A Panjab University alumnus, Ajay Sood, is the new Principal Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister, said an official announcement. Sood, currently an Honorary Professor at the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, replaces K. Vijaya Raghavan who retired recently. Sood was awarded Padma Shri in 2013 for his stellar work in the […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will arrive in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning as part of his two-day India visit, and will be accorded a grand welcome on a four-km route from the city airport to a hotel, officials said.In the city, Johnson will visit the Gandhi Ashram, and later go to Gujarat Biotechnology University, Akshardham […]
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday announced to give Rs 1 crore as ex gratia amount to the family of Punjab Police Personnel in case of death in line-of-duty.The Chief Minister was virtually addressing officers and personnel of the Punjab Police using the Punjab Police Technology platform here. Chief Secretary Anirudh Tiwari, Additional Chief […]
The police are tightening the sensational Kodanad heist cum murder case, V K Sasikala, former aide of late Tamili Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, will be questioned for the first time on Thursday. “We have received the police summons. The questioning will be at her T Nagar residence (in Chennai) on Thursday around 10.30,” said […]
In view of a spurt in coronavirus cases in the city, the Delhi government on Wednesday made wearing of masks mandatory in public places and imposed a fine of Rs 500 on violators.Officials said the Delhi Disaster Management Authority, in its meeting, also decided not to shut schools, but chose to come up with a […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government over the use of bulldozers in violence-hit areas of Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to switch off “bulldozers of hate” and switch on power plants.He also raised the issue of coal shortage in the country and shared a news report that […]
Bulldozers razed several structures in violence-hit Jahangirpuri on Wednesday during an anti-encroachment drive by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation but it was stopped within hours following a Supreme Court order.The anti-encroachment drive continued even after the Supreme Court directed authorities to stop it. An NDMC official, requesting anonymity, said the drive continued because of the […]
Former Aam Aadmi Party leader and poet Kumar Vishvas has claimed by tweeting that the Punjab Police reached his house on Wednesday morning. He also tweeted a few pictures of the cops at his house.Targeting AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, he warned Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to beware of Kejriwal as […]
Supreme Court orders status-quo on demolition drive conducted by North Delhi Municipal Corporation in Jahangirpuri, DelhiPlea by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind against employing bulldozers to raze down houses of persons suspected to be involved in criminal incidents such as Jahangirpuri Clash mentioned before CJI NV Ramana led bench. Heavy police was seen at Delhi’s Jahangirpuri – where […]
Seven members of a family were burnt alive in a fire that broke out in their hut here on Wednesday morning, police said.Assistant Commissioner of Police (East) Ludhiana, Surinder Singh, said they were migrant labourers and were asleep in their hut near the municipal garbage dump yard on Tibba road here. SHO of Tibba police […]