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TopicChandigarh

Topic: Chandigarh

This Haryana information commissioner is striking terror in the hearts of govt officers

Arun Sangwan has fined scores of public information officers for not providing information, also ordering disciplinary action against half-a-dozen of them.

After political furore in Punjab, Modi govt suspends notification on Chandigarh cops

Punjab's ruling Congress and opposition Akali Dal have been protesting against centralisation of Chandigarh bureaucracy and dilution of state's role.

Another Rewari woman alleges she was raped in Haryana’s Jind district

The woman alleged she was abducted by two men after they offered her treatment for a health condition.

Modi govt’s top law officer tried to influence inquiry against police officers reveals RTI

ASG Satya Pal Jain wrote a letter to the Chandigarh administration asking them to go soft on the officers who were looking into a property dispute case.

Who does Chandigarh belong to? Punjab, Haryana CMs lock horns over ‘capital city’

Singh also rejected Khattar’s proposal to create ‘Tri-city Planning Board’ for development of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula.

In Punjab, politics over Class XII history books sets stage for a Congress-opposition spat

Opposition parties in Punjab have termed the shift in focus from Punjab to India as a move to ‘belittle and insult the glorious history of Sikh gurus’.

Chandigarh makes NYT ‘52 Places to Go’ list, with a little help from Sukhbir Badal

The Oberoi Sukhvilas resort, 30 km from the city, is listed as a major tourist attraction. It is owned by Sukhbir Badal and run by the Oberoi Group.

Stalking probe puts Chandigarh’s bureaucratic soup in the spotlight

With officers drawn from three cadres running the union territory, administration and law enforcement of Chandigarh is often uncoordinated and haphazard. Chitleen K. Sethi

Subhash Barala must resign on ‘moral grounds’: BJP veteran Om Prakash Grover

The senior party leader had also demanded Congress leader Venod Sharma’s resignation when his son, Manu Sharma, was implicated in the Jessica Lal murder case in 1999. Pragya Kaushika

On Camera

PoK burns with anger against Pakistani state. You won’t see it in Kashmir-obsessed Western media

The contrast between Kashmir and PoK is impossible to ignore. One side protests for food and electricity, while the other talks about growth and education.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.