A controversial private member’s Bill that seeks to provide for a panel to prepare a Uniform Civil Code was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.‘The Uniform Civil Code in India Bill, 2020’ was introduced in the Upper House amid protests from opposition parties. BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena moved for leave to introduce the […]
Chitkara University announced its collaboration with NEC Corporation India, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, for a comprehensive academic program for aspiring students to facilitate them with hands-on training and research facilities in the area of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (Al/ML) and High-Performance Computing (HPC)). A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between […]
Heading for a two-thirds majority, the BJP was on Thursday poised to retain power in Gujarat for a record seventh straight term but was set to be dethroned by the Congress in Himachal Pradesh where the hill state could follow its long history of an incumbent government being voted out. Riding on the charisma of […]
Soon after a big win in the elections for the MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi), top Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders gathered for a big show of strength in the national capital where Arvind Kejriwal sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s blessings to address the city’s civic concerns. “We have to end corruption, we have to […]
Goblin mode, or a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations, has been chosen as the Oxford Word of the Year after a public vote on Monday. The slang phrase was one of three shortlisted words put to a vote for […]
In a unique initiative, Federation University, Australia has collaborated with Chitkara University to deliver a course on Management of Water resources. With an aim to come up with ways and means to deal with water management problems, as many as 30 students have been handpicked who will be taught to think in a holistic way […]
A most wanted terrorist and the main conspirator behind the Ludhiana court bomb blast was arrested from Indira Gandhi International Airport here, an official of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Friday. Harpreet Singh alias “Happy Malaysia”, a resident of Amritsar in Punjab who was carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh, was arrested […]
Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar, the mastermind behind the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, has been detained in California.Moosewala was shot dead at his village in Punjab’s Mansa district on May 29. As many as 30 rounds were fired at him by the assailants. Brar, who is a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, had […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday referred to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘Ravan’ comment and said there is a competition going on inside the party on who can abuse Modi more. “The competition is on who can abuse Modi more, who can deliver the most stinging attack,” PM Modi said addressing a public meeting in […]
An angry young bride called off her wedding after the groom kissed her on stage in front of nearly 300 guests.The groom kissed her right after the couple exchanged garlands on Tuesday night. The bride immediately walked off from the dais and later called the police. The 23-year-old bride, a graduate, said the groom kissed […]