In a shocking incident, an Indian court denied abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim who was impregnated, ruling she is too young and her pregnancy too advanced to have an abortion. The survivor, six months pregnant after her maternal uncle allegedly raped her several times, CBS News reported. The district[Read More…]
At a time when crimes against women have more than doubled over the past ten years, schools in Chandigarh to give education to students on how to legally file a sexual harassment case. This comes in response to a petition seeking the security of students in the city schools, district[Read More…]
The number of diabetic people in Chandigarh will twofold in the next five years if no measures are taken, suggest an ongoing study. The study says with 13.6 per cent of its populace suffering from the disease, the city, in percentage terms, has the maximum occurrence of diabetes among India’s[Read More…]
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced its result for class X today on its official website cbse.nic.in. Until now, the results of 11 regions, including, Allahabad, Chennai, Delhi, Dehradun, Trivandrum, Ajmer, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Madras, Guwahati and Patna have been announced. However, the board informed that the results of[Read More…]
In Chandigarh, a number of HIV-positive women have given birth to healthy babies in a government-run hospital, a state health official has said. A multi-medicine treatment process has worked on as many as 213 women as they yielded better results having given birth to healthy babies. “The health department is[Read More…]
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurvedic Limited has reportedly stepped into the restaurant business by opening its first 100 % vegetarian restaurant, Postik restaurant, in Zirakpur in Chandigarh. The menu card and walls of the restaurant reportedly carried the image of Baba Ramdev and Balkrishna, co-founder of Patanjali Ayurvedic Limited.[Read More…]
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh is most likely to declare Sector 22 as a no-vending zone. As per the plan, street vendors may not be allowed to sit in the Sector. The shopkeepers of Sector 22 have complained as there are too many vendors functioning in the area considering that[Read More…]
Saddened by the killing of 12 CRPF personnel in a Maoist encounter at Sukma, Chattisgarh, Rajnath Singh has declared that he will not play Holi on Monday, a Home Ministry spokesperson said. The attack on the security forces killed 12 CRPF personnel and their arms were looted. Home Minister had visited[Read More…]
Chandigarh administration is likely to impose a green tax in the city. At a road safety meeting chaired by UT Adviser Parimal Rai on Thursday, there was a discussion on the alarming level of pollution. As a solution, they may revise the pattern of environmental reimbursement charges that was imposed[Read More…]
Chandigarh Municipality has finally realised the repercussions of paid parking lot plan after suffering a loss of Rs 5 crore. The MC’s parking branch has now written to the Commissioner of the Municipality that until the time these empty parking lots were auctioned under Smart Parking Management System, these will[Read More…]
