Rajanbir Singh

Onion prices in Chandigarh touch ₹70 again, mandi authorities blame erratic supply

Fleet of trucks, which started from Nashik in Maharashtra, has yet to reach the city. As such, supply has run out quickly, driving up the prices.

Family problems are main trigger for suicides in Chandigarh

Chandigarh gets a breather as air quality improves due to winds

The average AQI remained at 107 on Tuesday, just past the 100 mark, placing it in the moderate bracket

Onion, tomato prices surge 50% in Chandigarh

While onion prices have gone up from ₹45 to ₹65 per kilogram within a week at apni mandis, tomato rates have risen from ₹40 to ₹60

Chandigarh’s air quality deteriorates further

AQI recorded higher than what it was day after Diwali, to worsen amid cloudy weather and falling mercury

New MV Act: At 17,498, October sees more challans than Sept in Chandigarh

The number of challans was high despite police decreasing focus on challaning violators since the second week of October.

Chandigarh’s air quality at year’s worst on Diwali eve

AQI recorded at 237 on Saturday evening, it had touched 311 after Diwali in 2018

Vehicle sales spike this Dhanteras

According to the local transport authorities, 459 vehicles (including both two- and four-wheelers) were sold in Chandigarh on October 25

450 challaned for driving auto without meter in Chandigarh

Traffic police started the drive from October 10 following high court orders

CII fair: Locals learn waste segregation, plastic management on Day 1

The 24th annual Confederation of Indian industry (CII) fair was inaugurated by UT administrator VP Singh Badnore

City’s AQI becomes poorest this year, likely to cross 200

Rose to 198 on Thursday as per the data available with the Central Pollution Control Board observatory, official blames construction activity

Chandigarh’s mess: Segregate waste or pay up

MC commissioner KK Yadav on Monday directed the sanitation department to start fining residents for non-segregation of waste

Segregation goes waste on launch day in Chandigarh

Though not all residents gave waste in a segregated form, the private garbage collectors did manage to keep them separated in their manual karts from where ever they received it but it all got mixed up at secondary collection points

Chandigarh! Get ready for more severe, foggy winter this year

The delayed withdrawal of monsoon is a precursor, says IMD regional director

Tomato rate touches ₹70/kg in Chandigarh

The tomato prices have seen a steep hike in the past last month. They were priced at just ₹20 per kg on September 1.

Epic show: Three generations of Ram’s family celebrate 50 years of Ramlila

Bhagwati Prashad Gaur, who was born in Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand, came to Chandigarh in 1969

Four generations of Mathura clan are cast & crew of Ramlila

The act is being directed by a 26-year-old accountant, who left his high-paying job in Dubai to pursue his family business

Tomato prices surge 50% in a day in Chandigarh

Police, administration start fresh audit on accident-prone spots in Chandigarh

Traffic police data shows since 2017, one out of every three fatal accident took place at a demarcated black spot

With prices on rise, onions continue to be tearjerkers for Chandigarh residents

Haryana official’s car with black sun film challaned in Chandigarh

A commuter clicked the picture and posted it on Twitter, while tagging Haryana CM and Chandigarh police officials

High decibel horns, silencers fall silent as steep fines put off youngsters

The youth are now running scared of the hefty penalties that high decibel pressure horns and modified silencers attract after enforcement of the Motor Vehicle Act from September 1

Hidden, faded road signs pose a challenge to motorists in Chandigarh

578 challans have been issued in the first two weeks of September for taking illegal U-turns

New MV Act: Now, appear for driving tests in Chandigarh on Saturdays

Earlier, driving without a licence would fetch ₹1,000 fine but as per the new amendment the fine, it is ₹5,000 now

Pollution centres turning them back, diesel car owners in Chandigarh at wits’ end

Under the new MV Act provisions, a vehicle owner found with an expired PUC certificate will have to cough up ₹10,000. Earlier, the fine was ₹1,000.

Upward trend of tomato prices to leave residents in a pickle

As local tomatoes were damaged in rain, crop was driven in from HP; but since the hill state stopped growing them, availability of only local variety has led to spiralling prices

New Motor Vehicle Act: Three-fold rise in people applying for pollution certificates in Chandigarh

Penalty for carrying an expired PUC certificate has been increased from ₹1,000 to ₹10,000

Only turbaned men, women exempt from wearing helmet in Chandigarh

Amendment to Motor Vehicle Act takes away state govt’s power of drafting exceptions; women without helmet to be challaned regardless of religion, say traffic police

Crackdown on speedsters begins in Chandigarh, drunk drivers next

On Day 3 of the challaning drive under the new Motor Vehicles Act, 72 challans issued at nakas set up to check speeding

RLA to crack whip against people with multiple licences

It will become possible to apply for a learner’s licence online