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SC quashes Covid-era relaxation that let Chandigarh street vendors operate as Essential Service Providers

6 months after ordering removal of encroachments from Manimajra in 48 hours, the court also ordered smart IDs, helplines & daily monitoring to be set up in the city's vending zones.

IDFC fraud wasn’t Rs 570 cr. ED probe reveals Rs 645 cr were siphoned from Haryana govt accounts

Gurugram: The deal was simple—open a firm in your name, sign blank cheques, and move cash around as directed in return for a fixed...

The success story of Chandigarh Police Department. How it bagged 136 awards

With 2,000 cameras and 136 new awards, Chandigarh’s force is winning on paper—but residents say the streets tell a very different story.

Does Chandigarh really need a metro? It isn’t a copy cat Indian city

Mobility has already been designed into Chandigarh. It doesn’t need to be retrofitted decades later.

Chandigarh BJP office blast: Cops probe how ‘ISI-linked network’ executed attack from Portugal, Germany

Punjab Police have arrested 5 for Wednesday’s explosion, 2 others absconding. DGP says module backed by Pakistan’s ISI with foreign-based handlers.

Haryana govt’s Rs 150-crore fixed deposits in Kotak go missing. It’s similar to ‘IDFC fraud playbook’

Fraudsters allegedly opened shadow accounts using Panchkula municipal corporation documents, routed funds out while sending fake renewal papers to assure officials.

Haryana Congress names 4 RS poll cross-voters after two MLAs’ dharna to push party to clear their names

Gokul Setia & Manju Chaudhary staged protest outside party office in Chandigarh, saying their names are being wrongly circulated as those who cross-voted. Hooda met both legislators.

Chandigarh Smart City funds in ‘ghost FDs’: IDFC First bank manager, accountant booked in Rs 116 cr fraud

Amit Kumar, Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, said that IDFC First Bank returned Rs 116.84 crore, including interest, after the fraud came to light.

Chandigarh admin funds also hit? Haryana Vigilance chief’s revelation in IDFC First Bank fraud

Haryana Vigilance chief DGP Arshinder Singh Chawla says some Chandigarh admin accounts involved, though amount smaller than Haryana’s and bank delayed action till FIR threat loomed.

Amid Haryana assembly ruckus over bank fraud linked to govt accounts, Saini says full Rs 578 cr recovered

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini attributes the fraud to collusion by lower-level employees at Chandigarh banks & says the full sum was credited back to state govt accounts.

On Camera

How the 1881 census redefined colonial rule in India

From hidden elders to uncounted infants, colonial enumerators faced widespread public distrust during the first all-India count.

NH toll revenue doubles in five years to over Rs 70,000 crore as number of plazas rises sharply

Government tells Parliament toll collections touched Rs 70,278 crore in 2025-26, Rajasthan has highest number of toll plazas, while expenditure on operating plazas is not maintained centrally.

The ‘outlier’ caves in: Permanent commission allowed for women in Indian Coast Guard

On Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled a policy for gender-neutral induction and career progression of officers in Indian Coast Guard.

Youth’s struggles won’t end with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Govt must decentralise education

Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.