NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent this year’s Diwali on board an Indian Navy vessel with which he shares a close association over the past three years. He had commissioned the country’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited on September 2, 2022.

CHANDIGARH: In a fit of rage over a heated argument, a man allegedly killed his 55-year-old mother by slitting her throat with a sharp-edged weapon at their house in Chandigarh on Monday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Tamil Nadu native arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a young IT professional at a women’s hostel in Kazhakkoottam near here has been identified as a history-sheeter, police said on Monday. 

CHANDIGARH: Executive Director of the North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) Satnam Singh Chahal has strongly demanded that the daily functioning and official activities of all IAS, IPS, PCS officers, Ministers, MLAs, and MPs in Punjab should be monitored directly by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) rather than state-level vigilance agencies. 

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Governor and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Shri Gulab Chand Kataria extended his greetings to the people of Punjab and Chandigarh on the auspicious occasion of Diwali and 'Bandi Chhor Diwas'. 

CHANDIGARH: In a gift to growers ahead of the festival of lights, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday announced to hike sugarcane rates by Rs 15 per quintal.