As the wheat arrivals surge in most parts of the state, the Procurement Agencies have also stepped up their efforts to ensure that Mandi operations are executed with greater efficiency. Disclosing this today a spokesperson of the government said that the total purchase of wheat by the government agencies, as on 10th April, has broken […]
Days after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s office’s Twitter account was hacked, the state government’s official handle was targeted on Monday morning. A series of random posts could be seen on the feed. The account was restored later. Shortly before, the Punjab Congress’s Twitter handle had also put out multiple posts, tagging random users, […]
Despite a sustained decline in daily coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases across the country, Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat showed a significant increase in new infections over the last week. Delhi recorded 943 fresh Covid cases, a 26 per cent increase from the previous week, while neighbouring Haryana witnessed a nearly 50 per cent rise with 514 […]
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge was examined on Monday in the National Herald corruption case by the Enforcement Directorate, sources said. The 79-year-old leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha,a relentless BJP critic, was summoned to appear before the officials. His statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as the agency […]
The Centre on Monday said the Supreme Court, in an order dated March 24, had fixed timelines to file the claims for the compensation of Covid-19 deaths. For deaths that occurred prior to March 20, the claims have to be filed within 60 days, while for any future deaths, 90 days’ time has been given […]
The names of six key aides of ousted prime minister Imran Khan have been put on a stop list by Pakistan’s top investigation agency to prevent them from leaving the country, according to a media report on Monday. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) placed the names of the six on the ‘stop list’ on Sunday […]
Newly appointed Punjab Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Partap Bajwa, along with Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring met Rahul Gandhi here on Monday. Working president Bharat Bhushan Ashu and deputy CLP leader Raj Kumar Chabbewal were also in attendance.
Imran Khan has thanked his supporters for their participation in rallies held across Pakistan and abroad to protest against his ouster as prime minister and the formation of a “US-backed regime” in Islamabad. Protest rallies were held in different Pakistani cities after 9 pm on Sunday and continued for several hours on the call of […]
Two women have died while 8 are injured after some cable cars on a ropeway collided with each other at Trikut Hills close to Baba Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar district of Jharkhand on Sunday.An official said that prima facie, the incident appeared to have occured due to some technical fault resulting in collision of cable […]
Twitter’s top stakeholder Elon Musk won’t be joining the board, company’s chief executive officer Parag Agarwal said on Monday. In a statement posted on Twitter, Agrawal said that the board offered him a seat after several discussions and believed that Musk as a fiduciary of the company was the best path forward. He added that […]