Seven Congress MLAs were inducted as ministers in the Himachal Pradesh Government on Sunday as Chief Minister Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu expanded his Cabinet. Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath to the newly inducted ministers at a ceremony at the Raj Bhawan. Three-time MLA from Solan (SC) assembly constituency Dhani Ram Shandil was […]
Several parts of north India reeled under severe cold and dense fog affected railway movement, with Delhi recording a minimum temperature of three degrees Celsius — the lowest in January in two years — making it cooler than several hill stations.Most people kept indoors and turned to space heaters and cups of hot beverages to […]
A day after Punjab and Haryana failed to reach an agreement on the construction of the Sutlej Yamuna Link canal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said water should be an issue of cooperation and coordination between the states. Addressing the first national conference of state water ministers convened by the Centre to discuss and […]
There were at least 40 external injuries, ribs exposed from back as skin had peeled away, the base of skull was fractured and some brain matter was missing, said sources citing the autopsy report of the woman, who died after being dragged by a car for 12 kms on January 1. “The provisional cause of […]
In a move that is expected to help India develop a manufacturing ecosystem for high-end drones, a top US drone manufacturer has announced a partnership with a leading Indian forging company to manufacture main landing gear components, subassemblies, and assemblies of remotely piloted aircraft in the country. San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI), a […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the CBI to the bail plea by former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar, sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, on several grounds, including having already served almost nine years in jail. Besides Khokhar, former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar and ex-MLA Mahender Yadav are […]
A 40-year-old merchant navy officer has been feared drowned in Bhakra canal near Morinda. The incident occurred on Monday evening.The victim has been identified as Ramandeep Singh, a resident of Sector 3B1 in Mohali. He had gone for a picnic with his wife and children.His brother, Jai Veer Singh, a captain in Indian Navy, is […]
The post-mortem report of the 20-year-old woman, who was dragged and killed, revealed that there was no injury suggestive of a sexual assault.The autopsy report suggested that the cause of death was shock and haemorrhage as a result of injury to the head, spine, left femur, both lower limbs. “All injuries produced by blunt force […]
Chitkara University, today announced its partnership with ServiceNow, a leading digital workflow company, to train students in digital skills and improve job prospects with paths to employment. This program will benefit 500 students every year and is part of a global skilling initiative called RiseUp with ServiceNow. The integrated curriculum centered around training and certification […]
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday announced that his government would on Republic Day honour the driver and operator of Haryana Roadways, who saved the life of cricketer Rishabh Pant when he met with an accident on the Delhi-Dehradun highway near Roorkee on Friday.Pant was returning from Delhi to Roorkee to surprise his […]