The UT administration has decided to seal its borders for petrol/diesel-run auto-rickshaws coming from Mohali and Panchkula from tomorrow.

The administration has also notified that these auto-rickshaws would be impounded from tomorrow onwards if they ply in Chandigarh.

The Municipal Corporation has issued 30-day show-cause notice to Jai Prakash Associates here today for failing to make the garbage processing plant operational within the prescribed time schedule under the provision of Clause 5.1 of the implementation agreement.

CHANDIGARH: The Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat from Chandigarh, Harmohan Dhawan, on Wednesday accused the Congress candidate, Union Minister of State for Finance Pawan Kumar Bansal, of

Chandigarh: Though Punjab has put elaborate arrangements in place for wheat procurement, it is weather which has been the random factor in both paddy and wheat seasons since the past one year.

Chandigarh: If suitable measures are taken, UT can meet 20% power needs through solar energy by 2018: TERI report

Chandigarh: The UT Administration is considering a proposal to make Chandigarh a solar city. A draft of the detailed project report prepared by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) submitted to the Administration last week says if suitable measures are taken, the UT can meet 20 per cent of its residential and commercial power requirements through solar energy by 2018.

Chandigarh: Moving a step forward in the proposal to run 100 AC and non-AC buses in the city, the UT Administration has awarded the contract for the project to Tata Motors. Confirming this, Secretary (Transport) Ram Niwas said:

CHANDIGARH: Union Minister of State for Finance Pawan Bansal, the Congress candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat from Chandigarh, said on Monday that the day was not far when the City Beautiful would boast of a bullet train passing through it.

Chandigarh: Earth Hour, an attempt to save the planet by switching off lights to reduce greenhouse emission, evoked a mixed response in the city on Saturday. Though a few areas responded positively and switched off lights for one hour, many people were not even aware of the campaign.

CHANDIGARH: The BJP candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat from Chandigarh, Satya Pal Jain, on Thursday promised that on coming to power at the Centre his party would allow construction of one additional floor in all residential and commercial structures including bay-shops and booths.