Pallavi Singhal is a Correspondent with The Indian Express, Chandigarh Bureau. She tweets @singhalpallavii

December 03, 2020 09:50 IST
On an average, the per day case load increased from 41 in to approximately 72 in November. Health authorities expect the cases to keep rising further.
Thu, Dec 03, 2020
December 02, 2020 11:26 IST
All five have now been summoned on December 17.
Wed, Dec 02, 2020
December 01, 2020 09:56 IST
Amid the lockdown, as schools and colleges start new batches in a remote set up, Pankaj Aggarwal's hard work of more than ten year has come undone.
Tue, Dec 01, 2020
November 24, 2020 11:22 IST
Even though the family has been alleging the role of a drug cartel behind Shoree’s murder, the Bureau of Investigation (BoI), Punjab. filed a closure report into the investigation in the court of sub-divisional judicial magistrate, Kharar, Shilpi Gupta, on January 8 this year.
Tue, Nov 24, 2020
November 24, 2020 10:31 IST
Awaiting a meeting since July, members of the Syndicate, whose term ends December 31, have been demanding that a syndicate meeting be held immediately.
Tue, Nov 24, 2020
November 17, 2020 03:19 IST
While the health department of Panchkula had been collecting approximately 500 samples a day till August, the numbers had steadily increased by more than double in September.
Tue, Nov 17, 2020
November 14, 2020 10:34 IST
While the entire country celebrates the festival of lights on Saturday, medical professionals, who are battling a raging pandemic, will continue to be on duty, away from their families.
Sat, Nov 14, 2020
November 11, 2020 20:48 IST
Levelling allegations, they said that the “VC was acting under the guidance of RSS to destroy the Fundamental structure of university by ending its democratic process.”
Wed, Nov 11, 2020
November 11, 2020 20:46 IST
Once hailed to be the Paris of Haryana, Panchkula—one of the youngest and a planned city—is now on its way to being a village next to UT, as stray cattle and dogs and littered garbage rule the roads. Several residents stated that they approached the MC, but to no avail.
Wed, Nov 11, 2020
November 08, 2020 12:07 IST
While Panchkula has 200 such bicycles, more than 1.10 lakh rides were registered between June and October this year, Gwalior and Bhubaneswar with 500 bicycles each, registered above 76,000 and 12,000 rides respectively.
Sun, Nov 08, 2020
November 04, 2020 10:37 IST
Fourteen villagers were arrested and booked under several sections, including criminal conspiracy, attempt to murder, rioting and sections of the Arms Act as well.
Wed, Nov 04, 2020
November 04, 2020 05:53 IST
Fourteen villagers were arrested and booked under several sections, including criminal conspiracy, attempt to murder, rioting and sections of the Arms Act as well.
Wed, Nov 04, 2020
November 03, 2020 10:18 IST
In the first round of sero survey conducted in September by the PGIMER across Haryana, the district positivity rate had stood at 6.5 per cent — below the state average of 8 per cent then.
Tue, Nov 03, 2020
October 31, 2020 09:25 IST
Out of 1,635 complaints from Panchkula zone, at least 438 have been registered under the street lights category, spanning to as old as 328 days, out of which only 28 stand resolved.
Sat, Oct 31, 2020
October 30, 2020 10:10 IST
The step comes in view of the expiration of the current senate body on October 31, while the elections for the next senate body stand indefinitely stalled.
Fri, Oct 30, 2020
October 26, 2020 02:26 IST
The beneficiaries of the scheme included residents of 763 villages across six states, including 221 from Haryana.
Mon, Oct 26, 2020
October 23, 2020 14:34 IST
Even though the Panchkula district administration claims of having procured 90 per cent of the harvest, numbers accessed from the Haryana State Agricultural marketing Board show a gap of at least 20 per cent exists between the total harvest registered online and the amount procured by the government.
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
October 21, 2020 11:18 IST
The group refuted the administration's reasoning to postpone the elections, stating that scores of people have been coming to Chandigarh everyday by flights, trains and road, not only from different corners of the country but also from abroad amid the Covid-19 situation.
Wed, Oct 21, 2020
October 21, 2020 11:00 IST
According to Professor Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor of Panjab University, the university has an extensive research department and while it it far better than any IIT or IIM, Panjab University lacks that kind of fame.
Wed, Oct 21, 2020
October 16, 2020 10:50 IST
Shravan Kumar Garg, the newly-appointed Chairman of Haryana Gau Seva Ayog said that they are developing panchgavya', which constitutes five products offered by a cow-- cow-urine, milk, curd, ghee and cow-dung, that is capable of curing any disease in humans.
Fri, Oct 16, 2020
October 10, 2020 23:42 IST
CMO Panchkula, Dr Jasjeet Kaur, spoke to Pallavi Singhal about the disease progress, the obstacles faced and what the future holds.
Sat, Oct 10, 2020
October 10, 2020 05:31 IST
Ravinder Kumar, whose son studies in class VI and daughter in class X at Shishu Niketan, Sector 43, Chandigarh has been running from pillar to post to get more time for arranging money for the fees.
Sat, Oct 10, 2020
October 08, 2020 22:23 IST
Till October 7, 1528 patients (1,068 men and 460 women) died across Haryana due to coronavirus.
Thu, Oct 08, 2020
October 07, 2020 10:34 IST
A total of 129 healthcare workers associated not only with the Panchkula health department but also those working at UT hospitals but residing in Panchkula have yet contracted the virus.
Wed, Oct 07, 2020
October 04, 2020 04:28 IST
“The number of Covid cases is increasing day by day on PU campus, including hostels, and your ward is a resident of this hostel and is still residing here during the pandemic. The situation is already alarming and it is very difficult to cope with the situation," the letters stated.
Sun, Oct 04, 2020





