Chandigarh News

Chandigarh Mayoral Election: Voting began around 11 AM, and the unexpected cross-voting by three alliance councillors paved the way for BJP’s triumph.

Last year, the Vigilance Bureau of Punjab uncovered a gang that was involved in scamming common people with the help of a local Senior Town Planner of Municipal Corporation of Jalandhar.  

The decision came in the wake of the massive protests by students who were demanding action against the allegations that objectionable videos of several girls were recorded by a fellow hosteller and shared on social media. 

Protests rocked the campus of Chandigarh University in Punjab's Mohali over allegations that objectionable videos of several women students were recorded by a hosteller, following which Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann ordered a probe.

Congress slammed Punjab CM of not taking efficient action on University girls hostel video leak case Ranjeet Ranjan said that Bhagwant Mann should stop playing Twitter-twitter and see this as a serious issue "This is an issue related to women and students, it is a very serious issue," she said

A woman hosteller of a private university was arrested on Sunday for making porn objectionable videos of her fellow hosteller. She illegally sent the nude images and videos to a male friend in Shimla, resulting in the footage being circulated online. Eight students living in the hostel attempted suicide when they saw their video on the Internet.

"The previous world record for the largest human image of a waving a national flag-- earlier achieved by GEMS Education in Abu Dhabi, UAE-- has been broken and a new world record has been created by NID Foundation and Chandigarh University in today`s event," said Swapnil Dangarikar, an official of the Guinness World Records Adjudicator. 

The horrific incident took place during lunch time in the school when several students were playing near the old tree.

IAS officer Sanjay Popli was arrested on June 20, for allegedly demanding a 1 per cent commission as a bribe of Rs 7 lakhs for clearance of tenders for laying of sewerage pipeline. 

KCR attacked Centre over farmers' issues. Telangana CM is on a week-long national tour. He provided financial assistance to kin of farmers who died during year-long farmers' agitation.

"When I was young, we were told in schools in Gujarat to visit Chandigarh": Amit Shah "It seems as if the architects of France have designed Chandigarh": Shah Shah inaugurated the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) in Chandigarh

Blackout in Chandigarh due to strike by electricity department workers Many areas of the city are without electricity and water The administration has accused the striking workers of "acts of sabotage"

All public libraries are allowed to operate with 50% of the capacity All the coaching institutes can function with 50% of the capacity

Chandigarh has eased Covid-19 curbs. Markets can stay open till 10 pm. Students above15 years must be have had at least 1 jab to attend offline classes.

Out of the total 36 votes, 28 were polled while seven Congress councillors and the lone Shiromani Akali Dal councillor abstained.

50 people will be allowed in indoor gatherings. Govt and private offices will operate at 50% capacity.

Only those people who have taken both the doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be allowed to enter these places, stated the official order of SDMA, UT Chandigarh.

Polling for the 35 seats of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has begun at 7:30 AM. About 6.3 lakh voters including three lakh women are eligible to cast their votes. BJP currently holds a majority in the current House but may see strong competition from AAP.

In Chandigarh, a 20-year-old man from Italy has tested positive for Omicron, while in Andhra Pradesh, a 34-year old man from Ireland was diagnosed with the new COVID-19 variant.

The Chandigarh Consumer court found a Manali Hotel and a travel firm guilty of cheating two honeymoon couples with false photographs of rooms during booking, fined Rs 27,000.