BJP announces Bandh

Chandigarh: The local unit of BJP announced bandh in chandigarh in protest against the decision of J & K government regardint the cancelation of allotment of land to the Amarnath Shine Board.

SAD-BJP retain power

Chandigarh: The Two month long campaign for panchayat and municipal bodies has come to an end and the elections are again dominated by SAD-BJP. Akalis swept the election in 11 malwa towns.

Notification was politically timed, came just after the elections

Chandigarh: Despite being under pressure to make amends in its package of sops to industry in hilly states from other states, Central government departments, including chemical and fertilisers ministry headed by Ram Vilas Paswan and the Economic Advisory Committee headed by C. Rangaranjan (which has also recommended that excise exemption to units involved in contract [...]

Bhajan Lal, aides resign from Assembly

Chandigarh: A Week after they were suspended from the Congress for anti-party activities, Bhajan Lal and his two aides, Dharampal Malik and Rakesh Kamboj, today resigned from the Vidhan Sabha. The resignation, however, would be effective from June 1, 2008, they said.
The announcement of their resignation was made by rebel MP Kuldeep Bishnoi at a [...]