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Topic: Chandigarh

Chandigarh’s Sukhna Lake reopens on weekends, families and friends step out to enjoy stroll

Activities in the area such as boating not allowed yet, and amusement park is shut. The shopping arcade and other places on the premises will also remain closed for now.

Chandigarh DGP thanks ‘lord Ram, PM Modi & Shah’ for promotion, triggers row

IPS officer Sanjay Beniwal, who has been posted in Chandigarh since June 2018, was promoted in the DGP scale by Union Home Ministry Tuesday.

Ambassador painted with artwork could pose ‘serious law enforcement problem’ — appeal in HC

An HC bench had earlier asked Chandigarh administration to register the Ambassador car painted with Senkoe artwork. But an appeal has now been filed against the order.

How a protest meeting at a Chandigarh hotel infected 13 Punjab govt officers

The meeting was held on 3 July in which 36 Punjab Civil Services officers took part. Among those infected are two additional deputy commissioners and 7 SDMs.

Another fight brewing as Punjab demands Haryana gives it more space in Vidhan Sabha building

BJP-ruled Haryana first demanded space in December but with Punjab's Congress govt refusing, it intends to escalate the matter to the UT administrator, also the Punjab governor. 

BJP expels Karnal leader Chander Parkash Kathuria for 6 years for ‘immoral’ activities

The expulsion comes two days after a video surfaced in which Kathuria was seen falling on the ground while trying to descend from the balcony of a second-floor flat in Chandigarh.

7 workers fall ill after inhaling poisonous gas at Chhattisgarh paper mill

The incident occurred at Shakti Paper Mill in Raigarh’s Tetla village, where the victims were cleaning an open tank on Wednesday evening, the police said.

Man with no travel history tests positive for Covid-19 in Chandigarh

One more positive case takes the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Chandigarh to 16

As India reports highest increase in COVID-19 cases in a day, govt to admit all suspected patients

The government will now admit all suspected patients of COVID-19, unlike earlier where patients with travel history or contact history were considered for testing

Mohali woman with coronavirus ‘dragged’ to govt hospital, Chandigarh reports 4 new cases

Total number of cases in Chandigarh now stands at 5, while the number for Punjab has gone up to 3. Man who died in Nawanshahr may have infected many more.

On Camera

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

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.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.