

Monday 16 November '09
From breaching visa deadline and drug peddling, once foreigners set foot on crime route they find it’s a one-way street.ANEESHA SAREENzooms into reasons, thrills and agony of foreign criminals in the cityFriday 13 November '09
Admitting the application of a woman seeking a “fair trial” in the murder of her husband that took place in May 2007, the district and sessions court today summoned the then judicial magistrate to appear before it.Sunday
8 November '09Nineteen years have passed since 14-year-old Ruchika Girhotra, a budding tennis player, was allegedly molested by a senior police officer, and 16 years since the girl, left traumatised by the incident, committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance.Thursday
5 November '09Two months after the recruitment scam rocked the UT Education department, the police filed a chargesheet in the local court on Wednesday.Monday
2 November '09Hours after the Indian and Australian teams arrived in the city for the fourth ODI on Monday, the Chandigarh Police sent a missive to president of the Punjab Cricket Association to take action against three Indian cricketers for “serious breach of security”.Sunday
1 November '09At the ripe age of 74, this former zonal deputy manager of Life Insurance Corporation of India is a harassed man. For the past 12 years, he has been struggling to get his pension amount enhanced, but to no avail.Friday
30 October '09A lower court on Thursday sentenced a Chandigarh-based businessman to seven years in jail for raping his personal assistant.Wednesday
28 October '09Prime witness in the Sonia Suman murder case has turned hostile. In the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Raj Shekhar Attri on Tuesday, Ranjit Kaur said she never gave any statement to the police.Monday
19 October '09As on every Diwali, Raj Kumar left with his wife and two sons to pay obeisance at a temple in Chatauli village, about 7 km from Kurali.Thursday
8 October '09Committed a traffic offence and thought you got away? Think twice, for you can be challaned even when you thought no cop saw you. No, we are not talking about CCTV cameras...Tuesday
15 September '09Sonia Goyal, the wife of slain chartered accountant Rajesh Goyal, who had been brutally murdered in his Sector 42 office in 2007...Saturday
12 September '09Adding weight to claims of the prosecution in the Anuradha murder case...Friday
11 September '09In two of his biggest drug hauls as the Zonal Director of Narcotics Control Bureau, Chandigarh...Sunday
30 August '09Even as the UT Police claim several successes in bringing up the rate of conviction and the number of solved cases, there are a number of recent cases where the police are yet to make much headway.Wednesday
19 August '09“I have been arrested, yet again,” says 18-year-old Jaswant Singh with a smile as he greets his relative at the district courts. “This time for snatching,” he laughs.Tuesday
11 August '09Even as the police and central investigative agencies are questioning Savinder Kaur, the alleged kingpin of a fake currency racket arrested last week, fake currency continues to circulate in the market.Monday
10 August '09Even as the police and central investigative agencies are questioning Savinder Kaur, the alleged kingpin of a fake currency racket arrested last week, fake currency continues to circulate in the market.Sunday
9 August '09One crime that seems to be beyond the Chandigarh Police is vehicle theft.Thursday
23 July '09In a new turn to the Nari Niketan rape case, a fellow inmate of the 19-year-old victim has given a statement to the UT police that the victim had confided in her, and that she was also raped at Ashreya in Sector 47.Thursday
23 July '09In a new turn to the Nari Niketan rape case, a fellow inmate of the 19-year-old victim has given a statement to the UT police that the victim had confided in her, and that she was also raped at Ashreya in Sector 47.Monday
20 July '09In a bid to make life ‘hassle free’ for senior citizens, the Chandigarh Traffic Police has come up with a unique initiative.Thursday
16 July '09Contrary to conventional wisdom that arranged marriages are far more ‘stable’ than love marriages, a recent study reveals that it is the other way round.Sunday
5 July '09Once a dominant force in the UT police, Punjabis — celebrated for their bravery and valour — now apparently find the khaki uniform a heavy burden to bear.Tuesday
30 June '09CTU driver Ranjit Singh, who was booked for causing death due to negligence after an accident on Saturday, has said the charges reflect “police’s highhandedness, injustice and bias”.Monday
29 June '09Nearly half of the police force in Chandigarh is grossly overweight, according to a recent study.