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Panic swept through Chandigarh and parts of Punjab on Monday morning after several schools, the Punjab and Haryana secretariat, and the Ferozepur district court received bomb threats via email. The threats, purportedly sent by an outfit called Khalistan National Army, triggered evacuations and search operations by bomb disposal and dog squads. In Chandigarh, three major educational institutions -- St Stephen's School in Sector 45, Ryan International School in Sector 49, and Shivalik Public Scho ...Read More >
DEHRADUN: In a landmark discovery that rewrites the geological history of the Himalayan foothills, scientists from the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) have unearthed 4.5-million-year-old fish fossils in the Mohand area, near the Uttarakhand border. This marks the first time aquatic life fossils have been identified in this region, which was previously known only for terrestrial animal remains. The discovery, which includes ear bones (otoliths) of three distinct freshwater fish spec ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 6: Panic gripped Chandigarh and parts of Punjab on Monday morning after several institutions, including the Punjab and Haryana Secretariat, district courts, schools and the Mayor's office, received bomb threats via email. Sent by an outfit called Khalistan National Army, the emails triggered evacuations and search operations by bomb disposal and dog squads, while police and security agencies got into alert mode, stepping up security measures. Schools evacuated amid timed thre ...Read More >
Following a blast near the Punjab BJP office in Chandigarh, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann defends his government and reiterates Punjab's claim to the city, sparking a political blame game over law and order. Photographs: ANI PhotoKey PointsA blast occurred outside the Punjab BJP office in Chandigarh, prompting political reactions and blame.Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann criticised political rivals for holding him responsible for incidents in Chandigarh, asserting his right to comment on the city's affa ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress MP Manish Tewari on Friday paid tribute to his father V.N. Tewari, who was killed by terrorists at their residence in Chandigarh on April 3, 1984, and said that only some get to live and die for their convictions and therefore become eternal and immortal. He further said that his father was only 48 years old at the time. Taking to social media platform X, Tewari wrote, "On 3rd April 1984 - 42 years ago at our home in Chandigarh, terrorists assassina ...Read More >
Sangrur/Chandigarh: The grenade blast outside the Punjab BJP office in Chandigarh on Wednesday triggered a fresh political confrontation on Thursday, with chief minister Bhagwant Mann and the BJP blaming each other over responsibility for law and order in the Union Territory.Speaking to media on the sidelines of inaugurating a community health centre at Cheema village in Sangrur, Mann said if he was being blamed for the incident in Chandigarh, the Centre should hand over the UT to Punjab govt. " ...Read More >
Sangrur, Apr 2 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday slammed the BJP leaders for criticising his government for the blast incident outside the party headquarters in Chandigarh, asking them to refrain from making "absurd" statements as the area was under the jurisdiction of the Administrator of the Union territory. Mann reiterated that he was blamed by the BJP for anything that happens in Chandigarh. He was speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of dedicating a Community Heal ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Two men lobbed a hand grenade at the Punjab BJP office in Chandigarh's Sector 37 on Wednesday evening, sparking panic in the area and a security alert.Thankfully, no one was hurt as the grenade detonated in a parking lot, falling short of the boundary wall of the BJP office. Police said CCTV cameras have captured the faces of two suspects and they are being identified.The blast took place around 4.50pm, sending shockwaves across the city. UT SSP Kanwardeep Kaur described it as a 'low ...Read More >
Senior human rights lawyer Harvinder Singh Phoolka, who has been fighting a long legal battle for victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday. Phoolka, a Jat Sikh from Bhadaur town of Sangrur, was earlier with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and was a former legislator in the Punjab Assembly. After joining the BJP on Wednesday, Phoolka recalled how he and his wife, who was then expecting, had escaped the rioters in 1984 after his landlord's family hid th ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Lieutenant General Pushpendra Pal Singh, a Special Forces officer and former vice-chief of Army Staff, on Wednesday took charge as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Army's Western Command, headquartered at Chandimandir. He succeeds Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar, who retired on Tuesday.The appointment comes at a time of heightened operational focus along India's western front, with the Western Command remaining central to military preparedness along the border wit ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The face behind justice for victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots, human rights lawyer and former AAP lawmaker H.S. Phoolka, on Wednesday joined the BJP. After joining the BJP here, Phoolka said, "I've been a strong supporter of the BJP since my childhood. From 2014 to 2017, I was in the Aam Aadmi Party. We thought that we had come to this party to end all the corruption that existed under the Congress government at that time, but later, we saw that the situation w ...Read More >
In a landmark ruling, India's Supreme Court has allowed the removal of life support of a 31-year-old man who has been in a vegetative state for more than a decade. This is the first instance of court-approved passive euthanasia - the act of withdrawing or withholding life-sustaining treatment - in India. The man, Harish Rana, had not left a will specifying directives for his treatment before he had an accident. India legalised passive euthanasia in 2018 but active euthanasia - any act that int ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (UNI) Five members of the Aarzoo-Anmol Bishnoi-Harry Boxer syndicate were arrested by Delhi Police on Wednesday for their alleged role in the murder of a rival gangster in Chandigarh earlier this month, an official said. Inderpreet Singh, alias Parry, the former close associate of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, was shot dead on December 1 at Sector 26 Chandigarh, shortly after exiting a club. While seated in his SUV, he was shot at close range by a gunman who escaped with accompli ...Read More >
Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini is set to take a hard line on long-pending inter-state water and institutional issues at the 32nd Northern Zonal Council (NZC) meeting in Faridabad on Monday, it is learnt. There are at least 29 agenda items approved for discussion in the NZC meeting to be chaired by Union home minister Amit Shah. The NZC comprises the states and Union territories of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh in which ch ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Nov 10 (PTI) Panjab University students on Monday held a protest on the campus here demanding the announcement of Senate polls, with some breaking through barricades, scaling entry gates and jostling with security personnel, who resorted to mild lathicharge to restore order. Many students, who wanted to enter the campus, could be seen arguing with the police personnel and raising slogans like "Go Back Chandigarh Police". Some groups of students jostled with police personnel in an e ...Read More >
Meanwhile, confusion prevailed on the Panjab University campus on Wednesday, with the release of the notification by the Ministry of Education, stating that the Centre "withdraws its decision to scrap the Panjab University Senate". Accusing the Centre of making a mockery of the issue as "no notification has been cancelled and the government has merely tried to create confusion," the Students Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) on Wednesday reiterated that the call for a massive protest on ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) The Ministry of Education on Friday announced that the notification for changing the constitution and composition of the Panjab University Senate and Syndicate stands rescinded. Panjab University's decision to replace the 59-year-old Senate and Syndicate with a smaller, largely nominated structure triggered sharp political reactions in Punjab, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann calling it "unconstitutional." "It has been decided by the Ministry of Education that the order ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) The Ministry of Education on Friday announced that the notification for changing the constitution and composition of the Panjab University Senate and Syndicate stands rescinded. Panjab University's decision to replace the 59-year-old Senate and Syndicate with a smaller, largely nominated structure triggered sharp political reactions in Punjab, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann calling it "unconstitutional." "It has been decided by the Ministry of Education that the order ...Read More >
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on has censured Panjab University, Chandigarh, for allegedly stopping a seminar dedicated to the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, organised by the Students' Union on the university campus.In a statement issued on Monday, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami said preventing a seminar dedicated to the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur was an anti-Sikh action and a direct attack on the freedom of expression ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A 40-year-old man allegedly killed his 60-year-old mother at her residence in Sector 40, Chandigarh, on Diwali morning. The autopsy revealed that the victim was stabbed 16 times. The accused fled the scene with the weapon but was later apprehended in Haryana's Sonipat district. Police handed over the body to the family Tuesday after the post-mortem.Originally from Uttarakhand, Sushila had been residing in Sector 40 for several years. Sector 39 police said, her neighbour Aakash Bains ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 18: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology; Earth Sciences; and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh, today called on President of India, Draupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan to exchange Diwali greetings and brief her about recent developments and forthcoming Government initiatives under his Ministries. During the meeting, D ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh, said on Friday that reducing import dependence, and boosting domestic capacity in various sectors such as life sciences and fuel is crucial for the country to become an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'. He was speaking at the launch of the curtain raiser for the India International Science Festival (IISF) 2025. The festival, scheduled to be held from December 6 to 9, at the Panjab University in Chandigar ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 17: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology; Earth Sciences and Minister of State for PMO, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh today launched the curtain raiser for the India International Science Festival (IISF) 2025, describing it as a "celebration of science" that complements the country's growing spirit of scientific inquiry and innovation. Addressing the gathering, Dr. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 17 (PTI) Bringing science to the masses, the Panjab University will host the India International Science Festival from December 6-9 in Chandigarh. Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh said the festival will serve as a platform to showcase India's scientific achievements and inspire greater public participation in science-driven progress. The four-day event will bring together scientists, researchers, innovators, and students to showcase India's progress in science, technology, ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a mock sitting of legislative assembly on Monday, calling it 'Janta di Vidhan Sabha' (People's Assembly) where it passed a resolution condemning the Aam Aadmi Party-led govt in the state for "not taking pre-flood measures; exacerbating the 'Mann-made' crisis by its negligence and mismanagement; and shifting the blame on the Centre, despite the flood warnings".The resolution passed by the party also sought a CBI probe into ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 29 (PTI) Incarcerated gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, a product of a gangster-terror network, had forayed into the world of crime when he was student of a college affiliated to the Panjab University in 2010. It is alleged that, Bishnoi and his supporters had opened fire at a rival contestant during the university student body polls, for which he spent three months in jail. He is a product of a gangster-terror nexus and has been named by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in seve ...Read More >
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued the order transferring Dr Sagar Preet Hooda from New Delhi to Chandigarh. Dr Sagar Preet Hooda was appointed as the director general of police (DGP) of the Union Territory of Chandigarh Tuesday. He is an Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1997 batch. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an order transferring him from New Delhi to Chandigarh, effective immediately. Currently, I ...Read More >
Pilibhit (UP), Jul 15 (PTI) A day after a farmer was killed by a tiger in Fulhar village of Pilibhit district, forest officials said on Tuesday that their team was tracking the animal and it would be captured as soon as the conditions are favourable. Dayaram, 39, was mauled to death by the tiger in his field in Bari Phulhar village, the sixth tiger attack in two months in the region. According to the forest team engaged in tracking the tiger, the animal also attempted to attack its personnel, ...Read More >
The entrance examination was held on June 29, 2025. The provisional answer key was released on June 29 and the last date to raise objection was July 1, 2025. Uploading of the response to the Objections and inviting Cross-objections (through e-mail only) was done till July 7, 2025. To check the results, candidates can follow the steps given below. 1. Visit the official website of Panjab University at pglaw.puchd.ac.in. 2. Click on PU LLB Result 2025 link available on the home page. 3. A new p ...Read More >
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued the order transferring Dr Sagar Preet Hooda from New Delhi to Chandigarh. Dr Sagar Preet Hooda was appointed as the director general of police (DGP) of the Union Territory of Chandigarh Tuesday. He is an Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1997 batch. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an order transferring him from New Delhi to Chandigarh, effective immediately. Currently, I ...Read More >
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