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, […]
Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday issued a warning to the Aam Aadmi Party that it will be decimated in the coming Gujarat assembly election after AAP Gujarat chief Gopal Italia has been accused by the BJP of insulting PM Modi’s mother in an undated video. Reiterating her condemnation of the video, Smriti Irani said […]
The Election Commission is set to hold a press briefing on Friday afternoon where it’s expected to announce the schedule for the assembly polls for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. The briefing is set to be held at 3 pm at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan. Political temperatures are already running high in the states in the […]
Aadhaar holders who were issued the unique ID more than 10 years back but have not updated their details since are being urged to update identification and residence proof documents, UIDAI said.In a statement, UIDAI — the government agency that issues Aadhaar numbers — said the updation can be done online as well as at […]
The Supreme Court will take up on November 1 former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh’s killer Balwant Singh Rajoana’s petition seeking his release for final disposal. A three-judge Bench led by CJI UU Lalit said the Centre is at liberty to take a final decision on his mercy plea before the next date of hearing. […]
Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Tuesday set in motion the process of appointment of his successor by recommending to the Centre the name of senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud.The CJI handed over the copy of his letter of recommendation to Justice Chandrachud, who is set to become the 50th Chief […]