Edited by Richa Taneja | Saturday July 28, 2018, New Delhi
Saanvi Aggarwal, 4, participated in the 32nd National U-7 Open Girls Chess Championship. She finished at second spot in Under-5 category and qualified for the Asian Youth U-6 Chess Championship, to be held in 2019.
A Nepalese couple donated the organs of their 11-month-old baby, giving a new lease of life to a terminally-ill patient suffering from renal failure at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today rejected his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar's suggestion to set up a special body for development of Chandigarh, the joint capital of the two sates, saying the city "indisputably belonged to Punjab".
Gangster Dilpreet Singh, listed as an accused in several killings and for making extortion calls to Punjabi singers and actors, was arrested today after an encounter near a bus stand in Chandigarh, a police official said.
A day after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced that he was ready to undergo a drug test, Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana K P Singh today voluntarily took a dope test at the Mohali Civil Hospital.
Taking a serious view of the concerns expressed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court over the manner in which final reports are being filed by the prosecution in drug related offences, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today directed Advocate General Atul Nanda to pursue the matter ensure that there is no laxity on this in future.
In a major crackdown on the smuggling of narcotics and weapons across the border from Pakistan, Punjab Police's Intelligence Wing has busted a gang of heroin smugglers and arrested four people, including an ex-soldier, police said on Tuesday.
The Punjab Revenue Department on Tuesday suspended the Tehsildar of Khamano, Harphool Singh, after a purported video showed him making claims of being "part of a corrupt system".
The Chandigarh Prisons Department has decided to open a showroom in the city for the sale of a wide range of products, including sweets and furniture, made by Burail jail inmates.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday assured a delegation of Jodhpur detenues of all efforts by his government to persuade the Central government to withdraw its appeal against the court order granting compensation to them.
Four people have been arrested for allegedly blackmailing a man in Haryana with a threat of filing a false rape case, the police said on Thursday. The gang told the man to pay Rs 5 lakh if he wanted to avoid facing the false rape case, the police said.
Aam Aadmi Party's legislator from Ropar in Punjab, Amarjeet Singh Sandoa was allegedly attacked today by the mining mafia near Nurpur Bedi in Ropar district, a party leader said.
