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Bringing Chandigarh under Article 240 is like an adventure conjured to beat boredom

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

‘Crowning glory of Punjab’: Why Chandigarh is a deeply emotive issue for Punjabis

After the Centre proposed bringing Chandigarh under Article 240, a move that would empower the President to frame rules & legislate directly for the UT, Punjab vehemently protested against it.

The Chandigarh debate: Why proposal to replace Governor with L-G isn’t just ‘simplifying’ law-making

Bringing Chandigarh under Article 240 will simplify law-making, says MHA. It'll shift the 'centre of gravity' of governance from Parliament to the home ministry, Punjab worries.

Chandigarh Article 240 row: Centre backtracks amid Punjab backlash, says ‘no Bill in Winter Session’

MHA clarification comes after Parliament bulletin said a Bill would be introduced to bring Chandigarh under Article 240, which empowers President to make regulations for UTs.

High Court pulls up Haryana child welfare officials for putting a Nuh teen in ‘grave danger’

Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj criticised the manner in which child welfare officers in Haryana discharged their duties and imposed costs of Rs 25,000 on the state government.

‘Rs 8 lakh + monthly sewa-paani’: CBI’s bribery case against Punjab DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar

Harcharan Singh Bhullar was posted in the Rupnagar range. Bhullar joined as an officer of the Punjab police and was promoted to IPS in 2016.

IPS officer suicide: Police issues notice to Puran Kumar’s wife Amneet Kumar for laptop

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Police has issued a notice to IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar, the wife of late IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar, seeking...

7 days on, Haryana IPS officer yet to be cremated. IAS wife vs govt stalemate continues

IAS wife has refused to even identify IPS officer's body at Chandigarh PGIMER. Stalemate causing embarrassment to CM Nayab Saini ahead of PM's rally in Haryana on Friday.

6 days after Haryana IPS officer’s ‘suicide’, body still in mortuary. Family seeks accused DGP’s arrest

Family has rejected govt’s offer to send DGP Kapur, who the officer accused of harassing him, on short leave. They want his & now-transferred Rohtak SP Bijarniya’s arrest. 

‘Hounded for entering temple, denied leave to meet dying father’—Haryana IPS’s ‘final note’ on seniors

Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who died allegedly by suicide, names 15 serving & retired officers in his ‘note’, says FIR against his gunman was attempt to eventually trap him.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.