Tanbir Dhaliwal is a correspondent at Chandigarh. She covers health and business.
Articles by Tanbir Dhaliwal
Selling substandard water purifier costs company ₹6,000
Kent RO Systems Limited, its retailer and service company also told to refund ₹14,300, the cost of the faulty water purifier
Published on May 17, 2022 02:14 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh
IAF helicopters help bring Kasauli forest fire under control
Firefighters from Solan and Parwanoo in Himachal Pradesh struggle to douse blaze as tourist town gets engulfed in smoke with dry pine needles catching fire and windy conditions accelerating the spread
Updated on May 16, 2022 12:34 PM IST
Gaurav Bisht and Tanbir Dhaliwal
Chandigarh | 32-year-old jailed for seven years for possessing 50 gm heroin
In addition to the jail sentence, the court also imposed a fine of ₹1 lakh on the Chandigarh resident, who caught with heroin in Sector 20 in 2020
Published on May 15, 2022 12:46 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh
Waste collection by pvt company in Panchkula: 3 garbage collectors held for assaulting firm’s staffers
Ever since the Panchkula municipal corporation awarded the tender for door-to-door collection of segregated waste to Puja Consultation Company on April 15, three garbage collectors who lost their livelihoods as a result of the firm’s appointment have been arrested for threatening and assaulting employees of the firm
Published on May 13, 2022 12:55 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Panchkula businessman left disabled by accident gets ₹56-lakh relief
The petitioner, Nikhil Khurana, a resident of Sector 15, Panchkula, was left disabled after a car, driven by Ambrish Tyagi from Zirakpur, hit his vehicle at the Hallomajra light point in Chandigarh in June 2018.
Published on May 12, 2022 02:35 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Panchkula MC’s tardy sterilisation drive struggles to reel in stray dogs
Proper management of stray dogs was a prominent promise made by candidates contesting the Panchkula municipal corporation elections, but the sterilisation drive has not been up to mark
Updated on May 12, 2022 11:25 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
For Panchkula residents, new garbage collection system no short of dumpster fire
Lack of helpers with garbage collection vehicles, inaudible loudspeakers and absence of proper schedule emerge as major issues in Panchkula’s new garbage collection system
Published on May 05, 2022 12:06 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Panchkula garbage collectors fear for livelihood amid move to private firm
Nearly 300 garbage collectors are tipped to be hired by the private firm after the Panchkula MC’s move, but several others fear being forced out of work
Updated on May 03, 2022 02:29 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
MACT awards ₹ 20.81 lakh compensation to family of man killed in road accident
The victim’s widow Rita, his three children and elderly mother had filed the petition for compensation before the MACT after his death in the road accident.
Updated on May 01, 2022 03:07 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh
Panchkula police on sticky wicket for registering case against Khemka without prior approval
Entangled in a fight between two Haryana IAS officers, the Panchkula police seem to have overlooked the legal requirement and court judgements mandating prior approval of the state government before registration of a first information report (FIR) under the provision of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act against additional chief secretary rank officer Ashok Khemka and some retired officials
Published on Apr 30, 2022 12:27 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Online fraud | Panchkula woman taken for ride on pretext of Char Dham chopper services
Complainant Seema Gupta, an entrepreneur by profession in Panchkula, said she came across a website “chardhamhelicopterservice.com” through a simple Google search and submitted her contact details there
Published on Apr 28, 2022 02:25 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Haryana IAS officers slug it out in public, both booked by police
Home minister Anil Vij steps in, shows up at DCP office to back Ashok Khemka and get an FIR registered
Published on Apr 27, 2022 12:38 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Reviving beat boxes, drugs top priorities, says new Panchkula commissioner of police
Describing the beat box system as the basic bedrock of policing, the new Panchkula commissioner of police Hanif Qureshi said he will certainly work on reviving it,
Published on Apr 26, 2022 01:13 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Water woes trouble Panchkula residents, officials deny shortage
Despite Panchkula residents’ complaints, officials maintain city’s daily demand of 110 MGD is being met by Kajauli Waterworks, Kaushalya Dam & underground sources
Published on Apr 26, 2022 12:59 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
First patient to survive heart transplant at PGIMER joins as hospital attendant
Mohit, who joined as a hospital attendant at the biomedical hub, was the second person to get a heart transplant at PGIMER and the first to survive it
Updated on Apr 21, 2022 12:54 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh
Only hospital in Panchkula offering booster shot left with three-day stock
Even this hospital is offering only Covishield vaccine, leaving those eligible for the Covaxin booster shot in the lurch
Updated on Apr 19, 2022 02:53 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Midnight assault on Panchkula based hotelier
The complainant further said that a girl and two boys, who appeared to be drunk, were also present in the attacker’s car
Published on Apr 17, 2022 02:35 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Chandigarh | Charging twice for same ticket costs Northern Railways dear
Commission, in the case of Northern Railways charging a Chandigarh resident twice for the same ticket, noted while authorities rightly recovered penalty, the amount charged initially was also in their possession
Published on Apr 16, 2022 12:39 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh
Panchkula’s Pet Animal Medical Centre crippled by staff shortage
Only two of the eight sanctioned veterinarians attending the out-patient department at Panchkula’s Pet Animal Medical Centre; staff shortages has also affected support staff
Published on Apr 10, 2022 12:44 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Panchkula Bhavan Vidyalaya gets notice for fee hike
Sector-15 based school told to explain the fee hike in the last session in a notice by the Haryana elementary education department
Published on Apr 08, 2022 03:26 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Two Ferozepur men get 10-year jail for carrying 304 gm heroin
The special court of judge Jagdeep Sood also imposed a fine of ₹1.15 lakh on Saraj and ₹1 lakh on the rwo Ferozepur men who were carrying 304 gm heroin in 2021
Published on Apr 05, 2022 01:20 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh
Chandigarh | Marriage bureau penalised for only lining up ‘unsuitable matches’
In September 2017, complainants availed services of a marriage bureau in Chandigarh and paid ₹50,000; as per service agreement, the complainants were to be shown 21 suitable profiles within nine months, but complainants alleged that bureau only lined up unsuitable matches
Updated on Apr 03, 2022 01:42 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh
Panchkula couple duped of ₹96,000 by Gurugram-based travel agency
The complainant, Nilay Saini, a hotelier from Sector 16, Panchkula, filed a case against the Gurugram-based company that failed to honour a five-year travel package
Updated on Apr 01, 2022 02:13 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
34-year-old Chandigarh man gets 10-year RI for carrying restricted injections
The Chandigarh district court also imposed a fine of ₹1 lakh on Vikram, who was convicted under Section 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
Published on Mar 31, 2022 03:40 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh
Pay contractual female employees maternity benefit for 182 days, CAT directs Chandigarh admn
Quashes Chandigarh admn’s 2013 notification allowing only 84 days of maternity leave, while terming it a violation of the Maternity Benefit Act
Published on Mar 29, 2022 03:04 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh
JE assaulted at MC office: Murder bid charges slapped on Panchkula councillor
Panchkula ward number 6 councillor Pankaj Valmiki sent to Ambala jail in judicial custody after being booked for the non-bailable offence
Published on Mar 27, 2022 02:38 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Day after Punjab government’s proposal, architects say edict of Chandigarh doesn’t allow statues
Architects cited Le Corbusier’s Edict of Chandigarh and UT’s autonomy to voice disagreement with with Punjab government’s proposal to install statues in Vidhan Sabha at the capital complex
Published on Mar 24, 2022 01:59 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh
Panchkula dog kennel in appalling state, city’s strays being sterilised in Chandigarh
The Panchkula MC’s tall claims of sterilising stray dogs at the kennel in Sukhdarshanpur village notwithstanding, strays are being taken to Chandigarh for sterilisation
Updated on Mar 22, 2022 01:11 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Potable water remains a pipe dream for residents of Panchkula’s Chauki village
Residents of Chauki village near Panchkula have been forced to drink contaminated water for a long time now, resulting in health concerns including skin rashes and mouth ulcers
Updated on Mar 22, 2022 08:51 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
Panchkula residents will not bear land enhancement cost, announces Haryana CM
The Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran had last year asked several housing societies in Panchkula’s Sectors 23 to 28 to pay land enhancement cost, 20 years after the land that these were built on was initially acquired in 1992
Updated on Mar 17, 2022 02:52 AM IST
Tanbir Dhaliwal, Panchkula
