Will Smith apologized to Chris Rock on Monday for slapping the comedian at Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony, issuing a statement after the film academy said it might take action against Smith for an incident that overshadowed the industry’s top awards. Smith, in a post on Instagram, said his behavior at the televised ceremony was “unacceptable […]
India and a host of other countries – under the umbrella of BIMSTEC – are set to formalise a relationship to cooperate on energy, maritime security port facilities, ferry services, coastal shipping, and grid connectivity movement of motor vehicles movement. At 18th ministerial meeting of the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and […]
The two-day nationwide strike by central trade unions to protest against the government policies entered its second day on Tuesday, impacting normal life in some parts of the country. According to reports, public transport and banking services remain partly disrupted for the second day in some states.”Workers in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh have joined the […]
India registered a seventh hike in fuel prices in eight days on Tuesday as the government continues to underline that the Ukraine war is one of the factors behind the spike. Petrol prices were hiked by 80 paise per litre on Tuesday taking total hike to ₹4.80, PTI reported. With the fresh hike, petrol and diesel […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is likely to visit India in the next one week and the key focus is expected to be discussions on a payment system for New Delhi’s procurement of oil and military hardware from Moscow, people familiar with the developments said on Monday. It would be the highest-level visit from Russia […]
Three days after he took the oath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath on Monday distributed portfolios to the newly-inducted ministers in his Cabinet, keeping the all-important Home Ministry with himself. Vigilance and Personnel are among the 25 departments he has kept with himself.Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Brijesh Pathak will head Medical […]
SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of cases registered against him by the Punjab Police under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. Majithia, who was given protection from arrest till February 23 by the Supreme Court in view of the February 20 assembly polls to contest […]
To commemorate the 48 Years of CITCO, Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation is organising weeklong celebrations at its Hotels & Other Units. A plethora of events and activities are planned by CITCO for the patrons, guests, employees of CITCO and the people of Chandigarh. To mark the 48th anniversary, the following activities in including, […]
With the strenuous efforts of Aam Adami Party (AAP) government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for seeking Cash Credit Limit (CCL) from Centre before the commencement of wheat procurement season, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday cleared a sum of Rs. 24,773.11 crore towards CCL upto end April-2022 for the procurement of […]
Lal Chand Kataruchak, Cabinet Minister, Department of Forest and Wildlife Protection hold a meeting with the senior officers of Forest Department at Forest Complex, Mohali and reviewed the functioning of the department. Addressing a press conference after the meeting, the Forest Minister said that the target was to increase the area under forests and trees […]