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Topic: Chandigarh

Delhi-Katra expressway hangs in balance as NHAI tells Punjab govt its contractors ‘not feeling safe’

NHAI’s complaint to chief secretary came barely month after Punjab lost 3 vital road projects on account of farmers protesting land acquisition, and demanding better prices for land.

At least 4 dead, 23 injured after 8 coaches of Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derail near Gonda in UP

North Eastern Railway says relief vehicles have arrived & 4 SDRF teams are making their way to site of accident. CMO statement says all hospitals & health centres nearby on high alert.

Kangana Ranaut ‘slapped’ by CISF constable at Chandigarh airport for ‘disrespecting farmers’

The actor, who won from Mandi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket, claimed she was slapped by the constable during security check when she was on her way to board a flight to Delhi.

Congress’s Manish Tewari wrests Chandigarh from BJP after 10 yrs, Sanjay Tandon loses by slim margin

Tiwari was the joint candidate of the Congress and the AAP. Actor-turned-politician Kirron Kher held the seat for the last two terms.

SAD’s Chandigarh candidate withdraws from LS race citing party indifference — ‘cannot go on’

Three-time councillor Hardeep Singh Buterla was up against Congress-AAP candidate Manish Tewari & BJP’s Sanjay Tandon. Someone else pulling his strings, says SAD.

After 10 yrs as Chandigarh BJP chief, Sanjay Tandon gets ticket to contest Lok Sabha polls

The incumbent BJP MP from Chandigarh, actor-politician Kirron Kher, had stepped aside citing ill health.

SC will direct recounting of votes polled in controversial Chandigarh mayoral election

The top court voiced its deep concern over the ‘horse-trading’ and said it will examine the ballot papers and video recording of the counting.

‘Should be prosecuted’: SC slams returning officer for putting marks on ballots in Chandigarh mayor polls

BJP won the mayoral elections in January following the returning officer’s move to scrap eight opposition votes.

‘AAP to announce 14 candidates for Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, Chandigarh,’ says Kejriwal

Addressing ‘doorstep delivery’ of ration under Punjab govt’s National Food Security Act, Delhi CM said the candidates will be announced in the coming 10-15 days.

Chandigarh mayoral poll a murder of democracy, AAP & Congress will move SC — Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

BJP’s Manoj Sonkar was declared mayor of Chandigarh Tuesday after he won with 16 votes against 12 votes bagged by Congress-AAP candidate Kuldeep Tita. Eight votes declared invalid.

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Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.