Night temperatures rise in Punjab and Haryana
February 10th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 10 (IANS) Night temperatures across Haryana and Punjab rose marginally Friday affording some relief to the people. In Chandigarh though, the minimum temperature was still two degrees below ... Read more...
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Jubilant FoodWorks Q3 net profit rises 55.47 percent
February 8th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Jubilant FoodWorks (JFL), which operates pizza vendor Domino's, Wednesday reported a 55.47 percent increase in net profit at Rs.29.47 crore for the third quarter ended ... Read more...
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Driver booked after sand, not chemicals reach Germany
February 5th, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 5 (IANS) A driver of a transport company in Punjab's Derabassi industrial town was booked for fraud after some chemical boxes shipped to Germany from India last month ... Read more...
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Infant mortality rate down 3 points in India
February 1st, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The infant mortality rate (IMR) in India has come down to 47 from 50 deaths per 1,000 live births over the last one year, a ... Read more...
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Himachal invites industrial investments for new estate
January 29th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 29 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has invited investments in the newly-developed industrial estate near Baddi in Solan district, an official said here Sunday.The industrial estate developed at Davni ... Read more...
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Jokes apart: Pakistani comedy barred for Indian Army
January 25th, 2012 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 25 (IANS) Laughter may be the best medicine, but for the Indian Army, a dose 'Made in Pakistan' may be too bitter to swallow.Pakistani stand-up comedians Irfan Malik ... Read more...
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Akali Dal-BJP government has pushed Punjab back: Sonia
January 24th, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 24 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday blamed the policies of the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine in Punjab for the state lagging behind in ... Read more...
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Don’t elect leaders who read written speeches: Uma Bharti
January 22nd, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti Sunday said that voters in the country should not elect leaders who just read speeches written by others."National ... Read more...
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Chandigarh’s mango growers in a pickle
January 22nd, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 22 (IANS) The early flowering of mango trees in and around Chandigarh has left the growers worried, with horticulturists saying it could indicate an impending poor yield this ... Read more...
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Gagan to meet Angad in finals of All India Amateur golf
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:05 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 21 (IANS) Seasoned Gagan Verma of Delhi was one step away from his biggest title in a long amateur career as he moved into the final of the ... Read more...
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Panjab University teachers see red over campus showbiz
January 21st, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 21 (IANS) Celebrities descending on the Panjab University (PU) campus to promote their films or shoot them may be to the liking of hundreds of awestruck students, ... Read more...
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Bad weather keeps Sonia away from Moga rally
January 19th, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Moga (Punjab), Jan 19 (IANS) Bad weather Thursday prevented Congress president Sonia Gandhi from addressing a rally in Moga town though she made it to the second venue, Kapurthala, ... Read more...
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Baisoya, Bhandari top strokeplay in All India Amateur golf
January 18th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 18 (IANS) Honey Baisoya, who has been in fine form this year and local Chandigarh lad Raghav Bhandari, topped in the strokeplay section of the All India Amateur ... Read more...
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Raj Kundra says Shilpa his sounding board
January 17th, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra has collaborated with actor Sanjay Dutt to start a sports venture called Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) league. Kundra says that ... Read more...
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Haryana wants all businesses registered by Jan 31
January 16th, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 16 (IANS) From tyre puncture repair shops to halwais (sweets shops) to mobile shops and hotels, everyone running commercial establishments in Haryana will have to get themselves registered ... Read more...
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Minimum temperatures rise across Punjab and Haryana
January 16th, 2012 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 16 (IANS) With most places across Punjab and Haryana as well as Chandigarh experiencing rainfall in the past 24 hours, minimum temperatures in the region rose sharply Monday.Compared ... Read more...
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Free hostel for physically challenged in Haryana
January 14th, 2012 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 14 (IANS) The Kurukshetra University (KU) in Haryana will provide free hostel facility to all students of the university and its affiliated colleges who are suffering from physical ... Read more...
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Bonfires, celebrations mark Lohri across north India
January 14th, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh/New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Bonfires on streets, house compounds, campuses of schools, colleges and universities and even at offices -- the festive mood of Lohri was felt across north ... Read more...
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PM to address Punjab rallies on Jan 21
January 12th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address election rallies at Amritsar and Ludhiana on Jan 21 in support of Congress candidates, state Congress president Amarinder Singh ... Read more...
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Panasonic to invest $220 mn in Haryana
January 12th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 12 (IANS) Japanese electronics major Panasonic will invest $220 million at a new plant at Jhajjar in Haryana."The plant would be 100 percent owned by the Panasonic Corp," ... Read more...
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Punjab to prepare Cancer Atlas
January 12th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 12 (IANS) With reports of growing incidence of cancer in Punjab's Malwa belt, authorities have decided to prepare a cancer atlas in the state.The health department said Thursday ... Read more...
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Cold wave persists over Punjab and Haryana, Amritsar freezes
January 10th, 2012 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 10 (IANS) The city of Amritsar was freezing at minus two degrees Celsius Tuesday morning as the cold wave over Punjab and Haryana intensified in the past 24 ... Read more...
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More snow, Shimla records season’s lowest temperature
January 9th, 2012 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's popular tourist destinations of Shimla and Manali received more snowfall Monday. The state capital saw a minimum temperature of minus 2.9 degrees Celsius, the ... Read more...
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Haryana schools, colleges’ curricula to have RTI
January 7th, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (IANS) The Haryana education department will add a chapter on the Right to Information (RTI) Act in the curricula of schools and colleges across the state, a ... Read more...
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Rail traffic affected at Ambala after derailment
January 5th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Ambala (Haryana), Jan 5 (IANS) Railway traffic was affected at the Ambala Cantt railway station after a goods train derailed Thursday, railway officials said.Four coaches of a goods train, which ... Read more...
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Quraishi reacts strongly to Badal’s remarks on jurisdiction (Roundup)
January 3rd, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/chandigarh, Jan 3 (IANS) In a strong tit-for-tat reaction, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi Tuesday wrote to Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, saying the commission was "aware" of ... Read more...
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Letter on army chief my personal opinion: Amarinder
January 3rd, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 3 (IANS) Former Punjab chief minister and state Congress president Amarinder Singh Tuesday said that the letter he wrote to Defence Minister A.K. Antony on the birth date ... Read more...
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Limit yourself, Badal tells EC; We’ll respond, says CEC
January 3rd, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh/New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has appealed to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ask its officials in the state "to act within ... Read more...
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11 kids killed in Haryana accident (Second Lead)
January 2nd, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Ambala (Haryana), Jan 2 (IANS) Eleven students, all of them under eight years of age, were killed along with the driver of their school van Monday when it collided with ... Read more...
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Rs.120 mn cash, illicit liquor seized in poll-bound Punjab
December 31st, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 31 (IANS) Within a week of the Jan 30 assembly elections being announced in Punjab and the model code of conduct coming into force, authorities across the state ... Read more...
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Major fire in Chandigarh multiplex, no casualty
December 31st, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 31 (IANS) A major fire broke out in the food court area of the Fun Republic multiplex in Chandigarh's Mani Majra area Saturday afternoon.Fire services officials said five ... Read more...
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Finally, a cricket reality show on Indian TV
December 31st, 2011 - 8:40 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) In a cricket-crazy nation, how could a reality show on the popular sport be far behind? UTV Bindass is set to launch "Cricket Champs", a ... Read more...
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Leopard enters Panchkula town, causes scare
December 29th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), Dec 29 (IANS) A leopard entered a residential area in Haryana's Panchkula town Thursday afternoon, causing a scare among people.Wildlife officials, who were able to pin down ... Read more...
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Rs.5 crore cash seized in poll-bound Punjab
December 29th, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 29 (IANS) Authorities in Punjab have recovered over Rs.5 crore (Rs.50 million) of unaccounted money in cash from various places in election-bound Punjab this week, a senior election ... Read more...
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Punjab, Haryana slightly warmer Thursday
December 29th, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 29 (IANS) Most parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh were slightly warmer Thursday with the minimum and maximum temperatures showing increase over temperatures recorded Wednesday.Chandigarh recorded a minimum ... Read more...
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