Bypoll violence: Chautala named in assault FIR
ELLENABAD: Finally, the election scene at Ellenabad assembly segment, considered hypersensitive, is beginning to heat up. In what could be an indicator of things to come, Samast Bhartiya Party (SBP) Kusum Chaudhary on Sunday alleged that she was assaulted and issued dire threats by some leaders and their supporters at the behest of their [...]
Rathore threatened his own boss too
CHANDIGARH: It wasn't just Ruchika Girhotra and her family who were hounded by former DGP SPS Rathore and his henchmen in Haryana police. Even Rathore's immediate superior — DGP R R Singh — was not spared as he probed the molestation charges against the then IG.
Speaking to TOI, Singh minced no words recalling the [...]
Class X girl abducted from bus stop
CHANDIGARH: A class X student of Kendriya Vidyalaya-29 was abducted in full public view from the bus stop in Sector-29 on Thursday.
The victim identified as Shivangi is a resident of Manimajra.
Police sources said the incident took place around 2.30 pm when Shivangi along with one of her classmate was waiting to board [...]
Blog infuriates estranged wife, FIR against NRI
CHANDIGARH: A Sector 41 resident, Vibha Sanan, lodged an FIR against her estranged NRI husband, Rohit Chandok, for posting objectionable remarks against her on an internet blog. The case was registered at Sector 39 police station.
However, Chandok claimed the blog was posted when his wife, against whom he filed a divorce petition in a [...]
Chandigarh school closes due to swine flu scare
CHANDIGARH: A leading all girls school here in Sector 26 has been closed for a week starting Tuesday because of a fear of swine flu, officials said.
The decision was taken after a class nine student of the Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) virus Monday.
"Apart from one positive [...]
Late IAS’ daughter harassed for dowry
CHANDIGARH: Jasleen, daughter of Punjab’s former secretary for science and technology, Avinash Singh Chhatwal, has got an FIR lodged at Sector-39 police station against her husband Jagjit Singh Kohli, his father Daljit Singh and mother Harjit Kaur for dowry-related harassment.
She has also levelled allegations of assault and wrongful confinement against the Kohlis and stated [...]
PM’s security claims patient’s life
CHANDIGARH: VVIP security, always a huge public inconvenience, may have claimed the life of a 32-year-old man who died of kidney failure on Tuesday after being denied entry to the city's premier Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education due to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's security.
A very ill Sumit Verma was taken by his family from [...]
Bride dumps groom during wedding
AMBALA: The new-age Indian woman has arrived. A bride from Ambala Cantt on Monday walked out on her groom the moment she set eyes on him after the jai mala (garlanding) ceremony, as if, in instant realisation that he wasn’t the man of her dreams. No amount of ranting and raving by the boy [...]
