Health officials in Chandigarh reported the death of five more people due to the influenza A (H1N1) which raised the total toll to 55.  
 
H.C. Gera, UT nodal officer for swine flu, said, "Five deaths were reported in Chandigarh hospitals yesterday (Wednesday) evening. The deceased ...

Chandigarh authorities have decided to interrogate Ruchika’s principal, Sister Sebastina, of the Sacred Heart School in relation to her undue expulsion after a month of her molestation by the former Haryana DGP, SPS Rathore.
 
The decision was taken after the recent pronouncement of ...

Chandigarh administration starts a magisterial inquiry against Ruchika’s school management to find out every single person who is responsible for expulsion of victim Ruchika Girhotra from the school in September 1990.
 
Ruchika was expelled from her school, Sacred Heart for no fault ...

The number of deaths from swine flu rose to 42 with a middle aged woman succumbing to the H1V1 virus, in Chandigarh. According to the officials, the city also reports six new cases.

The woman was reported dead at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in ...

Four more people died of swine flu in the union territory of Chandigarh and thus the total death cases by swine flu have gone as high as 41.
 
The recent deaths have been reported by the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER).
 
The victims who succumbed ...

Swine flu has taken the toll of another three people in Chandigarh reports the health officials in the city. The victims succumbed to death at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGMIER) in the union territory of Chandigarh.  
 
Among the victims, one is a ...

The health officials on Monday reported nine new positive cases of the influenza A (H1N1) virus in the city.
 
"We had collected the throat and nasal swab samples of these patients Sunday and their reports are positive. We have properly diagnosed them and our doctors are keeping a close ...

Swine flu deaths go on increasing as three more people succumbed to the disease in Chandigarh on Friday. With the recent deaths, the toll due to the Influenza A (H1N1) virus in the Chandigarh city has gone as high as 32.
 
The deceased are identified as Harpal Singh (25) from Ludhiana, Vick ...

Chandigarh administration has come up with a new scheme to fix a charge of Rs. 100 per form for all the school admissions in the union territory. The step is being taken to curb the tendency of private schools to earn more money through highly priced admission forms.
 
Chandigarh's Home and ...

A senior official in Chandigarh declared that the union territory will have new facility for providing transport-related logistics.
 
UT finance secretary Sanjay Kumar said on Tuesday, "We have started the process for acquiring around 75 acres to develop a new Transport Nagar, and will ...

Swine flu hits in the Chandigarh city is growing at an alarming rate as another victim succumbed to death on Sunday. The victim is a 65-year-old man who hails from Dadumajra village. He is reported to have died in a government hospital in the late hours of Sunday.
 
A health official says, ...

Two more swine flu death cases are reported today from Chandigarh. The victims who succumbed to this disease are a two-month-old baby boy, Harshit and a 45-year-old woman, Kamlesh. Harshit belong to the neighboring Mohali town and Kamlesh hails from the Panchkula town in Haryana.
 
Kamlesh ...

The state government of Punjab, in an attempt to restrict the sale of spurious drugs in the state, have announced rewards for the informers.
 
The Punjab government will follow the special plan of the central government in an effort to curb circulation of spurious drugs, an official said in ...

Chandigarh government is planning to provide the students of government schools with individual computers and internet connections. These projects are being planned under the ‘Vision-2010'.
 
Chandigarh's new Director-Public Instruction (DPI-schools) Sunil Bhatia said Monday that 2010 ...

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 ...