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Chandigarh: Bansal opposes high-rise proposal, urges administrator to defer plan

He suggested that the pressures of urbanisation should instead be absorbed by neighbouring towns like Mohali, Zirakpur and Panchkula. (HT File)
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Published on May 29, 2026 07:06 am IST

Chandigarh: Bansal slams UT over long-serving contract staff terminations

Bansal urged the UT administrator to immediately stop the removal of these workers. (HT Photo)
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Published on Nov 18, 2025 07:40 am IST

Bansal urges governor to stop industries leaving Chandigarh

Pawan Kumar Bansal (HT File)
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Published on Oct 24, 2025 07:16 am IST

Chandigarh: Former MP Bansal slams move to transfer roads from MC to UT admn

Bansal said the move negates the spirit of the 74th Constitutional Amendment, which was enacted to empower local self-government institutions. (HT Photo)
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Published on Sept 08, 2025 07:26 am IST

Chandigarh: Bansal slams Chouhan for remarks on Indus Waters Treaty

Former union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal (HT File)
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Published on May 22, 2025 11:59 pm IST

Chandigarh: Former MP Bansal flays BJP’s ‘slum-free’ initiative

Former Chandigarh MP Pawan Kumar Bansal. (File)
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Published on May 08, 2025 08:56 am IST

Bansal flays decision to transfer repair work of V-3 roads to Chandigarh administration

Former Union cabinet minister Pawan Kumar Bansal alleged that the denial of the due share of UT funds to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation as per the recommendations of the Delhi Finance Commission, which has thrown the civic body in the throes of a severe financial crisis, seems to be an insidious plan of the BJP-led Union government to emaciate the vital 3rd tier of the government. (HT Photo)
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Published on Mar 25, 2025 10:08 am IST

Name Panjab University economics dept after Manmohan Singh: Bansal to V-P

Notably, Panjab University is already considering naming its Arts Block 3 after the former prime minister who passed away in New Delhi on December 26. Arts Block 3 houses the department of economics, where Dr Singh had been a professor. (HT File Photo)
chandigarh news
Updated on Jan 07, 2025 10:14 am IST

Senior BJP leaders find no place in UT administrator’s advisory council

In a major shift, the new council includes a broader spectrum of personalities from various professional fields, signalling a more balanced approach to policy and decision-making. (HT file)
chandigarh news
Updated on Jan 02, 2025 09:14 am IST

Former Chandigarh mayor Pradeep Chhabra passes away at 62

Suffering from liver cancer, Pradeep Chhabra had been admitted at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, for last many days. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. (HT file photo)
chandigarh news
Updated on Jul 09, 2024 08:52 pm IST

Chandigarh: Congress leaders demand AAP apology for ‘insulting’ Bansal

The Congress leaders, including former Chandigarh mayor Harphool Kalyan, addressed a press conference on Wednesday, demanding an apology from AAP. (HT File)
chandigarh news
Updated on May 30, 2024 09:00 am IST

Pawan Bansal campaigning in Mohali, Panchkula, yet to join Manish Tewari

Four-time MP Pawan Bansal spotted with Congress’ Ambala candidate Varun Chaudhary and party leader Chander Mohan in Panchkula. (HT File)
chandigarh news
Updated on May 23, 2024 09:32 am IST

Chandigarh: Manish Tewari meets disgruntled Congress leaders, buys peace

On Wednesday, Manish Tewari met the despondent leaders at the residence of party secretary Ankush Jolly, where local unit vice-president and councillor Gurpreet Singh Gabi, councillor Nirmala Devi’s husband Dilawar Singh, councillor and NSUI president Sachin Galav, Congress general secretary Luv Kumar and major office-bearers of the Youth Congress were also present. (HT Photo)
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Updated on May 03, 2024 09:04 am IST

Chandigarh: High command steps in to mollify Bansal

AICC Chandigarh in-charge Rajeev Shukla had flown in to Chandigarh to watch the Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians IPL match played at the Mullanpur stadium on Thursday evening. (HT Photo)
chandigarh news
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 08:42 am IST

Internal rumblings out in open as Pawan Bansal skips Manish Tewari’s meet with party workers

Congress candidate Manish Tewari with party leaders and workers at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan in Sector 35, Chandigarh, on Monday. (Keshav Singh/HT)
chandigarh news
Published on Apr 16, 2024 05:02 am IST

Lok Sabha polls: Manish Tewari is Congress choice for Chandigarh seat

“I would like to carry forward the good work done by my predecessors,” said Manish Tewari. (HT Photo)
chandigarh news
Updated on Apr 14, 2024 08:32 am IST

Congress leader Pawan Bansal condemns Chandigarh admn’s decision to shelve housing scheme for employees

These individuals, bound by the scheme’s conditions preventing them from building other homes, are now left in rented accommodations indefinitely due to the BJP’s decision, said Bansal. (HT File Photo)
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Published on Mar 07, 2024 05:24 am IST

Bansal urges Chandigarh admn to withdraw notices issued to rehab colonies’ occupants

Tracing the history of tenement allotment to migrant labour, Former member of Parliament Pawan Kumar Bansal highlighted its purpose in rehabilitating those residing in ramshackle slums across Chandigarh. (Getty image)
chandigarh news
Updated on Jul 27, 2023 04:34 am IST

Chandigarh: Bansal’s allegations baseless, says UT administrator

UT administrator Banwarilal Purohit and adviser Dharam Pal addressing a press conference at the New Secretariat Building in Sector 9, Chandigarh, on Thursday. (Keshav Singh/HT)
chandigarh news
Updated on Jun 02, 2023 01:51 am IST

UT admn not utilising funds properly: Pawan Bansal

Former Union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Sunday accused the UT administration of not fully utilising the revenue collected from the city’s taxpayers. (HT file photo)
chandigarh news
Updated on May 29, 2023 02:38 am IST

Bar Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath from campaigning in Karnataka: Congress to EC

Bar Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath from campaigning in Karnataka: Congress to EC
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Published on Apr 28, 2023 06:08 pm IST

Guest column: Once Chandigarh MC had fixed deposits of ₹500 crore, writes Pawan Kumar Bansal

Congress leader Pawan Kumar Bansal
chandigarh news
Updated on Jul 31, 2020 11:32 pm IST

Crackers sound jarring note as Chandigarh tricity lights up on PM Modi’s solemn plea

DEFEATING THE PURPOSE: Residents gathered on a street, giving two hoots to the PM’s appeal for social distancing, during the candlelight vigil against coronavirus in Mohali on Sunday.
chandigarh news
Updated on Apr 06, 2020 05:23 am IST

Finally, firm hired to give Chandigarh railway station a swanky makeover

A rendering of the Chandigarh railway station, as it would look after the facelift. The project is stipulated to be completed in 24 months.
chandigarh news
Published on Nov 07, 2019 12:22 am IST

Lok Sabha election 2019: Close contest as Chandigarh goes to poll in seventh phase

Kirron Kher MP and BJP’s candidate from Chandigarh campaigning in Punjab and Haryana High court on May 07, 2019.
lok sabha election 2019
Updated on May 18, 2019 03:33 pm IST

ED attaches Rs 89 lakh in probe against Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew

The cash was allegedly seized by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the office of Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla in 2013 in a corruption case related to appointments at top positions in the railways, when Bansal was the Union railway minister in the United Progressive Alliance II regime.
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Published on May 08, 2019 09:18 am IST

Lok Sabha election: No Modi wave, only ‘nirasha’ in Chandigarh, says Congress candidate Bansal

Congress candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal filed his nomination papers on Friday.
lok sabha election 2019
Updated on Apr 26, 2019 10:51 pm IST

Lok Sabha election: Suspense over, BJP bets on Kirron for Chandigarh seat again

Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher
lok sabha election 2019
Updated on Apr 23, 2019 10:58 pm IST

Lok Sabha election: Sidhu to fire up Congress poll campaign from April 10

Punjab local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu met Congress president Rahul Gandhi late on Saturday evening after the latter flew back to New Delhi from Orissa.
lok sabha election 2019
Updated on Apr 07, 2019 10:47 pm IST

Lok Sabha election: Congress banks on old warhorse Bansal in Chandigarh again

When the city goes to polls on May 19, it will be Bansal’s eighth straight contest ever since he was given the Congress ticket for the first time in 1991.
chandigarh news
Updated on Apr 02, 2019 10:48 pm IST
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