Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of a new airbase coming up in north Gujarat near India-Pakistan border and said it will emerge as an effective centre for the country’s security.Speaking after inaugurating the Defence Expo 2022 in Gujarat capital Gandhinagar, Modi also said that defence forces will release a list […]
India’s first case of Omicron subvariant BQ.1 has been detected during genome sequencing of a Pune resident’s sample, the Maharashtra health department said on Monday amid a spike in infections in the state. State surveillance officer said Pradeep Awate cited the detection and added that high-risk patients should follow precautions. BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are the […]
The CBI on Monday started questioning Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the alleged scam in Delhi excise policy being probed by it, officials said.Sisodia went to his party office in the morning from where he proceeded to Rajghat. A large number of his supporters gathered outside his residence ahead of his […]
The Congress began voting today to elect the first non-Gandhi president in 24 years, as the party gears for the fifth major election in its 137-year-old history and only the first such election in the past 20 years.The election is a direct contest between 80-year-old Karnataka veteran Mallikarjun Kharge and 66-year-old former UN diplomat-turned-politician Shashi […]
Delhi Police registered an FIR against some unknown persons taking suo moto cognizance of a viral video went in which a few men were seen attempting to enter the all-women Miranda House in New Delhi during a Diwali Mela event organised at the college. A woman, who said she was a student at the college, […]
In a bid to deepen financial inclusion in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today dedicate 75 Digital Banking Units (DBUs) to the nation via video conferencing today. He will also address a gathering on the occasion, the Prime Minister’s Office said. As part of the Union budget 2022-23, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday told the 20th Communist Party Congress that the country has gained full control over Hong Kong and turned it from chaos to governance, according to Reuters news agency.Delivering a report to the twice-a-decade party meeting in Beijing, Xi said China has also waged a major struggle against Taiwan separatism […]
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has arrested former state Industries Minister Sunder Sham Arora for allegedly offering a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to an Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of the Bureau for influencing a case, officials said.The Vigilance Bureau (VB) is learnt to have recovered the bribe money that he had allegedly offered to vigilance […]
Chitkara University conducted a week-long 12th Annual Global Week-2022 at both- Chitkara University, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh campuses. The Annual Global Week is a unique strategic initiative organised by the Office of International Affairs. This year, Chitkara University hosted more than 75 eminent and distinguished professors from around 40 prestigious partner universities across the world […]
At least 200 rotting corpses were found on the roof of a hospital in Pakistan’s Multan city on Saturday. As per social media, hundreds of human body parts have been recovered from the roof of Nishtar Hospital’s mortuary in Multan after which the government decided to probe the incident, reported Geo News. According to sources, […]