Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has approved proposals worth ₹28.5 crores submitted by the UT for remediating 7.7 lakh MT of waste in Daddumajra dumpsite. This initiative is set to give residents of Chandigarh respite from diseases and the foul smell of garbage and will ensure that the city is on its way to […]
The strike of the power union in UT, Chandigarh has been withdrawn and the power supply has been normalised in most of the areas. The Power Union gathered at Sector 17 have been dispersed and have resumed their duties. A strike by employees of the electricity department in Chandigarh was withdrawn on Wednesday evening, in […]
Russia has started evacuating its diplomatic staff from all of its diplomatic facilities in Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a representative of Russia’s embassy in Kyiv. The United States and its allies sought to step up sanctions pressure on Russia on Wednesday over the deployment of troops in separatist regions of […]
Banks have recovered ₹18,000 crore from fugitives Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Mehra told the Justice AM Khanwilkar-led bench the value of cases registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Mallya, Modi, and Choksi is now ₹67,000 crore. “The Enforcement […]
The second review meeting was held between IAF & UT Administration regarding IAF Heritage Center under the chairmanship of the Adviser to the Administrator today.Various facets about installation of vintage aircraft, setting up of Simulator, interactive system , display of War heroes etc were covered in this presentation. Special care will be given to protect […]
Ukraine’s top security official Oleksiy Danilov said on Wednesday that Ukraine would impose a state of emergency on all of its territory, apart from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions where it has been in place since 2014. He said that the emergency state would last 30 days and could be extended for another 30 days.Pro-Russian […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking cancellation of offline physical board examinations for Classes 10 and 12 conducted by various state boards, CBSE, NIOS and ICSE, saying “Such petitions give false hopes to Students.” A Bench led by Justice AM Khanwilkar said the petition was “ill-advised” and “premature” as the authorities were […]
Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik was today arrested after questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case linked to the activities of the Mumbai underworld, fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides. The 62-year-old Minister was taken to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office this morning for questioning. ED officials reached this […]
Congress general secretary Harish Rawat has posted a video on social media that purportedly shows one person at an Army centre ticking and signing several postal ballot papers. Sharing the video on his Twitter handle and Facebook on Tuesday, Rawat said, “Sharing a short video for everyone’s information. It shows how one man at an […]
Farmers’ organisation Rashtriya Kisan Manch on Wednesday announced its support to the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. In a letter written to the SP president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday, Shekhar Dixit, the national president of the Manch, said his organisation has decided to extend full support to the SP.Dixit in the […]