Everything you need to know about Se Ctor 9 Po Chandigarh: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Se Ctor 9 Po Chandigarh: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Washington, May 24 (IANS) Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan made history Thursday as the US Senate confirmed his nomination as a top US judge in a 97 to 0 vote.
Washington, May 23 (IANS) Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him.
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Women find men with styled facial hair more attractive and look for partners with body grooming habits, underlined by the belief that excessive body hair is unattractive, says a survey conducted by Philips India in collaboration with research agency Hansa.
Washington, May 17 (IANS) Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan has moved a step closer to making history as the first South Asian judge on the US Court of Appeals for the American capital.
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) If you thought that chocolate boys and clean-shaven men are the first choice of Indian women, then it's time for a reality check. Women prefer men with different styles of facial hair rather than the boring clean face, reveals a survey.
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Pakistan Thursday sought an investigation into the death of Sanaullah, a Pakistani prisoner who succumbed to grievous injuries after being attacked in India's Jammu jail, and demanded that perpetrators of this "heinous crime be brought to justice".
Chandigarh, May 4 (IANS) Senior BJP leader Satya Pal Jain Saturday sought the sacking of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal over a bribery scandal, saying that an appointment to the powerful railway board could not have occurred without the minister's knowledge.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) From food to music, stand-up comedian-actor Vir Das chooses something or the other to connect with his male co-actors because he feels bromance relies on their off-screen chemistry.
Sonepat, April 14 (IANS) Hosts Haryana registered a comprehensive 3-0 win over Uttar Pradesh in the first semifinal of the Hockey India Sub-Junior Women's National Championship (North Zone) here Sunday.
Sonepat, April 13 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh entered the semifinals from Pool B of the Hockey India Sub-Junior Women's National Championship (North Zone) played here Saturday.
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to Delhi, Punjab and Chandigarh on a petition by Vital Media challenging the ban on its film "Sada Haq" based on a storyline purportedly glorifying those who led Punjab militancy.
Chandigarh, April 8 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday issued notice to the union government and authorities in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh after admitting a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on cancer-causing agents.
Manali, Mar 24 (ANI): The hill town resort of Manali received unexpected snowfall on Sunday, which is proving to be a boom for the area's tourism industry.
Melbourne, March 15 (IANS) Australia vice-captain Shane Watson is likely to return to India for the fourth cricket Test there next week and will also make himself available for the Ashes.
Sydney, March 14 (IANS) Australian cricket team vice-captain Shane Watson, who left the tour of India mid-way, became a father Thursday after his wife Lee gave birth to a baby boy.
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Actor Ram Kapoor took everyone by surprise at the premiere of "Mere Dad Ki Maruti" by dancing on Harlem Shake, a popular dance form.
Nepra (Punjab), March 14 (IANS) At a time when the world is increasingly moving towards paperless offices, the campus of a Punjab-based educational group is 75 percent on the way there. Not only that - there is heavy reliance on social networking sites and new media applications for communicating between students and teachers.
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) Sacked from the team for breach of discipline, Australian vice-captain Shane Watson said he was contemplating retiring from Test cricket.
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) Sacked from the team for breach of discipline, Australian vice-captain Shane Watson said he was contemplating retiring from Test cricket.
Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) Neha Bagga makes her television debut with "Gurbani" as Rajji, cousin sister of the protagonist, and says her onscreen character is akin to her off-screen persona.
Chandigarh, Feb 25 (IANS) The Oscar awards may not have anything common with 'Laddoos', a traditional Indian sweet, but they found a common link in Chandigarh Monday.
New Delhi/ Chandigarh, Feb. 13 (ANI): Indian defence experts on Wednesday said that the allegations of bribery in the purchase of 12 helicopters from the Italian company Finmeccanica, is a very serious matter and it would be sad if the military personnel are found guilty in the deal.
Chandigarh, Jan 11 (IANS) Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice A.K. Sikri has directed courts in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to conduct proceedings in all pending sessions trials involving heinous crimes against women on day-to-day basis.
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Heavy woollens were out as rain, snow and fog heralded the onset of chilly days across north India Tuesday with Leh town in Jammu and Kashmir recording the lowest temperature at a bone-freezing minus 12.4 degrees Celsius.
Chandigarh, Dec 7 (IANS) A British Columbia Trade and Investment Office opened here Friday to boost trade between the Canadian province and the Indian state of Punjab.
Chandigarh, Dec 6 (IANS) The leader of a religious sect shot himself dead with his rifle near Haryana's Yamunanagar town, police said Thursday.
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) Chandigarh?based Punjab Engineering College (PEC) University of Technology is developing a software to ensure security of information that banks use, under guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
New Delhi, Nov.21 (ANI): Global traveller and story teller, Frane Lessac has arrived in India as part of Oz Fest, the biggest Australian cultural festival ever staged in India. The award-winning author and illustrator of 35 children's books will feature at Bookaroo Children's Literature Festival in Delhi this weekend (23-25 November).
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) A 40-year-old fraudster has been arrested in the capital for duping people in as many as four states, police said Wednesday.
Johannesburg, Nov. 1 (ANI): Former chairperson of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Lalit Modi's appeal against a 90,000-pound libel case has reportedly been dismissed, which involved ex-New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns over an accusation of match-fixing.
New Delhi, Oct 25 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday condoled the sad demise of the famous comedian Jaspal Bhatti, who died in a road accident near Jalandhar.
Amritsar, Oct 10 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived in this Sikh holy city Wednesday as part of his two-day trip to Punjab and Chandigarh and met party leaders and functionaries.
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Taking a tough stand against medical negligence, the apex consumer court has slapped a Rs.50,000 penalty on the Delhi-based Fortis Escorts Heart Institute for an infected blood transfusion that left a patient afflicted with Hepatitis B within weeks of undergoing a bypass surgery in 1995.
Chandigarh, Aug 30 (IANS) The threat of militancy ended years ago but Chandigarh continues to be tagged a 'disturbed area' -- thanks to the bureaucracy that wants it to be kept this way for its own benefits.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan SSA Society Chandigarh, Invites applications for the Post of TGT to fill 000 vacancies available for the various subjects.
New Delhi/Chandigarh, Aug 17 (IANS) The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has cleared a bio-therapeutic clot-buster drug for phase-one human clinical trials, a statement said Friday.
Chandigarh, July 31 (IANS) Trains were stranded at various places across Punjab and Haryana as another power grid failure hit parts of the country Tuesday.
Chandigarh, July 13 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Friday that the "Taliban-style" diktat by a khap panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat region, forbidding women from using cell phones, going to the market or walking unescorted, "has no place in a democratic society".
Chandigarh, July 11 (IANS) Haryana has emerged as the country's first state free of hookah bar, an official said here Wednesday.
Chandigarh, June 29 (IANS) Hard core criminals lodged in Haryana jails would not be able to avail parole for the first five years of their sentence, a senior police officer said here Friday.
Chandigarh, June 11 (IANS) Chandigarh's famous Sukhna Lake, the most-visited tourist spot in the 'City Beautiful', is gasping for breath and attention.
Chandigarh, May 23 (IANS) Chandigarh will have a British deputy high commission by the end of 2012, British High Commissioner James Bevan announced here Wednesday.
Chandigarh, May 23 (IANS) Indians visiting Britain for less than six months do not need to undergo tuberculosis (TB) test, it was clarified Wednesday.
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Population First, a Mumbai-based NGO working on women's rights, health and population issues, has invited media houses to send entries for the fourth "laadli" media awards for promoting gender sensitivity in the northern region. The last date for receiving the entries is July 15.
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) A senior officer of Haryana's secondary school education department has been suspended Friday after an erroneous content, which depicted Jammu and Kashmir state not being apart of India in a map, was accepted and allowed to be part of an educational course.
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) Wheat procurement in Punjab has crossed the 125 lakh tonnes mark during the current season, state food and supplies department officials said here Friday.
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) Health authorities in Haryana will install silent observer chips in all ultrasound machines to monitor the ultrasound processes being done by doctors at private clinics, officials of the state health department said Friday.
Chandigarh, May 17 (IANS) Four labourers were killed and another one was seriously injured while they were working on a project under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) in Haryana's Yamunanagar district Thursday, officials said.
Chandigarh, May 17 (IANS) The Punjab government Thursday directed all departments strictly not to grant extension in service or re-employ any staff after their date of retirement, a spokesman said here.
Chandigarh, May 17 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was discharged from the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here Thursday morning after his condition stabilised.
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Britain will set up two new deputy high commissions in India -- in Hyderabad and Chandigarh -- to deepen its ties with the country, British High Commissioner James Bevan said here Wednesday.
Chandigarh, May 16 (IANS) Reeling under a cumulative debt burden of over Rs.35,000 crore, farmers of Punjab could soon benefit from a pension scheme.
Chandigarh, May 15 (IANS) Teaching and non-teaching staff in colleges across Punjab have gone without salaries for the past few months, a senior teachers' leader said Tuesday.
Chandigarh, May 15 (IANS) At least five people, including a one-day-old infant being brought to Chandigarh for treatment, were killed when the ambulance in which they were travelling collided with a speeding truck on the Hisar-Ambala highway in Haryana early Tuesday, police said.
Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) Animals in Punjab may now receive more prompt medical attention as the state government has decided to start a free veterinary mobile ambulance service to provide instant treatment to them.
Chandigarh, May 11 (IANS) Breaking all previous records of wheat procurement, Haryana has procured about 82.26 lakh tonnes of wheat this season, officials of the state Food and Supplies department said Friday.
Chandigarh, May 11 (IANS) Having achieved a record wheat crop of over 120 lakh tonnes this season, Punjab farmers have become richer by Rs.14,110 crore.
Chandigarh, May 10 (IANS) The Haryana government, as part of its austerity measures, Thursday banned all its officers from purchasing luxury items such as new cars, air-conditioners and expensive sofas and from flying business class.
Chandigarh, May 9 (IANS) In a major step to prevent sex determination and female foeticide, the Haryana government announced Wednesday that pregnant women will have to submit a photocopy of their identification proof at ultrasound centres as a pre-condition for undergoing the test.
Chandigarh, May 9 (IANS) Directing its field staff to wear "decent" clothes to work, the women and child department (WCD) department in Haryana has asked them to desist from wearing jeans and T-shirts to work.
Verna (Goa), May 8 (IANS) The Maharashtra boys team, the defending champions, thrashed Chhattisgarh 65-32 in their opening match of the 39th Sub-Junior Boys and Girls National Basketball Championship at the Agnel Complex here Tuesday.
Chandigarh, May 8 (IANS) The Punjab government Tuesday ordered suspension of a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and five revenue department officials in connection with a controversial land deal in Patiala town last year.
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Ruchir Sharma's 'Breakout Nations' dominates the non-fiction category in the bestseller list this week, while John Grisham's 'Calico Joe' is at the top spot in the fiction section.
Chandigarh, May 4 (IANS) Two young women from Haryana and Punjab, the states with one of the worst sex ratios in the country, have secured the top two ranks in the civil services examination.
Chandigarh, May 4 (IANS) Wheat procurement in Punjab has crossed the 100 lakh tonnes mark during the current season, state food and supplies officials said here Friday.
Chandigarh, May 2 (IANS) The Punjab government Wednesday offered to allot 20 acres of land near Chandigarh to star cricketer Yuvraj Singh for setting up a world-class sports academy.
Chandigarh, May 1 (IANS) Appointment of teachers in Haryana will no longer be made on contractual basis, a minister said Tuesday.
Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday announced its decision to abolish octroi on petrol and diesel in the state. This will lower prices of the fuel by up to Rs.2.
Chandigarh, April 28 (IANS) More medical research was needed in the country to position it among the global best, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Saturday and also asked doctors to put more service in rural areas.
Chandigarh, April 28 (IANS) To meet its requirement of electricity for laboratories and class rooms and ensure uninterrupted supply, a university in Haryana plans to generate 500 KW electricity through solar devices installed on its buildings, its vice chancellor said Saturday.
Chandigarh, April 27 (IANS) The Punjab government has imported "high quality semen" from Canada to improve cattle breeds in the state and ensure higher milk yield, a minister said here Friday.
Chandigarh, April 27 (IANS) As if the reputation of their city having the highest density of motor vehicles in India was not enough, Chandigarh residents have developed a fondness for splurging lakhs on VIP car registration numbers too.
Chandigarh, April 24 (IANS) Punjab Tuesday asked the central government to allow the export of wheat to Pakistan and CIS countries through the Attari checkpost as the state's produce may cross a record 115 lakh tonnes this year.
Chandigarh, April 24 (IANS) Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, on his 39th birthday Tuesday, released a book commemorating his 100th international century titled 'Sachin - A Tribute To The Legend' at a glittering ceremony at the Mumbai Indians team hotel here Tuesday.
Chandigarh, April 24 (IANS) Having worked with top-of-the-line film directors in Bollywood, costume designer and actor Dolly Ahluwalia Tewari feels her craft is more valued in the film industry now.
Chandigarh, April 24 (IANS) The world may have feted him for becoming the only man to hit a century of centuries, but when it came to celebrating his 39th birthday, Sachin Tendulkar preferred to be with his wife and a few friends.
Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) Haryana's Mewat area, which has a substantial population of Muslims, will now have a separate cadre of teachers, a lawmaker said Sunday.
Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) Haryana has sought Rs.3,000 crore from the central government to compensate for the loss of revenue due to the reduction of central sales tax (CST) rates last fiscal.
Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) Haryana's wildlife will be counted in May and June in order to conserve it, an official said here Sunday.
Chandigarh, April 21 (IANS) Bhupinder Singh Hooda may have proved his political acumen by being chief minister of Haryana for a second consecutive term, but he is dabbling in something else as well - sports.
Chandigarh, April 20 (IANS) The Punjab government will soon have in place a policy to curb drug addiction among the people, especially among the youths of the state, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said here Friday.
Chandigarh, April 19 (IANS) The Punjab government has sought the intervention of the central government on the controversy over the Thapar University in Patiala abolishing the 50 percent reservation quota in its courses for students of the state.
Hyderabad/Chandigarh, Apr 19 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju on Thursday welcomed Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's call for both nations to demilitarize the world's highest battlefield at the Siachen glacier on their international border.
Chandimandir (Haryana), April 19 (IANS) India's first RFID (radio frequency identification) -based electronic toll plaza was inaugurated on National Highway No.5 (NH-5) at Chandimandir in Haryana's Panchkula district.
Chandigarh, April 17 (IANS) A woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her husband in Punjab's Tarn Taran district as he was upset that she had given birth to three daughters, police said.
Jalandhar, April 16 (IANS) Several workers were feared trapped after a three-storyed factory building collapsed in Punjab's Jalandhar city, 150 km from state capital Chandigarh.
Chandigarh, April 13 (IANS) As Punjab celebrated the Baisakhi harvest festival Friday, the state government announced it was launching a major sapling plantation drive on vacant land along national and state highways in the state.
Chandigarh, April 12 (IANS) Kings XI Punjab beat Pune Warriors by seven wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium here Thursday.
Chandigarh, April 12 (IANS) A thunderstorm followed by heavy rains destroyed the set of Vishal Bhardwaj's film "Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola" and injured five people. The film is being shot on the outskirts of the city.
Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) The abductors of a young non-resident Indian (NRI) had planned to kill him after receiving the ransom money, an officer said here Wednesday.
Chandigarh, April 10 (IANS) Fourteen innovation universities would be set up in the country during the 12th Five Year Plan, Union Minister of State for Planning, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Ashwani Kumar said here Tuesday.
Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday launched India's first broadband wireless access (BWA) services based on 4G technology in Kolkata. Airtel Inc. has become the first telecom player of India that is offering this service in the some selected circles..........
Chandigarh, April 9 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday said that the state government was committed to continuing free power to the farmers and the weaker sections of people in the state through its power subsidy.
Chandigarh, April 4 (IANS) Kings XI Punjab have roped in Videocon d2h and OCM as sponsors for the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), it was announced Wednesday.
Chandigarh, April 4 (IANS) Kings XI Punjab has roped in Videocon d2h as its title partner for the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Videocon d2h logo will adorn the Kings XI Punjab team jersey.
Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) The Gurgaon administration Tuesday banned hookah bars in the entire district, a Haryana government spokesman said here.
Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) The Haryana government Tuesday appointed Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary as the state's new chief secretary, an official spokesman said here.
Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) Indorama Industries, which claims to be the largest producer of polyester in the world, Tuesday said that it is investing Rs.1,000 crore at its new plant in Himachal Pradesh's industrial town of Baddi.
Gurgaon, April 2 (IANS) The luxury Volvo buses launched Monday between Gurgaon in Haryana and Chandigarh via Delhi are already a hit.
Chandigarh, April 2 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday announced that all vacancies of school and college teachers will be filled soon.
