Elon Musk put his $44 billion deal for Twitter Inc “temporarily on hold” on Friday while he awaits data on the proportion of its fake accounts, sending the shares in the social media platform plunging.Twitter shares fell 17.7% to $37.10 in premarket trading, their lowest level since Musk disclosed his stake in the company in […]
With just 39 days left for the International Yoga Day 2022, the Regional Outreach Bureau (ROB) under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting organized a Yoga Session at Chandigarh-based Government College of Yoga Education and Health, Sector 23, today. The session was organised as part of a series of programs dedicated to ‘Yoga Utsav 2022’.Welcoming […]
In a huge relief to the depot holders of the State, the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department today released Rs. 42 crore as commission to them on the directions of the Minister Mr. Lal Chand Kataruchak for distribution of wheat under Pradhan Mantri Ann Kalyan Yojana (PMAKY). Presiding over a meeting with the […]
The Punjab Police on Friday arrested six people in connection with the rocket-propelled grenade blast that took place at the Punjab Police Intelligence headquarters in Mohali on Monday. Khalistani terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and local gangsters were involved in the attack carried out on the behest of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI. Canada resident […]
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to postpone the NEET-PG-22 examination on a plea by doctors, saying the delay would cause unavailability of doctors and seriously affect patient care. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant said postponement of the examination would create “chaos and uncertainty” and would affect a large section of […]
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two aides of gangster Chhota Shakeel from western suburbs of the city for allegedly handling the illegal activities and financial transactions of the crime syndicate controlled by fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, an official said on Friday.Arif Abubakar Shaikh (59) and Shabbir Abubakar Shaikh (51) were placed under […]
The controversy surrounding the survey of Gyanvaapi Mosque in Varanasi on the orders of a local court reached the Supreme Court on Friday with an urgent petition seeking a stay on it.Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi mentioned the petition against a Varanasi court’s order allowing an advocate commissioner to survey the Gyanvapi mosque. “Please grant status […]
Rahul Gandhi on Friday morning met Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot as he reached the Congress-ruled state after a train ride with other party colleagues. Ahead of a three-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ (brainstorming conclave) in Rajasthan, he received a warm welcome at 5 am at the Chittorgarh railway station where a large group of partymen amid […]
The Decision Review System (DRS) was not available for nearly two overs at the start of the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings due to power failure at the Wankhede Stadium here on Thursday.Due to a power cut at one of the floodlight towers, the DRS was not available for 1.4 overs […]
The petition seeking to “find the truth” behind the 22 locked rooms in the Taj Mahal was filed last week before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court by Rajneesh Singh, who is the media in-charge of the BJP’s Ayodhya unit.The petition cited the claims of some historians and Hindu groups that the mausoleum […]