ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸਪੈਲਿੰਗ ਵੀ ਅਜ਼ਮਾਓ ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ
Chandigarh is a planned city and union territory in northern India that serves as the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana. Designed under Le Corbusier after Partition left Punjab without a capital, it is known for its grid of sectors, its modernist Capitol Complex and its green spaces, and had a population of 1,055,450 at the 2011 census.
Rajbir Singh Ghuman, OSD to CM Bhagwant Mann, appeared before the CBI in ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ after three notices, in the corruption and influence-peddling case. The Supreme Court has barred coercive action for now.
Sukhna Wetland in ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ has been added to the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance, taking India's total to 103 sites. Sauj Jheel in Uttar Pradesh was added with it.
ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ Police detained Manish Sisodia and other AAP leaders at a protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged vote theft; Punjab BJP says the state runs the SIR.
IMD warns of thunderstorms, lightning and gusts up to 50 kmph in Punjab and ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ on Oct 10-11; Tricity yellow alert runs to Oct 12, with isolated rain till Oct 14.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court rejected a plea against Tej Parkash Singh, son of ex-CM Beant Singh, staying in a ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ government house, citing a Joint Security Committee threat assessment.
ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ Police's Operations Cell arrested four men with 1.011 kg of heroin and a pistol, saying the network drew supplies via the Pakistan border; the alleged handler is absconding.
Farmers in Ropar blocked the ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ-Manali highway for nearly three hours on October 6, protesting a 5 kg-per-quintal deduction they say is demanded on hybrid paddy and slow lifting from the mandi.
Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force, in a joint operation with the Commissionerate Police Ludhiana, arrested two associates of a gangster network and recovered a Glock 9mm pistol with 20 live cartridges. Police say the duo was in contact with foreign-based handlers and had been tasked with carrying out a firing in the ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ–Mohali area for extortion, a plot their timely arrest prevented.
Farmer leaders called off a seven-day sit-in at the ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ-Mohali border on September 7, 2026, after the Punjab government accepted their demands. Organized by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha with 32 farmer organizations, the September 1-7 protest sought a legal MSP guarantee, cancellation of old water-sharing agreements, crop insurance, and loan waivers.
