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

October 02, 2020 04:09 IST
The court also directed the school managements to file within two weeks the balance sheets for the last seven months.
Fri, Oct 02, 2020
October 02, 2020 02:52 IST
The petition filed by former councilor of ward 4 of Kalka region, has pointed out several legal grounds and has challenged the decision of bifurcation-- also calling it “politically motivated.”
Fri, Oct 02, 2020
October 01, 2020 04:20 IST
In the first week of July and in the last week of December last year, Gupta had issued similar threats demanding that the MC “cancel the licences of contractors whose work is not done over the given time limits”.
Thu, Oct 01, 2020
September 29, 2020 11:18 IST
Although the number of positive cases has seen a decrease, there has been no respite in the number of Covid-19 related deaths.
Tue, Sep 29, 2020
September 27, 2020 00:41 IST
The project, pegged to increase the city's connectivity with air-conditioned smart buses, was set to begin with the construction of two bus stops, in sectors 9 and 15, on pilot basis.
Sun, Sep 27, 2020
September 26, 2020 06:06 IST
The issue of stipends has cropped up due to the overlap of new admissions with the services utilised of the exiting batch.
Sat, Sep 26, 2020
September 23, 2020 10:11 IST
This deterioration in the mental health of doctors has been a direct consequence of the persisting pandemic. Working shifts of 12-hour or more, while being a bystander to unabated deaths has begun to show its toll on the healthcare staff.
Wed, Sep 23, 2020
September 20, 2020 05:51 IST
In a complaint submitted by Vijay Mehta, at the CM Window on July 14 which percolated down to Panchkula CMO only recently, the retired police officer, now residing in Ambala had alleged that the hospital declared him positive falsely only so they could fleece him.
Sun, Sep 20, 2020
September 17, 2020 07:51 IST
Struggling to keep up with the constant and rising in-flow of positive patients from all age groups, doctors and authorities have been grappling to match pace.
Thu, Sep 17, 2020
September 15, 2020 11:13 IST
According to the estimates and projections made by district authorities, the district which was supposed to record a maximum of 664 active cases by September 15. However, the numbers crossed the 1000 mark in early September.
Tue, Sep 15, 2020
September 14, 2020 01:50 IST
The song, a part of Netflix's latest series Masaba Masaba, based on fashion designer Masaba Gupta and her actress mother, Neena Gupta, has created a hype among people as it challenges the age-old noun 'Aunty' and its connotation.
Mon, Sep 14, 2020
September 12, 2020 11:31 IST
The three were hired under the Section 37 D (2) of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Business Bye-laws, which state that services of legal advisors, experts, labour advisor and architects can be hired by the commissioner.
Sat, Sep 12, 2020
September 12, 2020 10:53 IST
At least 10 farmers were booked by the Panchkula police under several sections of the IPC, including sections 188 (punishment for disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant), 269 and 270 (act likely to spread infection) and section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act.
Sat, Sep 12, 2020
September 11, 2020 11:50 IST
Long term benefits available under the schemes of the central government, like AMRUT and JNNURM, among others, will also no more be applicable to Kalka and Pinjore areas
Fri, Sep 11, 2020
September 09, 2020 14:09 IST
Budda (33), who hails from Moga district of Punjab, was a part of the Bhupi Rana gang and had allegedly been involved in the killing of Bhupesh Rana in Barwala in April 2018.
Wed, Sep 09, 2020
September 08, 2020 12:33 IST
The notice also mentioned the death of a 34-year-old Major in Panchkula on September 28, 2019 in an accident after his bike had collided into stray cattle roaming on NH-75 at night.
Tue, Sep 08, 2020
September 05, 2020 02:59 IST
The district administration had converted all its dispensaries and hospitals into sampling centres in the last week of August, to make sampling easy and accessible to all. The district now has as many as 19 government and two private sampling centres.
Sat, Sep 05, 2020
September 04, 2020 11:19 IST
Filing an RTI with the HSVP, the complainant has demanded identification of the 30 men who visited their house, the issuance of notice and its date, the name and details of concerned duty magistrate assigned for demolition of house among other things.
Fri, Sep 04, 2020
September 04, 2020 10:40 IST
Mahila Congress National Coordinator, Ranjeeta Mehta said Paras Hospital charged her an amount of Rs 97,000 for the three days she remained admitted.
Sat, Sep 05, 2020
September 03, 2020 07:27 IST
Taking a lead over its counterparts in the Tricity, Mohali and Chandigarh, Panchkula has tested 6,464 people per lakh of its population which stands at 6 lakh.
Thu, Sep 03, 2020
September 02, 2020 09:53 IST
Panchkula CMO Dr Jasjeet Kaur explained that the surge in cases was a result of delayed reports which were sent for testing at various labs in Chandigarh as the district lab had remained closed for days after four lab technicians and one doctor tested positive.
Wed, Sep 02, 2020
September 02, 2020 05:21 IST
Meanwhile, Panchkula Vikas Manch, a city-based NGO, demanded fairness in reserving seats for various backward castes. Demanding that no political pressures be involved in this reservation
Wed, Sep 02, 2020
September 01, 2020 21:35 IST
In a statement issued by the administration Sunday, the city has been divided into 20 wards of an average population of 16,000 persons per ward.
Tue, Sep 01, 2020
September 01, 2020 11:48 IST
In a letter, former councillor Satinder Singh Tony, has stated a population restraint as well as the resolution against the bifurcation passed by MC house at the time being overlooked as the prime reasons of lapses on legal grounds.
Tue, Sep 01, 2020
August 30, 2020 03:16 IST
Citing an increase in number of cases, Panchkula DC, Mukesh Kumar Ahuja on Friday had also issued orders mandating a complete ban on any public gatherings and protests. The protest ground in Sector 5 has also been closed off for any gathering till further orders.
Sun, Aug 30, 2020





