An ex-serviceman in Ambala district, Haryana, brutally murdered six members of his own family, including his mother and a six-month-old baby, following a heated land dispute. The event shocked the community. The offender, a 45-year-old former soldier named Bhushan Kumar, was detained on Monday for the horrific act that took place in Rataur village on […]
The Chandigarh police have disrupted a perfectly planned immigration scam that cheated over a hundred individuals out of lakhs of rupees. 102 passports have been retrieved, and three people—including the mastermind—have been caught. Ashish Sharma, who claimed to have been tricked along with seven other people by Jai Karan Joshi, the owner of M/S Golden […]
With Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing a major reduction in customs duty on cancer drugs and mobile phones, it is set to considerably bring down their prices in the market. The three cancer drugs are Trastuzumab deruxtecan, Osimertinib and Durvalumab.The Finance Minister also announced a reduction of customs duty on mobile phones and mobile chargers […]
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her 7th Union Budget in Lok Sabha announced tax sops for over 4 crore salaried individuals.Those under the new tax regime, have been given relaxation in the standard deduction limit from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000 while the deduction on family pension for pensioners has been enhanced from Rs Rs […]
Student-led protests in Bangladesh have intensified, forcing over 1,000 students from India and neighbouring countries to flee the violence. The unrest stems from a controversial quota system for government jobs, sparking clashes and leaving a trail of death. The Bangladeshi government previously reserved 30% of civil service positions for families of war veterans who fought […]
Eight people, two of whom are women, have been taken into custody by Zirakpur, Chandigarh, police for posing as NIA agents and trying to extort ₹69 lakh from a local. Veerpal Singh, a resident of Sector 39, Zirakpur, was the target of the gang’s July 17 incident, which was reported. The gang pretended to be […]
The Tricity—Chandigarh, Panchkula, and Mohali—Metro system, has put the environmental effect of this project under criticism. Building elevated rails will require the removal of some 3,376 trees, according to a draft report evaluating alternatives for the project (AAR). Environmentalists and locals have raised concerns about the ecological effects. The report, prepared by Rail India Technical […]
Scheduled Caste (SC) students at Panjab University (PU) in Chandigarh are continuing their protests despite the university extending the deadline for scholarship fee payment under the Post Matric Scholarship (PMS) scheme. The new deadline is July 26. The students, who are largely Ambedkar Students Association (ASA) members, would like an extension of the deadline and […]
The NEET-UG 2024 exam, which is the admission exam for undergraduate medical programs in India, is being challenged in the Supreme Court because a question paper leak undermined the exam. Concerns Raised Over Leak Timeline The Court raised doubts about the claims made by the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the Central government. The NTA […]
Students and Indian nationals residing in Bangladesh are advised to remain indoors as violent protests over government employment quotas continue. The Indian High Commission in Dhaka released the warning following many days of altercations between students and security personnel. Protests over the quota system become deadly Protesting students are calling for changes to the quota […]