On the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the state government has enhanced the daily timings of all 320 Sewa Kendras and 506 Saanjh Kendras across the State and would also now remain open on Sundays. This pro-people decision would come into force from April 15, 2022. Terming this initiative as people friendly, Bhagwant […]
Punjab Government has urged the Center for expeditious approval of new National Highway Projects. State PWD Minister Mr. Harbhajan Singh called on the Union Road Transport and Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi today and presented a roadmap to make Punjab the leading State in Road Infrastructure in India. Punjab Cabinet Minister made an […]
Urging Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) to allow the state government to install the advanced broadcast/communication technologies at Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that the Punjab government can provide all possible help in disseminating the ‘Sarb Sanji Gurbani’ across the globe with an aim to spread the universal […]
On the occasion of World Health Day, the Ayush Ministry on Thursday organised the ‘Yog Utsav’ at Red Fort. Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla union ministers Sarbananda Sonowal, Meenakshi Lekhi, G Kishan Reddy and others attended the mega yoga event. The Yog Utsav is being organised ahead of the International Yoga Day in view of […]
India has almost eradicated extreme poverty and brought down consumption inequality to its lowest levels in 40 years through state-provided food handouts, according to a new working paper published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF working paper — authored by economists Surjit Bhalla, Arvind Virmani and Karan Bhasin — said that the proportion […]
Amid war of words between former allies Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on crowd-funding drive to save INS Vikrant, the Trombay Police have registered an FIR against BJP leader Kirit Somaiya and his son, Neil, for allegedly siphoning off ₹57 crore that were collected through the campaign to save the country’s first […]
India on Thursday reported over thousand fresh cases of coronavirus for the second straight day. The country recorded 1,033 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the coronavirus tally over 4.3 crore. India recorded 43 deaths due to the virus in the last 24-hours, taking the total death toll to 5,21,530, as per […]
A day after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation reported the first case of the XE variant in Mumbai, Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said the health department has not yet received any confirmation regarding the variant and hence the department can’t confirm it. “As per information, XE variant is 10% more infectious than the Omicron variant. […]
Pakistan’s Supreme Court resumed the crucial hearing on the dismissal of a no-confidence vote against embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan and the dissolution of Parliament by the president on his advice on Thursday, a day after adjourning the proceedings for the fourth time after promising to give a “reasonable order” in the high-profile case. The […]
Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday faced flak over a TV interview, with Dalit activists burning his effigy and another leader seeking his expulsion from the party for using “objectionable language” against the community. Jakhar, however, said his statement was twisted and taken out of context. If anybody’s sentiment is hurt, he expresses […]