Fraudsters allegedly opened shadow accounts using Panchkula municipal corporation documents, routed funds out while sending fake renewal papers to assure officials.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nehru's audacious vision and Le Corbusier's design produced a Chandigarh exceptionalism. It’s now battling the same urban woes as Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru.
My birthdate is 7 August, so that was the prime reason. But I also met my girlfriend in August, and my favourite cricketer, Dhoni’s jersey number was 7, said Vinayak who just bought a top model Tata Safari.
Quashing of FIRs should happen only in ‘rarest of rare cases’, Punjab & Haryana HC says, adding that police should be allowed to investigate & courts shouldn't jump in too early.
India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.
Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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