The government is accused of saffronising education but “what is wrong with saffron”, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu asked on Saturday as he called for total rejection of the Macaulay system of education from the country. Indians must give up their “colonial mindset” and learn to take pride in their Indian identity, the vice president […]
In less than a week after an international kabaddi player was killed, Punjab Police have solved the high-profile murder case with the arrest of four accused persons involved in conspiring the crime. A prominent kabaddi player identified as Sandeep Singh alias Sandeep Nangal Ambia was shot dead by five unidentified assailants during an ongoing Kabaddi […]
The first meeting of the Punjab Cabinet headed by Bhagwant Mann has decided to present a Vote on Account for three months in the ongoing session of the Vidhan Sabha. The supplementary grants required by various departments in the ongoing fiscal, too, will be cleared in the ongoing session that ends on March 22.The meeting […]
India’s oil imports from the United States will rise by 11 per cent this year, officials told Reuters as the country looks to secure supplies from around the world, including heavily sanctioned Russia. The rush to stock up comes amid a global surge in prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which led to brent crude […]
In a shocking incident, an elderly man killed his son and three other members of the family by setting their house here on fire allegedly owing to a property dispute, in the small hours of Saturday, police said. The accused’s son, daughter-in-law and two school-going granddaughters, sleeping inside the house, were charred to death, they […]
Harjot Singh Bains takes oath as Cabinet Minister Brahm Shankar Jimpa takes oath as Cabinet Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, a first time MLA from Patti takes oath as Cabinet Minister. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, who is MLA from Ajnala takes oath as Cabinet Minister. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, who is MLA from Ajnala takes oath as Cabinet […]
These are the profiles of five AAP MLAs who will be sworn in as Punjab ministers on Saturday. Harpal Cheema He is the MLA from Dirba, re-elected for the second term. An advocate by profession, he is considered close to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. He was the Leader of Opposition in the previous term of […]
India on Saturday registered less than 3,000 new Covid cases in 24 hours for a sixth consecutive day, even as several countries witness a worrying surge in caseloads. The health ministry said 2,075 new Covid-19 cases had been reported and that the active caseload had now dropped below the 28,000-mark, or 0.06 per cent of […]
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida will be in India for a two-day India-Japan Annual Summit that begins Saturday. This will be Kishida’s first visit to the country since he took charge of the office last year, and also his first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The last India-Japan summit took place in 2018 in […]
Vladimir Putin appeared at a huge flag-waving rally at a Moscow stadium on Friday and lavished praise on his troops fighting in Ukraine, three weeks into the invasion that has led to heavier-than-expected Russian losses on the battlefield and increasingly authoritarian rule at home.Meanwhile, the leader of Russia’s delegation in diplomatic talks with Ukraine said […]