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Braveheart girl on Chandigarh cops’ receiving end over FB comments


September 18th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 18 (IANS) She fought robbers as a 10-year-old in 2000 and got a national bravery award from the prime minister for it after her brave act led to ... Read more...

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Canadian citizen arrested with cocaine in Punjab


September 3rd, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, Sep 3 (IANS) In one of the biggest seizures of cocaine in Punjab's Jalandhar district, police Monday recovered 1.5 kg of the contraband from a Canadian citizen. The consignment ... Read more...

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Haryana Police officer arrested for assaulting Chandigarh cop


August 20th, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 20 (IANS) An under-training deputy superintendent of police (DSP) of Haryana Police, his father and brother were arrested Monday for allegedly assaulting a Chandigarh police head constable here, ... Read more...

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Haryana health minister among six injured in accident


July 9th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 9 (IANS) Haryana's Health Minister Narender Singh was among six people injured Monday in an accident involving his car and a CRPF vehicle in Chandigarh's high security area, ... Read more...

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Jalandhar factory collapse: one dead, several trapped (Second Lead)


April 16th, 2012 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar (Punjab), April 16 (IANS) At least one person was killed and several workers feared trapped under debris after a four-storeyed blanket factory building collapsed here, police said Monday.At least ... Read more...

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Several trapped as factory building collapses in Jalandhar (Lead)


April 16th, 2012 - 9:32 am ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, April 16 (IANS) Several workers were feared trapped under debris after a four-storeyed factory building collapsed in Punjab's Jalandhar city, 150 km from state capital Chandigarh.Police said that the ... Read more...

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Chandigarh NRI abductors planned to kill him


April 11th, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) The abductors of a young non-resident Indian (NRI) had planned to kill him after receiving the ransom money, an officer said here Wednesday.The six abductors, all ... Read more...

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Cops rescue abducted NRI in Kurukshetra


April 11th, 2012 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 10 (IANS) The Chandigarh Police, with the assistance of the Kurukshetra police in Haryana, Tuesday rescued a young non-resident Indian (NRI) from his abductors within hours of him ... Read more...

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In IPL season, Chandigarh to play gully cricket


April 2nd, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 2 (IANS) Over 8,000 players, 552 teams, including 23 teams of girls, nearly 35 locations and more. As cricket fans get ready for the popular T20 Indian ... Read more...

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Bigelow’s Osama film shooting gets hostile ride in Chandigarh


March 2nd, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 2 (IANS) Anti-Pakistan and anti-Osama bin Laden slogans, a Hollywood film crew running for cover, police reinforcements rushing in... this is not exactly what Oscar-winning Hollywood director Kathryn ... Read more...

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Chandigarh Rose Festival gets underway


February 24th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 24 (IANS) Chandigarh's popular Rose Festival got underway Friday as hundreds of people, including the youth, flocked to the sprawling 30-acre Rose Garden to view the myriad variety ... Read more...

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Chandigarh’s elderly bank on 100 in times of trouble


January 6th, 2012 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 6 (IANS) When in trouble, dial 100. That's how it has been for Chandigarh's elderly and that's clearly how they want it to be with police saying their ... Read more...

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Disco-loving cops colour Chandigarh crime scene


December 14th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 14 (IANS) He faked his rank and uniform, drove in a stolen SUV, frequented discotheques and night clubs and did everything to impress girls. While none of this ... Read more...

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Cricketer Harbhajan Singh robbed in Haryana


December 12th, 2011 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Karnal (Haryana), Dec 12 (IANS) Thieves broke into cricketer Harbhajan Singh's car while he had stopped by at a popular cafe near Karnal town Monday evening and took away ... Read more...

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Apex court quashes order for CBI probe against Punjab officer (Second Lead)


December 7th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday quashed a Punjab and Haryana High Court order directing a CBI probe into the alleged involvement of a senior IPS officer ... Read more...

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Apex court quashes order for CBI probe against Punjab officer


December 7th, 2011 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday quashed a Punjab and Haryana High Court order directing a CBI probe into the alleged involvement of a senior IPS officer ... Read more...

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Himachal bureaucrat’s son found dead in Chandigarh


November 23rd, 2011 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 22 (IANS) Chandigarh Police have launched an inquest into the mysterious death of the son of an Indian Administrative Service officer from Himachal Pradesh. Abhishek Kapoor, son of ... Read more...

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Man held for planning to attack Advani


November 17th, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 17 (IANS) A man has been detained here for allegedly planning an attack on L.K. Advani during the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's Jan Chetna Yatra, police ... Read more...

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Army officer surrenders in dowry case


November 15th, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 15 (IANS) Having failed to secure a stay from the Supreme Court against his arrest in a dowry case filed by his estranged wife, an Indian Army major ... Read more...

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High court dismisses ex-judge’s plea against prosecution


November 14th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday dismissed a petition by one of its former judges challenging the president's grant of sanction to the CBI to ... Read more...

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After 18 years, engineers keep 11.11.11 date


November 11th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 11 (IANS) Not an astrological reason but only a casual pledge made 18 years ago by a batch of mechanical engineering students of the Punjab Engineering College (PEC) ... Read more...

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Ahead of student polls, war zone at Panjab University


September 1st, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 1 (IANS) A bulletproof armoured vehicle and commandos with automatic weapons, 600 security personnel and sealed gates, post-midnight raids on hostels and over 100 closed circuit television ... Read more...

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Eight arrested in Chandigarh with fake heroin


August 26th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) The Chandigarh police have busted a gang of cheaters who were selling fake heroin in and around the city and charging lakhs of rupees for the ... Read more...

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Cash-in-bag scam: Ex-judge told to appear in trial court


August 19th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 19 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court Friday directed former high court judge Nirmal Yadav to appear before the trial court in the multi-million cash-in-bag scam to ... Read more...

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Father abducts daughter, arrested


August 19th, 2011 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 19 (IANS) Father of a three-year-old girl was arrested for kidnapping her, Chandigarh Police said Friday.The girl, Mannat, was found in a house Thursday in Mandi Gobindgarh town ... Read more...

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Pro-Hazare protesters picket ministers’ houses


August 16th, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 16 (IANS) Supporters of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare Tuesday picketed the private residences of three union ministers in Chandigarh to protest his arrest in Delhi.Police had to ... Read more...

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Suspended for kidnapped kid’s killing, 3 cops reinstated


June 24th, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 24 (IANS) Chandigarh police have revoked the suspension orders of its three officers who were held guilty of negligence while handling the kidnapping and murder case of five-year-old ... Read more...

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Three cops suspended for vandalism in Chandigarh


June 23rd, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 23 (IANS) Three constables of the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) have been suspended after they were found guilty of damaging public and private property during a clash, Chandigarh ... Read more...

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Two accounts officers held in fraud case


June 23rd, 2011 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 22 (IANS) The Economics Offences Wing (EOW) of Chandigarh police Wednesday evening booked two city-based chartered accountants in a land-related fraud case, said the police.According to the police, ... Read more...

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Three killed in Chandigarh accident


June 19th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) Three people, including a woman and her nephew, who were part of a religious procession were killed after being mowed down by a bus here. The ... Read more...

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Cops suspended for creating ruckus in hospital


June 19th, 2011 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) Chandigarh Police have suspended two of its officers for creating ruckus at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and manhandling its employees.The accused ... Read more...

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Four killed in Chandigarh accident


June 19th, 2011 - 2:06 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) Four people, part of a religious procession, died after they were mowed down by a private bus here Saturday night, police said.Following the accident in Sector ... Read more...

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Three booked for wrong blood transfusion


June 15th, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 15 (IANS) Nearly five-and-a-half months after a magisterial probe indicted three people, including two doctors, for wrong blood transfusion to a pregnant woman here, a case has finally ... Read more...

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Chandigarh police arrest youth for blackmailing IAS couple


June 11th, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 11 (IANS) A youth has been arrested here for blackmailing a senior IAS couple of Haryana, Chandigarh police said Saturday.The accused was identified as Simarjot Singh, 20, a ... Read more...

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41 stolen vehicles recovered in Chandigarh in May


June 1st, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 1 (IANS) Chandigarh Police Wednesday said it had arrested 11 auto thieves and recovered 41 vehicles, including luxurious cars and sports utility vehicles (SUVs), during the month of ... Read more...

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