

Sunday 1 November '09
In Chandigarh, the top brass of the Administration is usually busy in settling their ego fights, and the Administration and the Municipal Corporation-and their departments-work without any coordination. The result is haphazard planning and whimsical decisions.Saturday 31 October '09
One of the major investors at Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park...Wednesday
28 October '09The alleged irregularities in land allotment for mega projects in Chandigarh have not only stalled development to the tune of Rs 3,000 crore in the city....Thursday
22 October '09Did a letter written by UT Administrator General S F Rodrigues (retd) in defence of some UT officials scuttle CBI probe into the multi-crore sports equipment scam? The letter was written to former CBI Director Vijay Shankar.Wednesday
21 October '09“My husband is safe. He called me from the ship last night. He spoke with me on phone for about a minute or so and confirmed his well-being...Wednesday
14 October '09Real estate giant Parsvnath Developers has appointed an arbitrator to settle issues with the Chandigarh Housing Board...Sunday
11 October '09Nestled in a corner of the Confederation of Indian Industry Consumer Fair is the stall of a man, who’s here for reasons other than business.Saturday
10 October '09Nestlad in a corner of the Confederation of Indian Industry Consumer Fair is the stall of a man, who’s here for reasons other than business.Saturday
26 September '09After the Finance Department raised certain objections to the industrial policy, the proposal has apparently hit a dead end.Saturday
26 September '09The reputation of the city’s leading five-star hotel, Hotel Mountview in Sector 10, has come under the cloud after its staff were found renting out rooms for alleged immoral trafficking, without keeping any records.Friday
25 September '09It was not only UT Advisor Pradip Mehra, who exercised quasi-judicial powers and reviewed his own orders, his predecessors also exercised the same powers.Tuesday
22 September '09With terror threats high on the security agenda, a specialised course has been started to train security personnel on how to deal with the aftermath of an attack.Monday
21 September '09The UT Administration has cancelled contracts of Bed & Breakfast operators in the city, but it seemed to have forgotten to inform the public about it.Saturday
19 September '09Be it a suspicious person or a vehicle violating the zebra crossing or a two-wheeler rider without helmet, the hi-tech close-circuit television cameras, being installed at various locations in the city, can catch them all.Friday
18 September '09The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed the Chandigarh Administration to furnish details on its policy regarding unauthorised religious structures in the city.Thursday
17 September '09After the teachers’ recruitment scam came to light, senior officials of the UT Administration have been keeping one of their colleagues at arm’s length. Director Public Instructions (Schools) Samwartak Singh Khangwal is not welcome at most places.Wednesday
16 September '09The UT Administration seems to pay no heed to UT Administrator General S F Rodrigues’s (retd) orders.Thursday
10 September '09The violence in the city on Tuesday has caused damage worth lakhs of rupees. The rampaging mob of the Bharti Kisan Union (BKU) and other workers’ organisations went on smashing and destroying property, as stunned residents stood and watched.Thursday
10 September '09To curb the misuse of the General Power of Attorney (GPA) in the city, the UT Finance department has barred all GPA holders from applying for a no-objection certificate (NOC), which is mandatory for selling or purchasing a property.Wednesday
9 September '09Samwartak Singh Khangwal, Director, Public Instructions (Schools) of the Union Territory, may land in trouble, as sources said he had exchanged over 75 phone calls with Jolly, the prime accused in the teachers’ recruitment scam.Tuesday
8 September '09Samwartak Singh Khangwal, Director, Public Instructions (Schools) of the Union Territory, may land in trouble, as sources said he had exchanged over 75 phone calls with Jolly, the prime accused in the teachers’ recruitment scam.Tuesday
1 September '09The re-designation scheme floated by the Chandigarh Administration in 2007 for faculty welfare was never approved by the Finance department...Monday
31 August '09The re-designation scheme, floated by the Chandigarh Administration about two years ago, apparently came in handy for the authorities of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32...Thursday
27 August '09In the Enforcement Wing of the UT Estate Office, only one sub-inspector is left to check violations in the city.Monday
24 August '09After making headlines for its demand for deemed university status, the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, is in the news again.