The city would witness a solar eclipse on July 22. The eclipse would start at 5.35 am and end at 7.24 am. It is after 10 years that a total solar eclipse would be seen in India.

However, Chandigarh residents would witness only a partial eclipse — 80 per cent. The duration of the eclipse would be 1 hour 49 minutes. This would be the longest solar eclipse till 2114.

‘Don’t see it with naked eyes’

City schools to open an hour late
As a precautionary measure, schools in the city are planning to delay the morning assembly on July 22. While some schools are yet to take a call, schools like St. Kabir and Manav Mangal Smart School have decided to open the schools an hour late.Read more

Rejects proposal to tinker with design

The adage “old is gold” may not hold true for the owners of Kiran Cinema in Sector 22 but it is apt for the Chandigarh administration, which is mulling over granting “heritage status” to the city’s oldest theater.

With land prices soaring in the city and multiplexes becoming the “in thing”, the owners of Kiran Cinema were too looking forward to raking in the moolah by going in for its conversion, like their other counterparts, but the UT administration is in no mood to oblige them. Read the rest of this entry »

Acting promptly on fresh directions issued by UT to ensure safety of freshers on campuses, Panjab University has set a fine example
by becoming the first one to respond as it made an announcement on Friday to incorporate some stringent rules against ragging in its handbook Read the rest of this entry »

Low-cost Dubai-based carrier FlyDubai, which was scheduled to begin its operations in India from July 13 has decided to delay its foray”due to operational reasons”.
” Flydubai had planned to begin its operations to India with flight to Lucknow on July 13, Coimbatore on July 14 and Chandigarh on July 23, however, due to operational issues, we have had to delay these flights,” Flydubai CEO Al Ghaith said in a statement.Read