Hitting back at CM Jai Ram Thakur over his statement on guarantees announced by Congress, Himachal Congress Committee president Pratibha Singh said CM should worry about his own party, not Congress

On August 31, at 3 am after completing his job, he along with his colleagues Aakash and Parkash were going to their houses on their cycles. When they reached near Sec-7/8, , three youngsters came on Activa and hit his cycle.

MC commissioner Anindita Mitra said that finally the problem of scientific disposal of daily sanitary waste was over. She said starting August 3, MCC vehicles collected sanitary waste separately and the same was processed scientifically through incineration at Industrial Area Phase-I, Chandigarh

As a part of a survey, the Chandigarh health department will screen 50,000 children (under the age of five) from 450 Anganwadis across UT; the survey also aims to ensure 100% immunisation coverage of the children; in four areas of the city, the health department had found 224 children out of 11,000 approx screened for malnutrition last year.

The emergent meeting of syndicate – the varsity’s executive body – was called after the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) on August 18 directed the vice-chancellor and education ministry secretary, among others, to remain present before the court on September 9 if leave encashment amount to all those eligible is not disbursed by then

In Chandigarh, 166.9mm rain was recorded in August, against a normal of 284.8 mm . It was barely higher than 160.2 mm recorded in August 2021, which was the driest August in six years. In comparison, 525.7 mm of rain was recorded in July. This was 92.4% above the normal rainfall figure for July which is 273.2mm

The trip to Goa and Mumbai, scheduled from September 9 to September 15, is aimed at studying the solid waste management and disposal system of the two cities. The Chandigarh MC House had passed the resolution for the study tour on July 29. The AAP had opposed the trip, however, Congress along with the ruling BJP, had voted in favour of it

Kumari Selja, a Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and former president of the party’s Haryana unit, is learnt to have lodged a complaint against Hooda, also the Leader of Opposition in the state, with the party high command and also demanded a show cause notice against him

Earlier addressing a gathering of party workers at Kurukshetra, INLD leader OP Chautala said that the party will make a comeback in the next Lok Sabha and state assembly elections