Chandigarh

3 women killed in fire in Chandigarh house

7:41 pm February 22, 2020

Chandigarh: Three young women died when a fire broke out at a house in Chandigarh on Saturday, police said. The women, aged 19-22, were staying as paying guests on the first floor of the building in Sector 32, Chandigarh Superintendent of Police Vineet Kumar said. Four fire tenders were pressed into service to put out […]

Cold conditions abate in parts of Punjab, Haryana

4:27 pm February 14, 2020

Chandigarh: Cold weather conditions abated in most places in Punjab and Haryana on Friday, with the minimum temperatures hovering a few notches above normal limits in both the states. Chandigarh recorded a minimum of 11.4 degrees Celsius, a meteorological department official said here. In Punjab, Amritsar (8.4 degrees Celsius), Ludhiana (12.3 degrees Celsius), Patiala (11.3 […]

Devotees throng Golden Temple on 'Parkash Purab' of Guru Ramdas

SGPC bans making TikTok videos inside Golden Temple

11:08 pm February 8, 2020

Chandigarh: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Saturday prohibited making TikTok videos inside the Golden Temple in the wake of such videos showing the visitors dancing and playing songs, going viral on social media. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex religious body of Sikhs, pasted posters inside the Golden Temple complex, warning devotees […]

Cold weather conditions persist in Punjab, Haryana

3:09 pm February 5, 2020

Chandigarh: Cold weather conditions continued to persist in most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday with Bathinda reeling under severe chill at 2.1 degrees Celsius. Bathinda was the coldest place in the two states recording a below normal minimum temperature, a Meteorological Department official said here. Adampur in Punjab also reeled at a low […]

6 youth killed in accident in Haryana’s Pundri

3:34 pm February 2, 2020

Chandigarh: Six youth were killed when their SUV was hit by an unknown vehicle on Pundri-Dhand Road in Haryana’s Kaithal district, police said on Sunday. The youth, aged between 19 to 25, were returning to their villages in Kaithal district from Haridwar late on Saturday night when the accident occurred, a police official of the […]