The third day of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha session began on Tuesday with obituary references as the House paid tributes to Gen SF Rodrigues; Ramesh Dutt Sharma, a former minister; Ajit Singh, a former MLA; Harbans Singh, a former MLA, besides eight freedom fighters and Parveen Kumar, actor and athlete. As announced by CM Bhagwant […]
India has received praise from across the board for many of its foreign policy initiatives, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Monday, a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan lauded India for its independent foreign policy. When asked at a media briefing about Khan’s comments, Shringla said India’s record speaks for itself and […]
President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday conferred Padma awards to recipients at a civil investiture ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Among the Padma Bhushan awardees were senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and Serum Institute of India chairman Cyrus Poonawalla in the field of public affairs and trade and industry, respectively. Paralympic silver medalist Devendra […]
The BJP’s legislature party here on Monday chose Pushkar Singh Dhami is new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. The decision was taken at a legislature party meeting of the BJP which is currently under way at the BJP headquarters in Dehradun.The meeting is being attended by BJP’s central observers for Uttarakhand – Defence Minister Rajnath Singh […]
The Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab on Monday announced the portfolios of the newly sworn-in ministers. Harpal Cheema has been allotted the Finance and Revenue departments while Gurmeet Meet Hayer has been given Education.CM Bhagwant Mann has retained Home, Vigilance, Personnel.Dr Baljit Kaur gets Women Welfare and Child Development.Dr Vijay Singla gets Health Department.Harbhajan Singh […]
The situation along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan remains stable post the Directorate General of Military Operations (DGMOs) understanding between the two nations in February 2021, the defence ministry informed Parliament on Monday. In a written reply to the Upper House, minister of state (MoS) for defence Ajay Bhatt said both the armies […]
N Biren Singh on Monday took oath as Manipur’s chief minister for a second straight term, 11 days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came back to power with a landslide victory in the recently concluded assembly election. Singh took the oath in the presence of BJP’s national president JP Nadda, BJP’s Manipur unit president […]
The China Eastern Airline plane that crashed in the country’s Guangxi province on Monday was carrying 132 people – 123 passengers and nine crew members. The plane – a Boeing 737 -went down in flames over mountains in southern China while on a flight from Kunming to Guangzhou – a distance of around 1,340 km […]
A Qatar Airways Delhi-Doha flight was diverted to Karachi on Monday after it declared an emergency due to indication of smoke in the cargo hold, the airline said. The aircraft landed safely in Karachi where it was met by emergency services, and passengers disembarked it in an orderly manner using stairs, it said in a […]