Articles by Rajanbir Singh
Chandigarh: PU extends scholarship fee payment date, protests continue
Protests by student parties have not ceased in Chandigarh’s Panjab University, even after the varsity extended the last date for scheduled caste (SC) students applying under Post Matric Scholarship (PMS) scheme
Updated on Jul 22, 2024 07:20 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Heavy showers to lash Chandigarh today and tomorrow: IMD
IMD Chandigarh director AK Singh said that due to moisture-laden easterly winds blowing in the region, intermittent rains are likely
Updated on Jul 22, 2024 07:06 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: PU multipurpose auditorium to be made operational by March 2025 after being under development for 15 years
As per one of the officials accompanying the VC, Chandigarh’s Panjab University is aiming to hold its next convocation at the auditorium, which once completed will be the largest university auditorium in the region
Updated on Jul 20, 2024 09:42 AM IST
Chandigarh: Students protest after PU tells to pay scholarship dues
Chandigarh’s Panjab University students said the state government was yet to credit the amount into their accounts while PU was asking them for the same up-front during admissions
Updated on Jul 19, 2024 08:54 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Rain effect: Chandigarh sees coolest day since April 1 but humidity plays spoilsport
Chandigarh sees coolest day since April 1 with maximum temperature at 32.3°C due to heavy rain; humidity high at 96%. Rain expected to continue.
Updated on Jul 18, 2024 08:44 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
₹18.9 lakh awarded to family of 28-year-old mowed down by truck
The victim, Prince, 28, was going to office on June 8, 2023, on his motorcycle. When he reached Karanpur vilage at Baddi Bypass Road, a truck driven by Gurjeet Singh of Dera Bassi came from behind in a rash and negligent manner and hit him
Updated on Jul 16, 2024 09:04 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Panchkula
Chandigarh: Panjab University partly rolls back hike in mess prices
The new rates of meals in hostel messes of Panjab University have been fixed at ₹41 per meal for male students and ₹47 for a special meal. For female students the price per meal is ₹40.5 per meal, while the price for a special meal is the same
Updated on Jul 16, 2024 08:42 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
It’s monkey business again at Panjab University
Monkeys are mostly seen around the boys’ hostels and residential area, especially the western side of Panjab University, and also sometimes at popular places like the Student Centre
Updated on Jul 15, 2024 08:36 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Panjab University students decry hostel mess price hike
Prof Amit Chauhan, dean student welfare, Panjab University, Chandigarh, said that a hike of ₹7.25 per meal after three years, which amounts to less than ₹3 per year, is reasonable
Updated on Jul 14, 2024 07:48 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
IT graduate among 2 held for duping Panchkula jeweller of ₹9.7 crore
The accused allegedly kept showing the complainant that his invested money had doubled to lure him; through further inquiry, the police team, under inspector Lalit Kumar, obtained details of the investment website and mobile numbers used by the fraudsters, leading them to the two accused
Updated on Jul 13, 2024 08:56 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Panchkula
Panjab University to bump up seats for foreign students to 25%
These seats will not include international students under exchange programmes or through memorandum of understanding (MoU) between institutions or governments
Updated on Jul 13, 2024 08:54 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh’s SD College most sought-after choice among toppers
For the outside UT pool, the cutoff for BCom at GGDSD College was 104.96%, for BBA it was 97% and for BCA it was 98%
Updated on Jul 12, 2024 09:02 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Panjab University adopts Samarth portal for data management
As per officials, Panjab University, Chandigarh, had been trying to get on this portal for the last year and its services are now working for the university free of cost
Updated on Jul 10, 2024 08:24 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh school education dept sets up amalgamated fund to streamline finances
Earlier, each school had to maintain different accounts and cash books for each of these funds these were allowed to be spent for specific purposes only
Updated on Jul 09, 2024 07:56 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
42 schoolkids injured as Haryana Roadways mini bus overturns near Pinjore
Equipped with around 40 seats, the bus was carrying around 70-80 passengers, double its capacity, as per officials familiar with the matter; the driver, who had earlier fled the spot, was arrested later in the day
Updated on Jul 08, 2024 10:21 PM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Panchkula
Chandigarh: 20-yr rigorous imprisonment for teen who repeatedly raped minor
Raju of Mauli Jagran village, Chandigarh, was also fined ₹20,000 and ₹5,000 for raping a 16-year-old girl in 2022 by the fast-track special court
Updated on Jul 08, 2024 08:08 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh logs 117.8 mm rain in first week of July, 43% below normal
The maximum rain was recorded when 64.5 mm showers lashed Chandigarh between 8.30 am on July 4 to 8.30 am on July 5
Updated on Jul 08, 2024 08:04 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Charging ₹25 extra for purse’s return costs e-com firm ₹3,000
Chandigarh woman was delivered the wrong purse; when she sought a refund, she was asked to pay ₹25 extra for the return
Updated on Jul 08, 2024 07:54 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Firm fined for selling used car with altered odometer
District consumer commission fines seller ₹25,000 for tampering with used vehicle’s odometer to reduce the kilometres run
Updated on Jul 06, 2024 08:44 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Court awards lenient sentence after drug offender pleads guilty
Lakhan, 32, who was caught with 12.7 gm heroin near Hallomajra light point in Chandigarh , has been awarded rigorous imprisonment (RI) for seven months and eight days, a period which he has already undergone in detention
Updated on Jul 06, 2024 08:34 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Sippy Sidhu murder: Court allows Kalyani’s defence to inspect police’s case diary
Kalyani’s defence counsel had contended that while Chandigarh Police had recorded statements of more than 100 people during probe, only 45 statements had been provided to Kalyani.
Updated on Jul 04, 2024 08:26 PM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Kin of watchman killed in 2022 road mishap gets ₹13 lakh
On January 18, 2020, Rajinder Kumar, along with Labh Singh and Jasbir Singh, was returning to his village after attending a marriage at Yamunanagar’s Thari Thaharpur village in Haryana on a two-wheeler driven by Jasbir
Updated on Jul 04, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh sees its driest June in 12 years
While premonsoon showers started in the city at the beginning of this week, no major rain spell has been reported so far.
Updated on Jul 01, 2024 07:31 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh’s wait for monsoon gets longer
Monsoon’s onset in Chandigarh has already been delayed by three days; it is likely to reach the city within the next two to three days, as per IMD
Updated on Jun 30, 2024 07:50 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Schools set to reopen, but NCERT Class 6 textbooks still not available
Ideally, the books for Class 6 had to be made available in April; later, it was anticipated that these would arrive in May
Updated on Jun 29, 2024 09:30 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Panjab University yet to announce schedule for senate elections
As per Chandigarh’s PU vice chancellor Renu Vig, the schedule has been prepared and sent to the PU chancellor and vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar but it is yet to get final approval
Updated on Jun 27, 2024 09:12 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
NEET, NET row: Students in Chandigarh feel helpless, ask for big changes to counter paper leaks
27-year-old Zahid Khan, who hails from Ladakh and is pursuing PhD from Panjab University, Chandigarh, chose not to go back home in summer vacations to appear for his UGC NET
Updated on Jun 26, 2024 08:34 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Over 7,000 register for engineering, architecture admissions this year
The colleges include the University Institute of Technology, Panjab University, Dr SSB University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, PU; Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Sector 26; Chandigarh College of Architecture, Sector 12; and UIET Hoshiarpur
Updated on Jun 25, 2024 08:40 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Monsoon likely to reach Chandigarh by this weekend
IMD Chandigarh director AK Singh said after taking the past 30 years’ average, the normal date for monsoon’s onset this year came out to be June 27 and it was likely that monsoon will be on time
Updated on Jun 24, 2024 07:22 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
Chandigarh private hospital fined ₹1.2 lakh for inflated bill
The Mohali-based private hospital ₹1.2 lakh for serving him an inflated bill for Covid-19 treatment in 2021, leading to financial loss, harassment and mental agony
Updated on Jun 22, 2024 07:02 AM IST
Rajanbir Singh, Chandigarh
