Haryana government will be setting up skill development centres for providing training to nearly 100,000 youth in the state. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda while addressing the state on the eve of 44th Haryana Day mentioned that the government has plans making the youths of Haryana ...

Chandigarh is set to host its first 10-day crafts extravaganza on the lines of the popular Surajkund Mela in Haryana.
 
Around 500 artists from across the country are expected to participate in the National Chandigarh Crafts Mela from Oct 24 to Nov 2. The fair will also witness thrilling ...

India’s first ‘district scheme monitoring system’ has been implemented in Rupnagar district of Punjab. This DSMS will help in keeping track of the progress of different developmental projects of the district.
 
"This system will work as eyes and ears for the district ...

The Election Commission notified on Friday that the state assembly elections of Haryana will be held in October 2009.
 
The notification, issued on Friday, calls for the elections of the 90-member assembly to be held on 13th October. The notification has set 25th Sep, Friday, as the last ...

Dial-an-auto service, which comes with a GPS navigation system, has been launched in Chandigarh. This service has been launched with an aim to provide quick and hassle-free auto services which will charge the people in a reasonable way.
 
Tuk Tuk, as they are known, are neat moor rickshaws, ...

Following the footsteps of the other states in India, the Punjab police has decided to rope in citizens as traffic marshals.
 
"This is a pilot project initiated by state Director General of Police (DGP) P.S Gill and it will be launched in six major cities of the state on Aug 28," ...

According to Urban development Minister Jaipal Reddy, cities with a population of 1 million and above have chances of getting a metro railway.
 
"For the first time, we have an enabling legal framework for constructing a Metro system in conglomerations of over one million people," ...

"This drop-in-centre is just like a home for these sex workers. Here they can come and interact among themselves and even celebrate festivals together. We will arrange all the recreational facilities for them," said Parmod Sharma, coordinator of the NGO Yuvsatta.
 
"Our ...

Police in Chandigarh are going all out to help senior citizens driving on the city roads.
 
Senior citizens will be given unique stickers for police to identify "them from a distance... and help them in case of traffic jam or parking problem", H.S. Doon, superintendent of police ...

The final hearing of the water dispute between the two Indian states, Haryana and Punjab, in the Supreme Court has been slated for September 7.  The dispute is all about Punjab objecting the perforation of the Bhakhra canal by Haryana for feeding the water channel which is used for ...

The recent highway robberies in the region have prompted the Punjab Police for coming out with a comprehensive plan to strengthen patrolling on all highways.
 
"All district police chiefs have been instructed to submit their plan of action and requirement of motorcycles to make their ...

Asia’s largest rose garden, the Zakir Hussain Rose Garden of Chandigarh, will soon have a new, refurbished look with new varieties of flowers and more amenities to attract tourists.
The Chandigarh administration has prepared an exhaustive roadmap to upgrade the garden, to attract more ...

More water would be released from Bhakra and Pong dams after the level in their reservoirs increased in the last few days, an official said Tuesday much to the relief of Punjab and Haryana paddy farmers. 
 
A spokesman of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), that manages these dams, ...

If you want information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, just visit a new web portal to find out how. The site has been set up - not by the government - but by people and groups in Chandigarh who want to spread awareness about this right.

The interactive online web portal - ...

Chandigarh will get its first drug de-addiction centre in the month of June. The new drug de-addition centre will come up in the Government Press building in Sector 18 and it will be inaugurated by the administrator of the union territory, Gen S F Rodrigues (Retd). The proposed centre will have 12 ...

Chandigarh is likely to get an in-market business office from British Columbia with an investment of Rs. 60 lakh. With this British Columbia will become the second Canadian province after Ontario to set up a trade office in India to promote business. The British Columbia government had already ...

To improve tourism infrastructure at Sukhna Lake, the government has sanctioned Rs.27.3 millions for setting up fountains, a tourism information centre and for landscaping. Talking to reporter home secretary of Chandigarh, Ram Niwas said that, the ministry of tourism has given its nod to the ...

Gearing up efforts to gain heritage status for India's City Beautiful known internationally for its architecture and urban planning, the Chandigarh administration has sought funds from the central government to maintain important buildings.
 
The administration sought funds to protect and ...

The Chandigarh administration has decided to launch tourism police in Chandigarh on World Tourism Day on September 27, 2008. The decision to form a tourism police squad was taken in order to provide safety and security to the common people of the city as well as the tourists. The new tourism squad ...

What could be a better gift for the tourists of Chandigarh on this year's World Tourism Day other than prepaid city tourist card? The decision to introduce such card was taken by Department of Tourism (DoT), Chandigarh. The prepaid card will be available from World tourism Day i.e. from September ...

The A.T. Kearney, a global consultancy major in alliance with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), an Indian IT industry lobby, conducted a study recently titled ‘Location roadmap for IT-BPO growth: Assessment of 50 leading cities’.
 
The ...

Haryana Transport Minister Mange Ram Gupta has announced that Saarthi Volvo AC bus service will start its service. The services of Saarthi have been resumed after almost three years. Now with the decision Chandigarh-Delhi-Gurgaon route will be pleasant experience for thousands of commuters who were ...