Chandigarh
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ALERT! Leopard spotted in Chandigarh sector 5 residential area, residents asked to stay indoors
India | Mar 30, 2020, 11:04 AM ISTCitizens in Chandigarh have been asked to stay indoors after a leopard was been spotted in Chandigarh's upscale Sector 5 residential area on Monday, following which police made announcements in the area asking people to remain in their homes.
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Policeman on curfew duty dies of heart attack in Punjab
India | Mar 28, 2020, 12:15 PM ISTA 48-year-old policeman, who was on duty to implement the curfew to prevent spread of coronavirus, died of a heart attack in Patiala district on Saturday, official said.
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Chandigarh man, kept in 14-day isolation, tests COVID-19 positive on 15th day
India | Mar 28, 2020, 12:24 PM ISTIn an "unusual" trend on coronavirus affliction, a 22-year-old Dubai-returned Chandigarh resident developed symptoms for coronavirus infection and tested positive for it a day after the expiry of the 14-day incubation period of the virus during which he had stayed in home quarantine.
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COVID-19: CM Khattar announces lockdown in Haryana
News | Mar 24, 2020, 07:53 AM ISTIn view of deadly COVID-19, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on March 23 announced the lockdown in state with immediate effect. He informed that the essentials services will remain go on.
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Chandigarh imposes curfew from midnight amid coronavirus, passes for people in essential services
India | Mar 23, 2020, 07:07 PM ISTChandigarh has announced curfew throughout the union territory, amid the coronavirus outbreak in India. The imposition of curfew will be effective from Monday midnight till further orders. However, people engaged in essential services will be issued curfew passes.
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COVID-19: Another Coronavirus positive case reported from Chandigarh
India | Mar 22, 2020, 01:04 PM ISTOne more person tested positive for coronavirus in UT Chandigarh, taking the total number of confirmed cases of the deadly infection to six in the city, officials said.
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Coronavirus: Punjab to ban public transport from March 21
India | Mar 19, 2020, 03:48 PM ISTThe Punjab government on Thursday ordered the ban on the public transport system from March 21, as the number of positive cases affected by coronavirus across the country rose to 166
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Coronavirus: Chandigarh reports first confirmed case as 23-year-old woman tests positive
India | Mar 19, 2020, 08:20 AM ISTMeanwhile, the number of global coronavirus infections shot past 2,00,000 on Wednesday, as governments across Europe, North America and Asia rolled out tough measures to put the brakes on the ferocious spread of the deadly pandemic.
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Ban on gathering of over 100 people in Chandigarh
India | Mar 16, 2020, 06:29 PM ISTThe Chandigarh administration on Monday decided to impose a ban on gatherings of more than 100 people to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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Three women killed after fire breaks out at PG in Chandigarh
India | Feb 22, 2020, 07:08 PM ISTThree women were killed on Saturday after a fire broke out at a paying guest accommodation in Chandigarh
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Chandigarh: Toddler found dead inside bed box after mother elopes with lover
Crime | Jan 28, 2020, 07:57 AM ISTCommenting on the incident, a police officer said the man, an electrician by profession, found his 2.5-year-old son after he opened the bed box. He contacted the police accusing her wife of murdering the child and having eloped with her lover.
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Mother kills child after choking mouth in Chandigarh
Crime | Jan 27, 2020, 09:46 PM ISTA mother allegedly murdered her two-and-a-half-year-old son by choking his mouth with cloth before dumping him in a bed box, the police said here on Monday. This horrid case came to light in a house in Chandigarh's Burail area.
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Major fire breaks out at Chandigarh's PGI
India | Jan 27, 2020, 11:38 AM ISTA major fire broke out in Chandigarh's Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in the wee hours on Monday. Fire- fighters were rushed to the spot.
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Triple murder rocks Chandigarh; woman, 2 children found dead at home
Crime | Jan 23, 2020, 11:34 AM ISTThe triple murder was reported from Manimajra in Chandigarh, where a family was attacked by unidentified assailants at nearly 1:30 am. The deceased included a woman and her two children, who were identified as Sarita Arora, her children Arjun (15) and Sanchi (20).
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Man, accused of stealing weapons from army institute, tricks police, escapes from hospital
Crime | Jan 14, 2020, 12:16 PM ISTA man, accused of stealing rifles and ammunition from an army institute in Madhya Pradesh, tricked police guards by making an excuse of going to the washroom and escaped from a Punjab hospital by scaling its wall early on Tuesday, officials said. Harpreet Singh (25), a "military deserter", was undergoing treatment at the Hoshiarpur civil hospital for a hand injury since December 31.
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Watch: CCTV footage shows SUV crashing into parked cars after driver incurs seizure
India | Jan 12, 2020, 11:46 AM ISTIn a shocking incident, a speeding SUV car flung in the air while crossing a speed breaker after its 25-year-old driver suffered a seizure in Chandigarh on Saturday.
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Cold wave subdues in Punjab, Haryana
India | Jan 12, 2020, 10:50 AM ISTNarnaul in Haryana and Gurdaspur in Punjab were the coldest with a low of 3.5 degrees and 5.2 degrees Celsius, respectively. The holy city of Amritsar and the industrial city Ludhiana recorded the minimum temperature at 7.4 degrees and 9.9 degrees Celsius, respectively.
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Two Pakistani boys to be repatriated on January 14
World | Jan 11, 2020, 07:12 PM ISTA 17-year-old Pakistani boy, who has been languishing in a juvenile home in Punjab's Hoshiarpur town for inadvertently crossing the international border in 2018, will now reunite with his family after two years on January 14, officials said on Saturday.
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Attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara: SGPC to send 4-member delegation to Pakistan
India | Jan 04, 2020, 04:25 PM IST"We strongly condemn the attack on Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan and appeal to the Pakistan government to take stringent action against the culprits and also ensure the safety of Sikhs living there," said President of SGPC Gobind Singh Longowal on Saturday.
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Country should be wary of 'petrol bombs' Rahul & Priyanka: Haryana min
India | Dec 24, 2019, 07:14 PM ISTHaryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday described Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi as "petrol bombs" and said the people should be wary of them.