Canadian police in Chandigarh for Kanishka probe

A team of police personnel from Canada on Tuesday held talks with the top brass of Chandigarh police and CBI here in connection with the bombing of Air India flight ‘Kanishka’ in 1985.
The five-member team is on a visit to Chandigarh and Punjab to probe a few leads in connection with the incident in which […]

Two polio cases in Panchkula

Two cases of polio have been detected in Panchkula district, thus giving a blow to the pulse polio campaign being carried out in the region.
Communication concerning test reports of the victims Sameer, son of Bunti, a resident of Marhawala area of Pinjore and Nirmal, daughter of Bhim Bahadur, a resident of indira colony was […]

Father booked for forging cheques

Withdrawing money by forging cheques from his daughter’s account landed a Sector 14 Panchkula resident in the dock. The errant father, Raj Kumar has been booked in a cheating case registered against him at the Sector 11 police station.
A case was registered on the complaint of a manager of the State Bank of india […]

Punjab elections may be held on March 4

Though officially nothing has been conveyed to the Punjab Government either by the Centre or by the Election Commission with regard to the fixing of dates for the Assembly elections, sources said the commission was considering holding the elections on March 4. The new Assembly should be constituted by March 15, 2007.
Assembly elections are due […]

Panchkula: Goods worth Rs 8 lakh stolen

Burglars decamped with jewellery and cash worth Rs 8 lakh from a Sector 7 house, tonight.
The owner of the house, Meenu Goyal discovered the burglary at 7.30 pm, when she returned from her parents house. According to Meenu, when she returned home, she saw two briefcases outside her house on the first-floor and heard […]

All india Textile conference in Chandigarh

The Textile Association of india (TAi) will hold its two-day national conference in the city from Friday.
Several delegates, including around ten from abroad, are likely to attend the conference, TAi president P R Roy told reporters here yesterday.
Delegates from the textile and associate sector including industrialists, professionals, institutional faculties and business associates would […]

Bengal flounder against Punjab

Sourav Ganguly failed with the bat as Bengal were dismissed for just 156 runs by Punjab on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘B’ match at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Thursday.
Ganguly, seeking to make a comeback into the national side via the domestic cricket route, could make only six as […]