Chandigarh, Nov 21 (IANS) A swine flu scare among students here has led to a sudden fall in attendance in schools and colleges in this union territory. Screening of students is done every ...

Chandigarh, Nov 20 (IANS) The Chandigarh police Friday conducted surprise raids at various cyber cafes in this union territory and found over a dozen cafes were not keeping proper records of the ...

Chandigarh, Nov 20 (IANS) Chandigarh's oldest boys school has sought the intervention of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions against the union territory administration for "interfering" in the school's internal matters. ...

Chandigarh, Nov 17 (IANS) With the aim of popularising honey and increasing its consumption among masses, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)-Punjab launched various awareness activities in this union territory, as ...

Chandigarh, Nov 16 (IANS) With swine flu cases crossing the 100 mark in this Union Territory, the health authorities have ordered the Punjab Engineering College (PEC) and six other schools to close ...

Chandigarh, Nov 16 (IANS) A special team of the National Commission for Minorities, which visited Punjab and this union territory Monday, pulled up the state government for its failure to work for ...

Chandigarh, Nov 15 (IANS) Students with individual computers on their study tables and Internet connections in classrooms - Chandigarh's government-run schools are headed for a technological revolution if the ambitious plans under ...

Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) It was a different kind of motor race. No vrrooming cars or mobikes, but three-wheeled autorickshaws chugging away at a sedate speed. This union territory Saturday saw a unique ...

Panaji/Ahmedabad, Nov 11 (IANS) Twenty-four of the 34 Goa-based fishing trawlers, which went missing as the Arabian Sea turned rough under the influence of Cyclone Phyan, have been located, officials said Wednesday. ...

Ahmedabad/Panaji, Nov 11 (IANS) About 80 fishing trawlers, with an average of 10 men in each, are missing in cyclone-hit Arabian Sea, organisations of fishermen along India's west coast said Wednesday. As Cyclone ...

Chandigarh, Nov 10 (IANS) To spread awareness about HIV/AIDS and the usage of condoms mainly among the most vulnerable section - truck drivers and their attendants, a van christened 'Ustad Condom Van' ...

Chandigarh, Nov 9 (IANS) Moderate to heavy showers lashed this union territory and neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana Monday, leading to a drop in temperature. "This rainfall was due to strong western ...

Chandigarh, Nov 8 (IANS) Another doctor has tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) virus in Chandigarh, taking the number of such cases to 62, health officials said here Sunday. The 36-year-old doctor runs ...

Chandigarh, Nov 6 (IANS) Though this city is less than 60 years old, it is going to list its heritage buildings so that they can be preserved and maintained, officials said here ...

Chandigarh, Nov 5 (IANS) Chandigarh's Director of Public Instructions (schools) Samwartak Singh, whose name cropped up in a teachers' recruitment scam, was Thursday transferred from the education department with immediate effect, officials ...

Chandigarh, Nov 5 (IANS) Parents of a child studying in a private school here Thursday filed a complaint with the union territory authorities alleging that a teacher of the school was showing ...

Chandigarh, Nov 5 (IANS) A team of cardiologists at a private hospital in this union territory Thursday conducted a surgery, which was telecast live to the Indo-European Course on Revascularization (IECR) at ...

By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Nov 3 (IANS) Being the joint capital of two states and the headquarters of a union territory gives Chandigarh a lot of VIPs, including two who are now on ...

Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) The 10-day National Crafts Mela held in this union territory (UT) ended Monday, with organisers planning to make it an annual affair. Tourism Minister Kumari Selja was the chief ...

Chandigarh, Oct 30 (IANS) The Chandigarh administration Friday ordered an audit of the funds received and expenditure incurred by all government schools in the union territory after suspending the principal and four ...

Chandigarh, Oct 30 (IANS) Five new positive cases of influenza A (H1N1) virus were detected in this union territory Thursday, a health official said here Friday. Among the new patients are two sisters, ...

Chandigarh, Oct 28 (IANS) A city-based NGO Yuvsatta has demanded that travel for children between India and Pakistan should be made visa-free. The NGO has roped in Chandigarh MP and union Minister ...

Chandigarh, Oct 27 (IANS) A massive anti-encroachment drive was carried out in this union territory Tuesday to recover illegally occupied land for the development of third phase of Chandigarh, officials said. "Unauthorised encroachments ...

Chandigarh, Oct 27 (IANS) Asia's first 'Dining In The Sky' (DITS) that was launched in this union territory (UT) Nov 24, on the occasion of Chandigarh Crafts Mela, got into trouble Tuesday ...

Chandigarh, Oct 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday demanded a judicial probe in the ongoing spat between Punjab Governor Gen. (retd) S.F. Rodrigues, who is also the administrator of ...

Chandigarh, Oct 23 (IANS) Six union ministers landed up in the city, a centrally-administered union territory (UT) that is the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, for one reason or the ...

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Wednesday dismissed as "baseless and false" Punjab Governor S.F. Rodrigues' allegations linking her and her family to the land allotted ...

Chandigarh, Oct 19 (IANS) Non Resident Indians (NRIs) having property in the union territory of Chandigarh can now gain immediate possession of both residential and non-residential property, officials said here Monday. "We ...

Chandigarh, Oct 15 (IANS) The office of Punjab Governor S.F. Rodrigues, in his capacity as administrator of the Union Territory (UT) of Chandigarh, has got embroiled in a major controversy over contentious ...

Chandigarh, Oct 15 (IANS) Sky dining is going to be the high point of the Chandigarh National Crafts Mela that kicks off here Oct 24 to Nov 2. The unique 'sky restaurant' will ...