Kuldeep Kumar, Mayor, Chandigarh inaugurated a renovated Community Centre in Dadumajra colony, here in the presence of senior officers of MC Chandigarh and prominent persons of the area.

While addressing the gathering, the Mayor said that this Community Centre has undergone extensive renovations to enhance its functionality and aesthetic appeal at a total expenditure of Rs. 43 lacs.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail on Friday. AAP leaders and volunteers hailed it as a victory for truth and democracy. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann welcomed the Supreme Court's decision, stating that "the truth has prevailed." CM Mann posted on his X account that Arvind Kejriwal's bail is proof that truth cannot be suppressed.

Punjab Police on Friday arrested the main perpetrator among suspects involved in a low-intensity grenade explosion in Chandigarh’s upscale Sector 10 residential locality.

The explosion occurred at a house on Wednesday. The Chandigarh Police on Thursday announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh for any information leading to the arrest of the two suspects.

The police have arrested the main perpetrator of the grenade blast case in a joint operation with the central Agency. The case is solved with the nabbing of Rohan Masih, resident of Amritsar rural, and identification of the other accused as well, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav wrote on X.

He said one 9MM Glock pistol along with ammunition recovered from his possession.

Further investigation to unravel the entire conspiracy is being done jointly in coordination with the Chandigarh Police.

Police in Chandigarh have arrested one person in connection with a suspected grenade blast at the house of a retired police officer in the city's upscale Sector 10 area. The police have also announced a reward of Rs 2 lakhs for two other suspects in the case.

The incident took place at around 5.30 pm on Wednesday and due to the impact of the blast, windows and flower pots were damaged, the police said in a statement.

Sources told India Today TV that three people arrived at the scene in an autorickshaw shortly before the explosion. The blast was loud enough to be heard even from far away.

A suspected grenade attack on the house of a former Punjab Police officer in a posh locality in Chandigarh by miscreants who came in an auto-rickshaw triggered panic in the area on Wednesday.

Dalbir Singh, PRO, Chandigarh Police, said, "An explosion took place here. We are investigating it. The CFSL team is present on the spot. The incident took place at around 6 p.m.”

The explosion shattered the window panes of the house located in the upscale Sector 10 area of the city, though no one was injured in the incident.

According to the police, three suspects were involved in the attack. While one of them hurled the explosive, two others were sitting in the auto-rickshaw which was captured on CCTV while fleeing the spot.

Teams from the fire brigade and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have reached the crime spot.

Deputy Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh today issued directions to SDMs & Joint Commissioner MC to inspect 79 unrecognized schools in Chandigarh and act on them as per building rules & fire safety act to ensure safety of children studying in these schools. DC has asked SDMs & Jt. Commissioner MC to submit action taken report in 3 weeks. Education Dept had shared list of 79 schools with DC office & MC for action on these schools. Education Dept has informed that they will ensure that children studying in these unrecognized schools are given proper opportunity for education in nearest possible schools if their current unrecognized schools are closed down.

The work of making Chandigarh railway station world class is going on in full swing. The Railway Land Development Authority (RLDA) has sought permission to block the platform. Accordingly, platform number-5 and 6 will be closed again from September 15 as an overbridge is to be constructed on the Kalka side. After the construction of the overbridge, there are preparations to build a 12 meter overbridge towards Ambala.

Hundreds of farmers under the banner of the Bharti Kisan Union-Ekta-Ugrahan and the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union, who were staging a sit-in protest in Chandigarh for six days, called off their protest on Friday after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann assured to fulfil their demands by September 30.

Mann assured them that the government is mulling introducing a scheme to wave off farm loans, besides safeguarding their interests with the new agriculture policy being framed.

Bharti Kisan Union-Ugrahan President Joginder Singh Ugrahan told the media here that they had urged the government to draft the agriculture policy.

Taking the issue of security in PGI seriously, a task force has been constituted after the orders of the Supreme Court. According to the PGI administration, five sub-committees will work under this task force.

Each committee includes doctors, paramedical staff, technical staff, nursing officers and office bearers of various employee unions of the organization. This committee will suggest to the PGI administration to strengthen the security arrangements and will also review from time to time.

The campaigning for the Punjab University Student Council elections has ended. Voting will be held on September 5. The candidates campaigned in North and South campuses of PU and appealed for votes in their favour. Candidates canvassed classrooms during the day to solicit votes from students and held rallies outside departments for campaigning. The student wing rallied in chemistry, geography and other nearby departments and candidates showed strength in UIET.