More than 90 people were killed today as the Syrian military launched an attack on the flashpoint protest city of Hama on the eve of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a human rights activist said. Ammar Qorabi, who heads the National Organisation for Human Rights, said that army attacks across Syria killed at least [...]
Bringing the office of Prime Minister under the ambit of Lokpal would “not be advisable”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today. Singh, who had earlier stated that he was not against the office of the Prime Minister being brought under the Lokpal’s purview, told reporters that the government has taken the decision after “taking all [...]
Yet another attempt to rob cash from an ATM machine has come to light at sector 17 in Chandigarh, highlighting security lapse on the part of the Chandigarh police. Miscreants tried to break open an Automatic Teller Machine of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur at sector 17 in Chandigarh on Saturday night. Bank’s chief [...]
Chandigarh’s Rose garden, which has been a major attraction for tourists visiting the city, is now in shambles. The garden was transferred to Municipal Corporation a month back, and in no time, half the equipment is missing. The water bodies are dirty and wild weed has covered most of the flower beds. Chandigarh has three [...]
Taking advantage of the growing need for domestic helpers, a gang had been duping people on the pretext of facilitating the same. The gang was busted in Chandigarh with the arrest of three. Chandigarh police have arrested three persons including two girls for allegedly duping people off their money. The gang used to operate throughout [...]
The Lokpal Bill and Women’s Reservation Bill are among the significant pieces of legislation on the agenda of the 39-day-long Monsoon Session of Parliament that starts tomorrow. Bills for introduction: 1. The Lokpal Bill, 2011 2. The National Food Security Bill, 2011 3. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2011 4. The Prevention [...]
The Rehri and Booth market body has alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party’s allegations on the booth allotment scam were baseless. The traders held a protest today and burnt effigy of BJP leader Sanjay Tandon. The Rehri and Booth market association of Sector 41 in Chandigarh staged a protest against Bharaitya Janata Party leader Sanjay Tandon [...]
Today is the 72nd martyrdom day of Shaheed Udham Singh. And though political leaders will again make a beeline to pay homage, his native place remains forgotten and neglected. Udham Singh, a revolutionary nationalist, was born on 26 December 1899, at Sunam, in the then princely state of Patiala. He lost his parents before he [...]
Air Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne today took over as the new chief of Indian Air Force succeeding Air Chief Marshal P V Naik. A fighter pilot with a vast operational experience on all kinds of aircraft including Hunters, all variants of the MiG 21s, Jaguars and Sukhoi-30, Browne has clocked about 3,100 hours of [...]
It was jelly beans four years ago and it is Vaseline this time as a controversy erupted in the second India-England Test here when VVS Laxman was accused of using it on his bat to manipulate the Hot-Spot technology in the Decision Review System. “Has Vaseline on the outside edge saved the day for Laxman?” [...]
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