coalition government in Haryana, has expressed displeasure over the functioning of his own party leader and deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala.

AMRITSAR: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday took a swipe at former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son, former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, saying it was they who diluted Punjab’s claim on Chandigarh.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced that no industrial unit will be set up at the proposed site near the Mattewara forest so as to save the precious water resources and trees of the area.

CHANDIGARH: Saarth Singla from Chandigarh scored 99.99 percentile (285 out of 300 marks) to top the Tricity in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main 2022, the results of which were declared on Monday.

CHANDIGARH: Three days after the tragic incident at Carmel Convent School, Sector 9 that resulted in the death of a student, the UT administration has decided to axe two “overmatured” heritage trees in Sector 19 Vatika School and engineering department’s nursery in Sector 23 and prune three others — one…

CHANDIGARH: The share of private vehicles on major junctions varies from 79% to 90% while that of buses from .4% to 2.6%, according to an interim report of the Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES).

CHANDIGARH: MP Kirron Kher inaugurated two community centres in sectors 20 and 30 on Monday. Both community centres have been constructed by the UT engineering department and have been handed over to the MC after inauguration. The community centres have been equipped with new features and will provide multiple facilities…

CHANDIGARH: Leader of Opposition (LOP) Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday criticised the Bhagwant Mann government for appointing AAP Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha as chairman of the advisory committee to the state government on matters of public importance.