In a late-night crackdown against leaders of the UT Powermen Union, Chandigarh Police arrested many of them for violation of the ESMA order. The UT had asked the protesters to report to work by 9.30pm failing which strict action would be initiated against them. Meanwhile, the UT Administration has called in a Military Engineer Services […]
The situation in Ukraine has its roots in post-Soviet politics, the expansion of NATO and the dynamics between Russia and Europe, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, amid escalating tension between Moscow and the West after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway Ukrainian regions as independent states. In an interactive session at a think-tank […]
Voting for 59 Assembly constituencies spread over nine districts in Uttar Pradesh began on Wednesday morning. The polling started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm.This is the fourth phase of the Assembly polls in the state, where elections are to be held in seven rounds. As many as 624 candidates are in […]
in a late evening development, UT Administration issued helpline numbers for city residents in order to register complaints regarding water shortage or electricity failure. The development comes on a day when several parts of Chandigarh faced outage on the first day of Chandigarh electricity department’s three-day strike against proposed privatisation of the discom.
Chandigarh administration banned employees of its engineering department (electricity) from calling strikes for the next six months on Tuesday. ” The Administrator, UT, Chandigarh is satisfied that any strike in the employment of Engineering Department (Electricity Wing), U.T. Chandigarh, shall affect the distribution, transmission, operation and maintenance of supply of electricity which is an essential […]
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday refuted Shiv Sena’s claims that central agencies like Enforcement Directorate (ED) were being used to settle political scores. On Russia and Ukraine crisis, she said the impact of the prevailing situation on oil prices were posing challenges to financial stability. “On the crude prices, it is very difficult to […]
Russia’s decision to recognise two separatist regions in the East of Ukraine has escalated the crisis between the two countries, which seemed to ease last week. The United States has said that Russia’s movement into East of Ukraine is the beginning of an invasion. Moscow’s move has prompted Europe to impose sanctions against Russia. Foreign minister […]
Air India on Tuesday operated a Boeing 787 aircraft to Ukraine to bring back Indians amid rising tensions in the eastern European country. The aircraft, which has more than 250 seats, is expected to return to the national capital at around 10.30 pm on Tuesday, according to an airline official.The flight AI 1947 took off […]
Four people have been arrested while about a dozen others detained for questioning in connection with Bajrang Dal activist Harsha’s murder in the district, as stray incidents of arson and violence were reported in Tunganagar here on Tuesday morning, police said. The arrested have been identified as Kashif, Nadim, Asif and Rihan, all in their […]
US President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order blocking trade and investment in parts of Ukraine that have been recognised as independent by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The White House, which described the Russian actions as blatant violation of Moscow’s international commitments, said that economic sanctions are in the pipeline.The move came […]