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Friday, December 19, 2025
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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

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.