Everything you need to know about Sector 12 Panchkula: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Sector 12 Panchkula: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Islamabad, June 12 (IANS) Pakistan Wednesday increased its defence allocation in the budget for fiscal 2013-14 to 627 billion rupees ($6.32 billion), a nearly 15 percent hike over the outlay for the current fiscal year.
Gurgaon, June 12 (IANS) A Haryana IAS officer Wednesday died under mysterious circumstances after allegedly falling from the staircase of his apartment building here, police said.
Gurgaon, June 6 (IANS) Eight people have been booked and a rape accused has been arrested here in three incidents of sexual assault and harassment, police said Thursday.
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Thursday declared the results for its Class 10 examinations, with 98.76 percent students clearing the exam for admission to higher classes.
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Girls once again outperformed boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 exams this year.
Ambala (Haryana), May 23 (IANS) Four people, including a woman, were charred to death when their car caught fire following an accident near this Haryana town, police said Thursday.
Gurgaon, May 17 (IANS) A Japanese national working as a senior executive at Maruti Suzuki's ancillary company died after jumping from a multi-storey building here Friday in the posh Sushant Lok area, police said.
New Delhi, Apr. 26 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will present the scope meritorious awards at the Vigyan Bhawan here on Friday on the occasion of the 4th Public Sector Day celebrations.
New Delhi, Apr. 25 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will present the scope meritorious awards at the Vigyan Bhawan here on Friday on the occasion of the 4th Public Sector Day celebrations.
Chandigarh, April 25 (IANS) Haryana Police have arrested two men on suspicion of running a betting racket on the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches from Sector 31 of Faridabad, police officials said Thursday.
Gurgaon, April 11 (IANS) The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) Thursday sealed four Gurgaon petrol vends, including one allotted to a Kargil martyr's family, for not paying rent dues, an official said.
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The director and chief operations officer of an online shopping portal have been arrested for cheating several customers by not providing them the goods they bought inspite getting money in advance, said police Saturday.
Panchkula (Haryana), March 22 (IANS) A CBI court here Friday sentenced two Gurgaon-based doctors to seven years' rigorous imprisonment each for their role in the Gurgaon kidney sale scam that made national headlines in February 2008.
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) An elderly property dealer fell to his death under mysterious circumstances from the seventh floor of an apartment building here Wednesday evening, police said.
Panchkula, March 20 (IANS) Delhi golfer Vani Kapoor grabbed the top spot after the second round of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour at the Panchkula Golf Club here Wednesday.
Panchkula, March 19 (IANS) Smriti Mehra got off to a great start in the sixth leg of the Hero Women's Golf Tour at the Panchkula Golf Club here Tuesday, taking a six-shot lead over Ankita Tiwana, Gursimran Badwal and Vani Kapoor after the first round.
Gurgaon, March 17 (IANS) India's only individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra here Sunday said it was unfortunate and sad that Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh's name emerged in a drug bust.
Hyderabad, March 12 (IANS) A special court Tuesday sent an accused in 2007 Mecca Masjid bomb blast case, to the custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for 15 days.
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) International boxer and Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh Monday refused to give his blood and hair samples to investigators even as a Punjab Police team questioned him for nearly four hours in the seizure of a huge quantity of heroin in the state last week.
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) International boxer and Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh was Monday questioned by a team of Punjab Police officers in the seizure of a huge quanity of heroin in the state last week.
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) A rural development bank in Haryana has been penalised for withholding a loan to a soap maker and has been told by the top consumer court to compensate him Rs.50,000 for "deficiency in service".
Haryana HCS (Judicial) Pre exam will be held on March 17, 2013, a notification of this effect has been released by the HPSC- the conducting body of examination.
Chandigarh, Feb 15 (IANS) On a day the Delhi High Court refused to give interim relief to Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leaders Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala in a teachers' recruitment scam, the party launched its 'Pol Khol' (expose) campaign against Haryana's ruling Congress.
New Delhi, Feb. 13 (ANI): With the collaboration and guidance of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) a mega mock drill on earthquake preparedness was conducted by the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Union Territory of Chandigarh in the tri-cities of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula and at Shimla today.
Shimla, Jan 24 (IANS) Congress legislator Ram Kumar Chaudhary, who faces murder charges, Thursday took oath in the Himachal Pradesh assembly after being brought from a jail in Haryana.
Shimla, Jan 24 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Congress legislator Ram Kumar Chaudhary, who is facing murder charges in Haryana, Thursday took the oath of office and secrecy in the state assembly here.
New Delhi, Jan.24 (ANI): The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has submitted its Pre-Budget Memorandum for the MSMEs, with the Government and other stakeholders. Requesting for a comprehensive package for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to unshackle their growth potential, CII has outlined a 10-point agenda for the MSME sector.
Shimla, Jan 22 (IANS) A Himachal Pradesh Congress legislator, who has been booked for murder by Haryana Police, will take oath of office and secrecy here Thursday, officials said Tuesday.
Panchkula (Haryana), Jan 21 (IANS) A gurdwara here is in the midst of a row over its refusal to hold a prayer service for a decorated former army general as he had participated in Operation Bluestar, the June 1984 action to flush out heavily-armed terrorists from the Golden Temple.
Chandigarh, Jan.21 (ANI): The Government of Punjab on Monday said that it had no comment to make on a gurdwara in Sector 7 of Panchkula refusing to hold prayers to mark the death anniversary of 1965 war hero Lt. Gen. R.S. Dyal on December 30.
Shimla, Jan 16 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday suspended a legislator in Himachal Pradesh who has been booked for murder by the Haryana Police.
Gurgaon, Jan 11 (IANS) Lured by a lottery prize of Rs.2 crore, a second-year bachelor of science (B.Sc.) student at the government women's college here was duped of Rs.2 lakh, a senior police official said Friday.
Panchkula (Haryana), Jan 9 (IANS) A newly elected Congress legislator from Himachal Pradesh was interrogated Wednesday by Haryana Police after his arrest in the murder of a 24-year-old Dalit woman in November.
New Delhi/Panchkula, Jan. 8 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday condemned the delay in initiating action against Congress MLA Ram Kumar Chaudhary, who was absconding for past few weeks in connection with the murder of a girl.
Shimla/Panchkula, Jan 8 (IANS) A newly-elected Himachal Pradesh Congress legislator, who had been evading arrest after being booked for murder, Tuesday finally surrendered in a Panchkula court.
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (IANS) The Haryana Police Monday announced a reward of Rs.2 lakh on a newly-elected Himachal Pradesh legislator, wanted in the murder case of a 24-year-old woman.
Gurgaon, Dec 31 (IANS) A man here has been arrested and sent to jail for 14 days for allegedly molesting a married woman, police said Monday.
Shimla, Dec 22 (IANS) Ahead of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting Saturday to elect Himachal Pradesh's next chief minister, one of the party's newly elected legislators has gone underground after being booked in a murder case.
Gurgaon, Dec 18 (IANS) A petrol pump owned by a relative of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda here was Tuesday looted of Rs.60,000, police said.
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Friday asked all ministries to make preparations "on a war footing" for the launch of the government's ambitious and game changing Direct Cash Transfer (DCT) scheme Jan 1, 2013.
Now Delhi Metro is all set to extend its journey from Sector 32 to 62. The detailed project report has been submitted to Noida Authority in June 2012 in these regards.
Gurgaon, Nov 24 (IANS) A young man was murdered in a tiff that began after a song being played on a music system was changed at a marriage function, police said here Saturday.
Chandigarh, Nov 3 (IANS) The Haryana Police Saturday said it has arrested one Umed Singh for threatening senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka earlier this week.
Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Friday said senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka would be provided security cover.
Panchkula (Haryana), Nov 1 (IANS) Haryana Police Thursday began preliminary investigations following a complaint that senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka has received a threat call on his official landline phone.
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Current Formula 1 driver's champion Sebastian Vettel believes that the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) is one of the most challenging circuits in the world.
Gurgaon, Oct 6 (IANS) A robbery attempt at the office of a private finance company here Saturday was foiled by a guard. The five robbers escaped, leaving behind a pistol and their vehicle, police said.
Kolkata, Oct 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Thursday called for a no-confidence motion to oust the Congress-led UPA government.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Thirteen years ago, the Indian Army found itself drawn into a messy low-intensity conflict with Pakistan in the icy heights of Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir that cost it 527 soldiers. Today, Gen. V.P. Malik, the then army chief, laments that the major victory scored has all been forgotten.
Dubai, June 14 (IANS/WAM) The Dubai Health Authority announced Thursday it had launched a toll-free quit-smoking helpline.
Gurgaon, June 14 (IANS) A couple was arrested here Thursday for brutally torturing their under-age domestic help, police said.
Beijing, June 11 (IANS) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) Monday forecast a dip in the global airline industry's profits at $3 billion in 2012 from last year's $7.9 billion.
Rohtak (Haryana), May 31 (IANS) Low cost health for all at the doorstep! The Haryana dream seems to be over before it began.
Gurgaon, May 2 (IANS) In two separate incidents of suicide here, a senior official with a private firm jumped from the fourth floor of a building while an executive with another company was found hanging in her rented accommodation Wednesday, police said.
Gurgaon, April 25 (IANS) A 10-day-old baby girl was found abandoned in the old jail complex in the city Wednesday, the third such case in less than a fortnight, police said.
Chandigarh, April 24 (IANS) In a major drive, the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam(UHBVN) has disconnected power supply to more than 3.56 lakh consumers for non-payment of dues and recovered Rs.151.94 crore from defaulters during 2011-12, an official said Tuesday.
Chandigarh, April 15 (IANS) Haryana's chief parliamentary secretary (CPS) Ram Kishan Fauji continued to be in a hospital here Sunday after being found unconscious under mysterious circumstances at his official residence in Panchkula the day before.
Panchkula (Haryana), April 13 (IANS) With hundreds of artistes from all parts of the country assembled here, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday evening inaugurated the silver jubilee celebrations of the seven zonal cultural centres (ZCCs) of the country at a specially created village arena in this Haryana town, 15 km from Chandigarh.
Chandigarh, April 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will Friday attend the inaugural of the silver jubilee celebrations of zonal cultural centres in India at Panchkula town in Haryana.
Shimla, April 6 (IANS) A newly constructed bypass connecting Haryana and Himachal Pradesh was opened for motorists Friday that will help avoid some major bottlenecks, an official said.
A hindu rightwing activist Swami Aseemanand, an accused of Mecca Masjid blast, on Wednesday denied to know RSS worker Kamal Chauhan, one of the prime accused of Samjhauta Express bomb blast......
Lucknow, Feb 15 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Wednesday rubbished any poll-related angle to the arrest of Kamal Chauhan in connection with the 2007 Samjhauta train blast case, and said that the suspect had himself acknowledged the fact that he was associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS).
Panchkula (Haryana), Jan 3 (ANI): Body of Alok Gupta, the Indian student killed in Canada on December 25, arrived at his hometown here on Tuesday.
Panchkula, Jan 2 (ANI): Family of 27-year-old Indian student, Alok Gupta, who was shot dead on Christmas Day in Canadian city of Surrey in Vancouver said on Monday he suspected what he referred to as 'foul play'.
Washington, Dec 21 (ANI): Kris Humphries will be re-signing with the New Jersey Nets for a one-year deal of 7 to 8 million dollars, according to NBA sources.
London, Nov 20 (ANI): Referring to his split with Kim Kardashian merely 72 days after their "fairytale wedding", Kris Humphries has revealed that he is going through a difficult time in his life.
Mumbai, July 28 (ANI): U.S. Assistant Treasury Secretary, Daniel L Glaser, has said that India and the United States would work together to curb the menace of global terror financing.
Islamabad, July 3(ANI): A key commander of banned terrorist organisation, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has been arrested from Islamabad.
Lahore, May 31(ANI): The Human Rights Watch has learnt through credible sources that missing Pakistani journalist, Saleem Shahzad, is in custody of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), HRW's Pakistan representative Ali Dayan Hasan has said.
Panchkula (Haryana), May 26 (ANI): A Panchkula court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Samjhauta blast case accused Swami Aseemanand till June 7.
New Delhi, May 13(ANI): The Central government plans to conduct the sixth economic census as a Central Sector Plan Scheme during 2012.
New Delhi, Apr 15(ANI): The third meeting of the Indo-German Joint Working Group (JWG) on Automotive Sector will be held on Monday at New Delhi.
Mohali, Mar 28 (ANI): Ahead of the 2011 World Cup semifinal clash between India and Pakistan, five youths have been arrested for selling tickets in black and will be produced in Sector 17 District Court today.
Chandigarh, Mar. 28 (ANI): With the Prime Ministers' of India and Pakistan announcing their intentions to watch the World Cup semi-final match between the teams of the two countries here on Wednesday afternoon, the cities of Mohali and Panchkula have virtually been converted into armed garrisons to counter any form of attack on leaders, players and the general public.
Karachi, Mar 3(ANI): The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, the terror outfit that has claimed responsibility for the assassination of Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti has threatened to attack all those advocating reforms to the country's controversial blasphemy laws.
Karachi, Mar 3(ANI): The position fallen vacant after the assassination of Pakistan's Minister for Minority Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti, would be offered to one of his family members, President Asif Ali Zardari has said.
Islamabad, Mar 2(ANI): Pakistan's Federal Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti was assassinated by unidentified gunmen in Islamabad on Wednesday.
Indore/Panchkula, Jan 17 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Monday charged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Madhya Pradesh of providing financial help and shelter to three Samjhauta Express blast accused.
Panchkula, Jan 13 (ANI): A Panchkula court on Thursday sent Samjhauta blasts key accused Swami Aseemanand to judicial custody till January 27.
Panchkula, Jan 13 (ANI): Samjhauta blasts key accused Swami Aseemanand was on Thursday produced before a court here by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) at end of the period for which they were granted his custody.
Chennai, Jan.3 (ANI): Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister and Director-General of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat was today honoured with Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award at the 98th Indian Science Congress (ISC) in Chennai.
New Delhi, Nov 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.
Ambala, Nov 10 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday said it had found no facts to support the allegations made by Ruchika Girhotra's family against former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore, who is presently serving 18-month jail sentence on charges of molesting the 14-year-old teenager in 1990.
New Delhi, Nov 3 (ANI): The Special Judge for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases in Haryana's Ambala District has convicted Lokesh Sharma, former State Bank of India (SBI) Chief Manager, Sector-16, Panchkula (Haryana), and Vijay Kumar, a private person for causing loss of Rs.2.75 lakhs to the bank.
Rawalpindi, Oct 31 (ANI): An Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan ordered the release of seven terror suspects on Saturday due to a lack of evidence against them.
Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): Scientists at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences believe that the climate phenomenon El Nino may be causing ice at the South Pole to melt.
Islamabad, Sep 23 (ANI): Pakistan, projecting an increase of 110 billion rupees in its defence budget, has informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that due to the post-flood situation, the defence budget will be 552 billion rupees against the budgetary allocation of 442 billion rupees for the ongoing fiscal year 2010-11.
New Delhi, Sep.14 (ANI): Dr. Manmohan Singh will give away the 'Prime Minister's Shram Awards' for 2005, 2006 and 2007 in a special ceremony to be held at 10.00 a.m. in the national capital on Wednesday.
Chandigarh, Sep.4 (ANI): A parole application filed by former Haryana Director General of Police and a convict in the Ruchika molestation case, S.P.S Rathore, has been rejected by the Panchkula administration after finding the grounds stated for seeking parole as baseless.
New Delhi, Aug.17 (ANI): Close on the heels of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's visit to Leh on Tuesday, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police today came forward to extend a monetary help of rupees 1.75 crore to flash flood affected people of Ladakh.
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Friday gave its approval for the release of funds to the tune of over 4,868 crore rupees as interest subvention to Public Sector, Regional Rural and Cooperative banks to ensure short term crop loans to farmers.
Panchkula (Haryana), July 18 (ANI): In a daring rescue operation, a special squad of divers saved three people from drowning in the raging Ghaggar rivulet in Haryana's Panchkula District.
Islamabad, July 2 (ANI): Pakistan Education Minister Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali does not attach much importance to the issue of scores of Members of National Assembly (MNA) having fake degrees, as he believes that possessing the same should not disqualify elected people's representatives.
Yamunanagar (Haryana), June 11(ANI): The complainant in the molestation case registered against former Haryana Inspector General of Police (IGP) M S Ahlawat went missing from her house in Brijpuri colony here on late Thursday evening.
Phnom Penh (Cambodia), June 9 (ANI): India and Cambodia on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Water Sector.
New Delhi, Apr 23 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to provide capital funds to the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) during the years 2010-11 and 2011-12 in order to assist them to maintain a minimum 8 percent Tier I Capital to meet the credit requirement of the economy.
New Delhi, Apr 10 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Saturday said that Indian public sector enterprises should make efforts to be globally competitive.
Islamabad, Feb.19 (ANI): US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke told journalists here on Thursday that the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) money meant for Pakistan were "unfortunately held back" because of accounting reasons would be partially released next week.
Chandigarh, Jan 15 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that has begun its investigation into all fresh cases filed against former Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore relating to the molestation of Ruchika Girhotra, will meet with Ruchika's father Subhash Chander Girhotra along with her friend Aradhana's father Anand Prakash at their Chandigarh camp office on Friday.
Chandigarh, Jan 11 (ANI): Former Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore, who has been charged for allegedly molesting 14-year old teenager Ruchika Girhotra, a promising young tennis star in 1990s, is expected to move the High Court on Monday for his bail.
