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Monica Sharma

Monica Sharma

Monica Sharma is a principal correspondent at Chandigarh and covers the UT administration.

Articles by Monica Sharma

Irrigation scam: Punjab vigilance bureau files challan against contractor, five officials

Gurinder Singh, main accused

Updated on Feb 10, 2018 05:18 IST

Vision document for Mohali aims at holistic development of the district

Deputy commissioner Gurpreet Kaur Sapra.

Updated on Jan 31, 2018 08:48 IST

A sanitary pad revolution that never took off in Punjab

Under the Amodini project, a Ludhiana-based Versatile Enterprises Limited company installed pad-dispensing machines and incinerators in 14 government schools in the city.

Updated on Jan 24, 2018 14:03 IST

My hands are tied, I am unable to deliver: Mohali mayor Kulwant Singh

Mohali mayor Kulwant Singh

Updated on Jan 20, 2018 17:05 IST

Choked N-choe raises a stink in Mohali

Wild growth choking N-choe at Phase 10, Mohali. Experts also blame stone pitching (right) of its bed for slow drainage of sludge during rains.

Updated on Jan 17, 2018 14:44 IST

‘Suspension order’: Kulwant takes on Sidhu, Mohali House backs him

Mayor Kulwant Singh at a MC house meeting in Mohali on Friday.

Updated on Jan 6, 2018 08:38 IST

Consumer first: Zirakpur retailer penalised for charging VAT on discounted clothes

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in January 2017 had ruled that shops can’t charge extra VAT on items sold on discounted price.

Updated on Dec 18, 2017 07:44 IST

Chandigarh police go on verification drive, checks 2,000 autos

Mohali police checking records of autos and drivers at a naka in Phase 11 on Saturday. As many as 1,500 three-wheelers were checked in Mohali and 2,000 in Chandigarh, a day after a 21-year-old woman was gangraped in Sector 53.

Updated on Nov 20, 2017 16:39 IST

Lease of life to soldiers disabled in service: Mohali’s Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre wages war on disability

At the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre, Phase 6, Mohali, soldiers battle disability to become self-reliant and find new ways to contribute to our world. They also enjoy playing basketball at the sports complex in the centre.

Updated on Nov 12, 2017 10:20 IST

Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute: Preparing women from Punjab’s hinterland

Cadets during a drill at Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute for Girls, Sector 66, in Mohali.

Updated on Nov 4, 2017 09:20 IST

Harbinger of private health care in Mohali

Fortis Hospital, situated in Mohali Sector 62, is a premier facility offering expertise in 40 major specialties.

Updated on Oct 30, 2017 13:56 IST

Ec(h)o-friendly Diwali Part 3: HC orders a blow to North India’s cracker epicentre, Kurali

Though famous for its crackers at wholesale rates, the Kurali market has never been well regulated.

Updated on Oct 16, 2017 16:58 IST

Rain check: Mohali set for monsoon blues

The road dividing Sector 6970 was inundated after heavy showers last week

Updated on Jun 27, 2017 04:46 IST

Tepid response: Waste segregation a non-starter in Chandigarh

MC officials say the bins will be handed over to the residents by mid-July.

Updated on Jun 14, 2017 06:10 IST

HT Clean My Chandigarh Campaign | The dark spots

Colony No 4 in Industrial Area, Phase I, is the largest of the three remaining slums in the city that await rehabilitation.

Updated on Jun 8, 2017 09:30 IST

HT Clean My Chandigarh Campaign | Mandis in a mess

The sites of the weekly apni mandis continue to be in a messy state.

Updated on Jun 6, 2017 08:30 IST

Punjab board Class 10 results: Border districts bag all 5 top positions

Students of class 10th in jubilant mood after the declaration of the result in Patiala on Monday.

Updated on May 22, 2017 12:49 IST

Punjab board Class 10 results declared, Shruti Vohra of Ropar tops with 98.77% | check details

Punjab School Education Board chairman Balbir Singh Dhol declaring the Class 10 results on Monday.

Updated on Jul 11, 2017 11:59 IST

In Chandigarh, nominated councillors don saffron hues to welcome Amit Shah

BJP national president Amit Shah addressing the media during a press conference in Chandigarh on Saturday.

Updated on May 21, 2017 05:40 IST

Punjab board Class-12 results: Border district students perform better

Five of top six positions in terms of pass percentage have gone to schools in border districts.

Updated on May 20, 2017 03:22 IST

PSEB Class 12 exams, 2017: Girls bag top 3 positions, pass percentage lowest in 3 years at 62.36%

Amisha Arora , who bagged the first position in the state by securing 98.44% marks in the Senior Secondary Examination (Class 12) conducted by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), celebrates with friends and family at RS Model Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana.

Updated on May 13, 2017 16:42 IST

Superstition, sheer love drive adoption of animals at Chhatbir zoo

A leopard drinking water from a pond at the zoo on Thursday.

Updated on May 12, 2017 06:11 IST

Chandigarh babus get fancy vehicle registration numbers at throwaway price

Chandigarh transport secretary K K Jindal got the 0001 series number for his wife’s Toyota Innova for just Rs 5,000.

Updated on May 8, 2017 03:58 IST

A dog-bite victim’s mother tells it like it is: ‘9 yrs on, the incident still haunts me’

“With tears in my eyes, I sent my child to the emergency.”

Updated on Apr 26, 2017 06:15 IST

Mohali safai karamcharis to lift only segregated garbage from June 5: MC

A garbage dump near Phase 11, SAS Nagar. All residential areas, offices, institutions will be covered under the project.

Updated on Apr 25, 2017 06:06 IST

India’s tallest victory tower a picture of neglect: Punjab forgets Chappar Chiri memorial

Fateh Burj, which commemorates the victory of Banda Singh Bahadur over Mughal governor Wazir Khan, was inaugurated with much fanfare by former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal in 2011.

Updated on Apr 22, 2017 05:29 IST

In three weeks, five women held for carrying drugs in Mohali

The large margin --- a gram of heroin is reportedly procured for Rs 1,300 and sold for Rs 4,000 a gram to the end-user ---- means creating a long trail of suppliers is not really a hindrance to the masterminds.

Updated on Apr 21, 2017 04:46 IST

To cut travel time, 9 traffic lights on Chandigarh airport road to be synchronised

Nine green lights from IISER, Sector 81, to Industrial Area, Phase 7, will be synchronised as part of the project. The stretch is highly accident prone.

Updated on Apr 19, 2017 07:04 IST

Ekam shot self, I never packed his body in suitcase, claims Seerat

An old Facebook photo of Seerat Kaur Dhillon and Ekam Singh Dhillon.

Updated on Apr 11, 2017 06:21 IST

Body in suitcase | Feel like escaping from jail to see my kids: Seerat

Lodged in the high-security Nabha prison, Seerat said she shares a cell with 10 women, including an 80-year-old woman. She said this while speaking to mediapersons in the court complex.

Updated on Apr 11, 2017 05:04 IST

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