Parts of Punjab and Haryana received rain on Saturday morning, bringing down the temperatures in the region.Chandigarh and nearby areas also received rain. Delhiites also woke up to light rain, which brought respite from the warm weather. Several parts of the city received rain. More rain accompanied by thunderstorms is predicted during the day, the […]
A Kentucky university has agreed to a settlement of more than US$ 14 million over the death of a student wrestler hours after practice, the school announced.The settlement over the death of junior Grant Brace, 20, of Louisville, Tennessee, includes an agreement for the University of the Cumberlands to participate in a heat-illness training program […]
India never halted trade relations with Pakistan and wants to move towards normalising business ties, a senior Indian diplomat here has said, stressing that today’s diplomacy focuses on tourism, trade and technology because “money speaks its own language”.Suresh Kumar, India’s Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan, made these remarks on Friday while speaking at the Lahore […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said the current logjam in Parliament can be resolved if the Opposition comes forward for talks and that the government will go “two steps ahead” if it takes “two steps forward”.Participating in a programme here on Friday, Shah said there are certain issues which are above politics and even […]
The J&K State Investigation Agency (SIA) launched a search operation on Saturday at eight different places to investigate the recipients of slush funds flowing through known secessionist Maulavi Sarjan Barkati of south Kashmir. According to government sources, more than ₹1.5 crore in funds were generated by crowdfunding and from suspected terror sources utilised for personal […]
In the pursuit of imparting rewarding learning experiences to its students, Chitkara University organised a riveting educational discourse on “Ferrari ki Sawaari ki Chaabi: Unlocking Potential through Rajesh Mapuskar’s Cinematic Lens” at its Punjab campus. Organised under an instructional module for the students of Chitkara College of Education, Chitkara School of Psychology and Counselling, Office […]
On the sixth day of the Toyota Hilux Adventure Campaign reached Hikkim, the world’s highest post office. The journey ended at Kaza covering a distance of about 170 kms and crossing an altitude of 15500 feet. During this visit the participant visited the Langza Buddha Statue, the highest suspension bridge in Chichim. Notably, the Helix […]
The Budget session of the Delhi assembly began on a stormy note as Bharatiya Janata Party and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators raised slogans against each other during Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s address to the House on Friday. The opposition BJP MLAs demanded the resignation of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal over alleged corruption in the […]
Congress leader KC Venugopal on Friday moved a motion of privilege against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha for his alleged defamatory remarks against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in his speech during the last Parliament session. In one of the speeches in February, Modi had launched a frontal attack on the Gandhi family […]
Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Friday due to slogan-shouting by the opposition and protests by the ruling party members over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s “democracy-under-attack” remarks made in London recently.It was for the fifth consecutive day that the House did not function since the second part of the budget session began […]