(2001 est pop. 808,000). Chandigarh became the capital of the Punjab and Haryana states in northwestern India in the 1950s. After partition in 1947, when Punjab's principal city Lahore was claimed by Pakistan, the new state needed a capital....

Coordinates: 30°45′N 76°47′E / 30.75, 76.78 Chandigarh pronunciation (help·info) (Punjabi: ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ, Hindi: चंडीगढ़, pronunciation: /tʃəɳɖiːgəɻʰ/) also called The City Beautiful, is a city in India...

Architecture is a complex art embracing form and function, symbol and social purpose, technique and belief-a three-dimensional interpretation of the human condition, writes Jaz Vilkhu. Because Le Corbusier, a Swiss architect often mistaken for being French, understood this, I looked forward to appreciating his...

The five-day 'Theatres of Decolonization' conference was held in Chandigarh, India. Sociologists, architects, historians and litterateurs discussed infrastructures and collectibles inherited from several countries and also pondered on the new systems of thought and control invading modern times. Star speaker Gayatri Spivak made a...

A suburban Chicago man is accused of setting an apartment fire — killing his pregnant daughter, her husband and their young child — because the son-in-law didn't ask permission for the marriage, prosecutors said.Subhash Chander, 57, of Oak Forest was ordered held without bond Tuesday...

A suburban Chicago man is accused of setting an apartment fire — killing his pregnant daughter, her husband and their young child — because the son-in-law didn't ask permission for the marriage, prosecutors said.Subhash Chander, 57, of Oak Forest was ordered held without bond Tuesday...