The Chandigarh airport was renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport on Wednesday as a tribute to the freedom fighter on the occasion of his 115th birth anniversary. At a ceremony, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman officially christened the airport. The event was also attended by the governors of Punjab and…
With the Centre slashing excise duty on petrol and diesel, the Chandigarh Administration has also announced a reduction of Rs 7 per litre in value-added tax (VAT) on the fuels making them cheaper in the Union Territory. “After the Centre cut levy on petrol and diesel, Chandigarh Administration has reduced VAT by…
The digitisation of services at the estate office encapsulates the vision of transparency, efficiency and citizen-centric services, said Chandigarh Administrator Banwarilal Purohit during the launch of online services at Hotel Mount View on Tuesday. “The absence of digitisation had led to a non-transparent…
Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday took over as the new chief of the Punjab Congress at an event held in Chandigarh, which was attended by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Hours ahead of his elevation ceremony, Sidhu met Amarinder Singh over tea. It signalled truce in the dissension-driven party which faces the challenge of…
Milkha Singh, popularly known as the Flying Sikh, breathed his last in Chandigarh on Friday night. The 91-year-old had contracted Covid-19 a month back and lost his wife Nirmal Kaur to the virus earlier this week. Pakistan president General Ayub Khan gave Milkha Singh the famous moniker “Flying Sikh” Milkha…
To protect the greenish environment in the state, Chandigarh Environment department is going to introduce ambulances for treating the sick trees which suffered under the attack of insects and in bad conditions in the union Territory. Debandra Dalai, Director of environment department said ” this will be an…