The daily Covid-19 cases crossed the 2,500-mark for the second straight day as India reported 2,593 fresh infections on Sunday. The daily cases stayed above the 2,000-mark for the entire week except on Tuesday. Forty-four Covid-linked deaths were reported in the last 24 hours as per the data shared by the health ministry on Sunday. […]
Investigations into gunning down of two Jaish-e-Mohammed attackers by security forces in Sunjwan in Jammu have revealed that the terrorists wearing suicide vests had plans for mass casualties with the objective of disrupting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir today. Interrogation of Bilal Ahmed Wage of Pulwama, the accomplice who picked up […]
Royal Challengers Bangalore crumbled in the powerplay to some excellent bowling and fielding from SunRisers Hyderabad and they could never stem the collapse. Marco Jansen got Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli and Anuj Rawat in the second over after which Glenn Maxwell fell to T Natarajan in the fifth. Kohli fell to his second golden […]
Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya clinched his third straight Asian Championship gold medal with a dominating performance in the 57kg category, winning the title clash by technical superiority against Kazakhstan’s Rakhat Kalzhan on Saturday. Ravi, the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, conceded early lead in all his bouts, but he bounced back in tremendous fashion to […]
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday underscored the need for developing indigenous anti-drone technology to check the supply of drugs and weapons through drones effectively from across the border. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the first drone hub here today at the Chandigarh University campus, the Chief Minister said that Punjab being a border […]
The CBSE has dropped chapters about the Non-Aligned Movement, the Cold War era, the rise of Islamic empires in Afro-Asian territories, the chronicles of Mughal courts and the industrial revolution from the history and political science syllabi of Classes 11 and 12.Similarly, in the Class 10 syllabus, the topic ‘Impact of globalisation on agriculture’ from […]
Days after criticising his own party, Gujarat Congress leader Hardik Patel has praised the ruling BJP for its “decision-making capacity” which, he said, is lacking in the leadership of the opposition party’s state unit.Stating that he is “proud to be a Hindu”, Patel, who is working president of the Congress’s state unit, denied speculation that […]
NIA chief Kuldiep Singh on Saturday visited Jammu’s Sunjwan area where two suicide bombers of banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces ahead of the prime minister’s visit, officials said.The National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief, who reached Jammu on Friday evening, was accompanied by Inspector General of CRPF, Jammu sector, […]
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said all three defence services wanted the removal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act from Jammu and Kashmir soon, news agency ANI reported. The defence minister was speaking during the felicitation of 1971 war veterans at Guwahati in Assam. This is not the first time when Rajnath Singh has […]
Newly-appointed Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring has been issued Rs 29,390 fine for allegedly putting up posters and banners in the city without permission.According to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation officials, the notice was sent at the time when Raja was taking oath as the new Congress chief at the Congress Bhawan in Sector […]