Just as she did in Gold Coast 2018, Mirabai Chanu won India’s first gold medal of the 2022 Commonwealth Games by cruising to the title in the women’s 49kg weightlifting final in Birmingham on Saturday.The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist started as the overwhelming favourite in the event and stamped her class by setting the Games […]
Home Minister, Government of India, Amit Shah inaugurated various developmental projects of Chandigarh in the presence of Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator Chandigarh, Banwari Lal Purohit, Kirron Kher, Member of Parliament, and Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Home Secretary, Government of India. In the series of inaugural events, Amit Shah flagged-off the electric buses from Punjab […]
Only government-run liquor shops will operate from Monday, August 1, till the time a new excise policy is put in place, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday said amid a row over the new excise duty with the Centre. “We have withdrawn new excise policy and directed opening government liquor stores. I have directed the […]
Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra has come under fire from several quarters after he was seen forcing the Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) to lie on a dirty mattress at a hospital.V-C Dr Raj Bahadur has resigned and requested the Punjab Chief Minister to relieve him from services. The […]
Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra, vexed over complaints regarding cleanliness in hospital wards, entered a government hospital, accompanied by press and cameramen, in Faridkot and asked a top official to lay on a bed for patients.Dr Raj Bahadur, the vice chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences in Faridkot, followed the Minister’s orders […]
Rahul Gandhi on Friday raised questions on the state of law and order in Gujarat, days after over 30 deaths – linked to consumption of toxic liquor – were reported. The Congress leader’s questions were directed at the BJP, ruling Gujarat, which is also Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state. “In the dry state of […]
Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday visited the Rashtrapati Bhavan and met newly elected President of India Droupadi Murmu, a day after Irani raised – in the Lok Sabha – the issue of Murmu’s insult by Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury who referred to Murmu as ‘rashtrapatni’ . Smriti Irani paid a visit to Droupadi Murmu […]
Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh says he isn’t competitive by nature and doesn’t believe in one-upmanship.Singh made his first media appearance at the Filmfare press conference on Thursday, two days after an FIR was filed against him over his bare-bodied photoshoot for an international magazine. The actor has kept mum on the controversy so far and […]
The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon on Friday within minutes of commencement of proceedings due to opposition protests.As soon as the House met at 11am, Congress MPs along with a few other opposition members came to the Well of the House shouting slogans against the government. BJP women members, who were standing in the […]
The 22nd Commonwealth Games kicked off in spectacular fashion with a stunning opening ceremony at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Despite the challenges posed by Covid-19, the Queen’s baton did not miss a single day or territory during its journey to Birmingham. Taking five months to build and standing 10m high, the raging bull is […]