Chandigarh

Severe cold cold conditions in parts of west UP

Cold wave conditions persist in Punjab, Haryana

8:54 pm January 17, 2020

Chandigarh: Cold wave conditions persisted in Punjab and Haryana on Friday with dense fog engulfing most parts of the region, disrupting normal life. Dense fog reduced visibility which affected air, rail and road traffic in the region, the weather office said here. Amritsar was the coldest place at 4.7 degrees Celsius. While Hisar recorded a […]

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

Day after rains, icy winds from hills cause mercury to fall across north India

9:22 pm January 9, 2020

New Delhi : The mercury took a dip across north India on Thursday, a day after rains lashed the region, and fog led to reduced visibility at many places, including in Rajasthan’s Churu, where eight people died when a van collided with a bus. Pahalgam was the coldest in the Kashmir Valley at minus 13.7 […]

10,349 farmers committed suicide in 2018: NCRB

7:51 pm January 9, 2020

New Delhi: At least 10,349 people working in the farm sector ended their lives in 2018, accounting for 7.7 per cent of the total number of suicides in the country which was 1,34,516, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The 2018 figure is less in comparison to 2016 when 11,379 farmers committed suicide, […]

Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association

Pb, Har Bar Association condemns JNU violence

8:55 pm January 8, 2020

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association on Wednesday passed a resolution, condemning the January 5 violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. Bar Association president Dayal Partap Singh Randhawa said the association condemned the attack on students at the JNU. In the resolution, the Bar Association stated that it condemned “the […]

Over 600 Indian Sikh pilgrims arrive in Pak for Guru Nanak Dev's 551st birth anniversary

Union minister Harsimrat condemns mob attack on Sikh shrine in Pakistan

8:51 pm January 4, 2020

Chandigarh: Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal condemned the mob attack on the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan and said the incident exposes the “true face” of Pakistan where “persecution of minorities is a reality”. The Bathinda MP also requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the matter with his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan […]