Chandigarh: 2 caught for stealing heritage manhole covers in Sector 45
Days after four manhole covers – now confirmed to be heritage items designed by Chandigarh’s master planner Le Corbusier – went missing from Sector 45-C, police...
Mohali
Dachalwal takes charge as Mohali DC
2016-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Aaditya Dachalwal on Wednesday assumed charge as deputy commissioner (DC) of Mohali. He was previously serving as DC of Rupnagar...
Ludhiana bicycle parts manufacturer booked for ₹12-crore bank fraud
An FIR has been registered against Ludhiana-based bicycle parts manufacturer Rolex Cycles Private Limited, its director Kanchan Prabhakar and unidentified persons in an alleged ₹12-crore fraud...
Punjab: Barnala cop among 4 arrested in drug case
A police constable and his friend were arrested for allegedly possessing drugs in Barnala, police said on Wednesday. Two others, said to be drug suppliers, have...
Himachal Police arrest Nalagarh firing accused in Kharar within 5 hours
Baddi police late Tuesday night arrested a man accused of opening fire at a local resident near a timber depot on Ramshahr Road in Nalagarh, apprehending...
34 years on, Tarn Taran ex-SSP convicted of transporter’s abduction
Mohali: A special CBI court on Wednesday convicted former Tarn Taran SSP Gurmeet Singh Randhawa under Sections 365 (abduction with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine...
Six DCs among 20 IAS officers transferred in Punjab
Chandigarh: The Punjab government has issued transfer orders for 20 IAS officers, including six deputy commissioners (DCs). According to an order issued on Tuesday night, IAS...
4 with Pak links held in Mohali, illegal firearms, drugs seized
In a major bust, Mohali police arrested four members of an alleged cross-border drugs and illegal weapons network with six firearms, including a banned Turkish-made Zigana...
303 hurt in firecracker mishaps in Chandigarh
At least 303 people were injured in firecracker-related incidents in Chandigarh, 32 in Panchkula and 27 in Mohali on Diwali night. Among them were children as...
Chandigarh: City saw air turn ‘very poor’ on Diwali night
Having remained mostly satisfactory all through the year, the city’s air quality deteriorated to the “very poor” category on Diwali night as revellers continued bursting firecrackers...