http://www.samachaar.in Smachaar.in en-us 2010 Samachaar.In Sat, 05 May 2012 11:00:11 GMT Sat, 05 May 2012 11:00:11 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Punjab_agriculture_minister_gets_one_year_jail_127976 Chandigarh: In yet another embarrassment for the Punjab government, a court in Mohali town Saturday held Agriculture Minister Tota Singh guilty of misusing official machinery and sentenced him to a year's imprisonment.The court also imposed a p... Sat, 05 May 2012 11:00:10 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Four_dead_in_Punjab_factory_fire_127846 Chandigarh: At least four workers were killed and 12 others received burn injuries Monday after a chemical factory caught fire in Punjab's industrial town of Lalru, 30 km from here, police said.The fire started following a blast in a reactor of ... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:00:41 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Chhattisgarh_slows_down_antiMaoist_drive_till_Menons_release_127557 Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government has virtually called a halt to its anti-Maoist offensive till Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon is released from captivity, official sources said Monday."The whole focus is now to secure the safe ... Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:40:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Three_killed_in_fire_cracker_unit_blast_in_Punjab_127215 Chandigarh: At least three people were killed and four others injured in a powerful blast in an illegal fire-cracker unit in Punjab's Moga town Friday, police said.When the blast took place, the victims were making fire-crackers in the illegal ... Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:13:37 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Nine_get_10_years_jail_for_rape_127000 Chandigarh: Nine people, including two women, were convicted and sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by a court here Monday for the rape of a mentally challenged girl in 2009.The victim, who was 19 years old when she was raped by a sw... Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:34:10 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Punjab_to_amend_canal_law_to_prevent_water_theft_126854 Chandigarh: The Punjab government is likely to amend the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act of 1873 to check the growing malpractice of water theft in the state, a spokesman said here Thursday.Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has as... Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:56:43 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/BJP_activists_stop_trains_in_Punjab_Haryana_126749 Chandigarh: Train services in parts of Punjab and Haryana were affected Tuesday as the Kisan Morcha farmers wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blocked railway tracks as part of its one-day agitation to demand higher procurement prices for ... Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:15:14 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Jagir_Kaurs_resignation_accepted_126658 Chandigarh: A day after she was convicted and sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment for criminal conspiracy and other charges in the mysterious death of her daughter, the Punjab governor Saturday evening accepted the resignation of cab... Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:13:30 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Woman_doctor_priest_get_life_for_judges_murder_126597 Chandigarh: A woman doctor and a Sikh priest were Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for the gruesome murder of a sitting judge in Punjab's Patiala town in October 2005.Ravdeep Kaur, a gynaecologist, and the granthi Manjit Si... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:48:23 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Curfew_continues_in_Gurdaspur_Badal_orders_probe_126570 Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the violence in Gurdaspur, where curfew continued after a youth was killed in police firing following a clash over the fate of Balwant Singh Rajoana... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:43:43 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Punjab_shutdown_affects_life_but_peaceful__126541 Chandigarh: The one-day bandh (shutdown) called by various Sikh organisations Wednesday to protest against the scheduled hanging of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana affected life in most places across Punjab but... Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:18:15 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Tight_security_across_Punjab_ahead_of_Rajoana_hanging_126515 Chandigarh: Security was tightened across Punjab Wednesday following a shutdown call given by various Sikh organisations against the hanging of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana scheduled for Saturday.Tension spr... Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:32:03 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Rajoana_should_hang_Saturday_rules_court_126490 Chandigarh: Balwant Singh Rajoana, the Babbar Khalsa International terrorist sentenced to death in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, should hang as scheduled on March 31, a Chandigarh court ruled Tuesday.The cour... Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:23:07 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Another_drug_peddler_gets_death_sentence_126470 Chandigarh: In the second such judgment in two months, a court here sentenced a Punjab-based drugs peddler to death for repeatedly dealing in drugs.Balwinder Singh was awarded death penalty by the court of additional district and sessions judge... Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:45:58 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/New_poverty_line_theory_a_joke_on_poor_Chhattisgarh_CM_126340 Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Friday hit out at new poverty line definition of the Planning Commission and termed it a "joke with poor people"."Those who have prepared the definition of the poverty line, lack ... Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:06:34 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/At_25th_edition_Chandigarh_moped_rally_comes_of_age_126168 Chandigarh: It made a modest beginning in 1981 with mopeds, scooters and motorcycles competing for honours on Chandigarh's roads. After giving big names to the national car rallying circuit, as the St. John's Old Boys' Association (SJOBA) Rally ... Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:57:17 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Badal_to_begin_fifth_term_as_chief_minister_Wednesday_125781 Chandigarh: With an expected crowd of over 50,000 people looking on, Parkash Singh Badal, 84, will become chief minister of Punjab for a record fifth time Wednesday as he takes oath of office at the historical Sikh memorial of Chappar Chiri in ... Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:18:40 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Man_pierced_by_iron_rods_saved_by_doctors_125741 Chandigarh: A youth, pierced through the body by two iron rods, got a a new lease of life as doctors at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak removed both bars - one of which had gone through a lung and had narrowly mis... Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:06:10 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Life_affected_as_Jats_continue_blockades_in_Haryana__125678 Chandigarh: Normal life was thrown out of gear in Haryana's Hisar district and adjoining areas of Bhiwani, Jind and Rohtak districts as the agitating Jat community continued their blockade of roads and railway tracks Saturday.Jats, who are seek... Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:06:45 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Assailants_ambush_police_van_three_prisoners_killed__125674 Chandigarh: A police vehicle carrying prisoners was ambushed by unidentified assailants in Haryana's Jhajjar district Saturday evening, leaving three prisoners dead and two policemen injured, police here said.The attack on the police vehicle too... Sun, 11 Mar 2012 03:35:05 GMT http://samachaar.in/Haryana/Life_affected_as_Jats_continue_blockades_in_Haryana__125664 Chandigarh: Normal life was thrown out of gear in Haryana's Hisar district and adjoining areas of Bhiwani, Jind and Rohtak districts as the agitating Jat community continued their blockade of roads and railway tracks Saturday.Jats, who are seek... Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:58:08 GMT http://samachaar.in/Entertainment/Chandigarh_unhappy_over_protests_against_Osama_movie_125506 Chandigarh: Chandigarh artistes are unhappy over the protests against the shooting of Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" -- on the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.Theatre personalities and others in the ... Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:18:04 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/Haryana_pours_cash_on_hockey_hero_Sandeep_Singh_125151 Chandigarh: The Haryana state government Monday showered cash awards on India's ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh for his stunning performance in helping the national hockey team to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.The government announced tha... Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:17:51 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Want_biopic_to_inspire_the_youth_Milkha_124875 Chandigarh: Legendary Indian sportsman Milkha Singh Tuesday gifted the spikes he wore in 1960 Rome Olympics to actor Farhan Akhtar, hoping that his film "Bhag Milkha Bhag" will be an inspiration to the country's youth.The Flying Sik... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:38:47 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/___Chhattisgarh_asks_schools_to_honour_RTE_Act_124630 Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government Wednesday instructed private schools in the state to take steps to reserve one-fourth of their total seats for the Scheduled Tribes (ST), Scheduled Castes (SC) and socially backward classes under the Right to Edu... Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:35:01 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/_Vday_brings_heavy_security_for_Chandigarh_124570 Chandigarh: Over 900 police personnel spread out over Chandigarh Tuesday - the reason? Security for the Valentine's Day.   Police say they intend to stop any hooliganism that might break out, but would not interefre with celebrations.&nbs... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:05:57 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Mercury_dips_again_in_Punjab_and_Haryana_124568 Chandigarh: After a rise Monday morning, temperatures have dipped again in Punjab and Haryana.  Patiala in Punjab and Karnal in Haryana had thick fog, reducing the visibility to 350 metres.   Amritsar was the coldest place in Pu... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:03:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Gurgaon/CRPF_sets_up_Intelligence_School_124330 Gurgaon: Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday inaugurated a dedicated intelligence cell of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a development expected to boost its intelligence gathering abilities.Lauding the role of the CRPF in Jammu ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:13:09 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/__BSF_recovers_23_kg_heroin_from_Punjab_border_124238 Chandigarh: In a major haul, the Border Security Force (BSF) Saturday recovered 23 kg of heroin from two different places along the India-Pakistan international border, BSF officials said.  The heroin, valued at nearly Rs.115 crore, was r... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:18 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Mystery_surrounds_Chandigarh_doctors_death_123567 Chandigarh: A leading private cardiologist, who was last year convicted by a court for abetting the suicide of his doctor wife in 2005, was found dead under mysterious circumstances Wednesday in his vehicle near Derabassi town of Punjab, 20 km ... Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:23:42 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Court_declares_five_Haryana_lawmakers_as_unattached_123531 Chandigarh: Five Haryana legislators, who defected from the Haryana Janhit Congress to the ruling Congress in November 2009, will now be deemed unattached members in the assembly, the Punjab and Haryana High Court said Tuesday.(IANS) Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:14:03 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/BJPAkali_Dal_make_major_gains_in_Chandigarh_civic_polls_123497 Chandigarh: The Congress was facing defeat in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections as counting of votes took place Monday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) combine made major gains as results started coming ou... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:01:17 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Voting_begins_for_Chandigarhs_municipal_elections_123475 Chandigarh: Voting for the 26 wards of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation began Saturday morning, election officials said here.The rush of voters at the 452 polling booths across the 114 square km union territory was low in the first 30 minutes... Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:41:58 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Punjab_slapgate_Headman_arrested_bailed_out_123287 Chandigarh: Buckling under pressure from all sides, Punjab Police finally arrested Daula village sarpanch (headman) Baljinder Singh in the state's Muktsar district Tuesday on charges of repeatedly slapping and assaulting a woman teacher Sunday,... Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:44:29 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/MiG21_crashes_in_Haryana_pilot_safe_123227 Chandigarh: An Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter crashed in Haryana's Sirsa district Friday but the pilot managed to eject moments before the plane went down, an official said.The aircraft, which had taken off from the Sirsa airbase on a routine ... Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:28:39 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Himachal_bureaucrats_son_found_dead_in_Chandigarh_123100 Chandigarh: Chandigarh Police have launched an inquest into the mysterious death of the son of an Indian Administrative Service officer from Himachal Pradesh. Abhishek Kapoor, son of senior Himachal cadre bureaucrat P.C. Kapoor, was found dead in a... Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:42:01 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Badal_rejects_new_minimum_price_for_wheat_122476 Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday rejected the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs.1,350 per quintal announced by the central government for wheat for 2012-13.In a statement here, Badal demanded that the MSP should be... Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:26:23 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/___Badal_rejects_new_minimum_price_for_wheat_122471 Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday rejected the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs.1,350 per quintal announced by the central government for wheat for 2012-13.  In a statement here, Badal demanded that the MSP s... Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:11:37 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/_Bhakra_Pong_level_crosses_capacity_mark_122164 Chandigarh Sep 19 (IANS) With the water levels in the reservoirs of the Bhakra and Pong dams crossing the respective maximum capacity marks Monday, authorities in Punjab have alerted downstream districts against floods.  "Beas and Sut... Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:51:06 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Haryana_announces_security_policy_for_whistleblowers_RTI_activists_121747 Chandigarh: On the backfoot in the last four years over harassment to a whistle-blower from the Indian Forest Service (IFS), Sanjay Chaturvedi, the Haryana government Thursday announced a policy for providing security to whistle blowers and Right t... Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:04:26 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Ahead_of_student_polls_war_zone_at_Panjab_University_121552 Chandigarh: A bulletproof armoured vehicle and commandos with automatic weapons, 600 security personnel and sealed gates, post-midnight raids on hostels and over 100 closed circuit television cameras (CCTVs)... this is not a riot zone but the scene... Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:33:30 GMT http://samachaar.in/Himachal/__Flood_gates_opened_at_Himachals_Pong_Dam_121255 Chandigarh: The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) Thursday opened the floodgates of the Pong Dam in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh as the water in the reservoir almost reached its optimum level.   A Punjab irrigation department spokesman... Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:12:40 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/___Haryana_villagers_made_to_pay_for_power_121241 Chandigarh: Having lived conveniently by stealing electricity from illegal connections for many years, residents in two villages of Haryana's Kalayat sub-division have been forced to seek regular domestic connections.  "The Uttar Har... Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:10:37 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Four_more_DMK_leaders_arrested_120953 Chennai: Four more opposition DMK leaders, including a former minister, were arrested Thursday morning on land grab charges in Tamil Nadu, police said.Former DMK minister and party district secretary N.K.K.P. Raja, the mayor of Erode municipali... Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:02:47 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/___Loans_for_poor_to_start_from_Badals_village_120786 Chandigarh: With elections to the Punjab assembly only months away, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Tuesday asked state-run banks to extend loans to poor people, and the banks, in turn, have offered to start the exercise from his native village ... Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:25:47 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/_CBI_remand_for_Punjab_woman_police_officer_120727 Chandigarh: A special court here Monday sent Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Raka Ghira to two days' Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) remand in a graft case.   Ghira, posted as DSP (City) in adjoining Mohali, was arrested Sunda... Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:14:42 GMT http://samachaar.in/Health/_How_healthy_is_your_school_Chandigarh_to_show_way_120568 Chandigarh: Toilets, disaster preparedness, first-aid knowledge...these are among various criteria to help categorise many Chandigarh schools under a unique initiative to ensure healthy surroundings in these institutions, government or private.&nbs... Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:37:21 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/___Punjab_Haryana_row_over_canal_wall_reaches_PM_120465 Chandigarh: The ongoing row between Punjab and Haryana over the latter's decision to construct a concrete wall along the embankment of a controversial canal has reached the prime minister’s door.  Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh... Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:14:31 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/_Court_sends_tainted_Punjab_cop_to_judicial_custody_120387 Chandigarh: Assistant Inspector General of Punjab Police P.S. Sandhu, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday for accepting a bribe of Rs.50,000, was sent to 14-day judicial remand by a local court here Wednesday.&nbsp... Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:23:56 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chandigarh/Four_boys_kill_friend_to_avenge_sisters_elopment__120383 handigarh: Four boys have been arrested for murdering a  friend whose decomposed body was found near a railway track near here. The boys, all 15-year-olds, were said to have killed a friend as his uncle  had eloped with the sister of&nbsp... Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:20:57 GMT