The Latest Breaking News from CHANDIGARH

CHANDIGARH: Ahead of Punjab’s state budget for 2022-23, trade and industry stakeholders in the state want Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema to honour his “no new tax” assurance while offering new incentives despite poor financial health of the state.

CHANDIGARH: One of the unsung heroes of Indian athletes, 1978 Bangkok Asian Games double gold medallist Hari Chand breathed his last in Jalandhar late on Sunday night. He was 69.

CHANDIGARH: The enforcement wing of the municipal corporation (MC) has removed 40 unauthorised hoardings and served notices of Rs 1.8 crore to five violators in sectors 22, 27 and 34. Anindita Mitra, commissioner, MC, has ordered officers to crack down on people putting up illegal hoardings violating advertisement control order,…

CHANDIGARH: Police have arrested a minor boy for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl twice in March and on May 8.

CHANDIGARH: Subhash Chawla on Saturday resigned as the president of the Chandigarh Congress, without elaborating on the reason and saying he "would speak on the issue in a couple of weeks".

CHANDIGARH: Congress removed Haryana MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi from all party posts, including the CWC, after he cross-voted for the BJP-backed Independent candidate in the RS polls, resulting in the defeat of Congress's Ajay Maken. Bishnoi, who belongs to the anti-Hooda camp, is now set to quit the party or be…

CHANDIGARH: A group of men turned violent after a nightclub refused them entry at Kalagram on Friday night, damaging eight cars and pelting stones.

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh judo team comprising nine players, two coaches and two managers left for Chandigarh to participate in the 4th Khelo India Youth Games, being organised in Panchkula, Haryana. Chief referee Munawar Anzar, referee Deepak Gupta and technical officer Sanjay Kumar Gupta have already reached Haryana.

CHANDIGARH: Come June 15, the Punjab government will start plying Volvo buses to New Delhi airport from various parts of the state. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann made this announcement on Friday afternoon and said that the service will break the monopoly of private players, who he accused of exploiting people.