The security adviser of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has expressed his satisfaction with the kind of security arrangements being provided by Mohali and Chandigarh police. After holding detailed meeting with police officials, Reg Dickason, chief security adviser of ECB, gave his stamp of approval... more »

Whether it is lack of professional expertise or staff crunch, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has finally decided to outsource product certification services to private agencies. One of these agencies would also be given assignments to conduct raids as and when required. These groups are expected to start work in a few weeks... more »

With protectors like these, who needs persecutors. In a shocking expose that has come at a time when police across the country are claiming to be doing their best to thwart a repeat of Mumbai's terror attacks.. more »

"And nights will forever remain young.... A long-cherished dream of the city and young professionals with evening and graveyard shifts came true on Saturday with the throwing open of Chandigarhs first night food street in Sector-14, opposite PGI... more »

Chandigarh administration Friday announced it has banned auto-rickshaws from ferrying schoolchildren to their schools from Jan 1. Scores of auto-rickshaws in the city daily ferry hundreds of school children to and fro from their institutions. However, the vehicles are considered dangerous as they lose their balance easily and also because .. more »

One noted the irony of a high court observation - coming only a day earlier - insisting on a child-parent like relationship between an institution and its students when scores of SD College hostel girls found themselves displaced on Wednesday because of a personal function of principal AC Vaid... more »

Clearly stunned out of its slumber after the Mumbai mayhem of last week, the UT administration has in an unprecedented security move asked the police to give video records and layouts of all important city structures and buildings... more »

If planning to hold a wedding function in Punjab, then do not forget to maintain the bills and receipts. The state government Thursday issued comprehensive instructions for holding of wedding and other social functions to ensure that the state did not incur loss of revenue... more »

Those wanting the comfort and privacy of a private room in PGI for their sick kin or friends will have to pay a bit more for it. Apparently working on the principle of making the well-off shell out more for availing medical facilities available at this referral institute, certain tests done free earlier, will have to be paid for now... more »

"Here's good news for engineers, technicians and other skilled workers wanting to work abroad. Canada is trying to attract young talent from countries like India by relaxing norms for visas in this category, says a Canadian immigration expert... more »

Traffic movement was restricted, many public parking spaces were closed and 1,500 policemen patrolled Chandigarh streets Wednesday in an attempt to fortify the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana for the arrival of Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh, who is a rape and murder accused but enjoys Z-plus category security... more »

With just two matches to go of the seven-ODI series between England and India, Mumbai was overpowered by fidayeens and the world watched the nation's nerve centre burn over the next 60 hours... more »

The Mumbai mayhem is raining jobs for bouncers in hotels across Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and Chandigarh. Anxious hoteliers, still numb from the attack on some of India's oldest and most iconic hotels in its commercial capital, are in fact also looking for hiring female bouncers so that they can tackle women guests... more »

In far US - epicentre of the global economic downturn - recession is said to have set in. India - world's second largest growing economy - has reportedly not been affected to that extent but the real estate sector is definitely in the red... more »

Racing fast on the path of development, Mohali dubbed as the future city of Punjab, is lagging behind in providing efficient transport system to residents. While the city is witnessing slew of developmental projects, the government is yet to give a serious thought to improve public transport system here... more »