Punjab, on Sunday, witnessed a voter turnout of 69.65 per cent till 5pm. Punjab is expected to witness a multi-cornered contest among the ruling Congress, AAP, SAD-BSP alliance, BJP-PLC-SAD (Sanyukt) and the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha. Over 2.14 crore voters will decide the fate of 1,304 candidates including 93 women. The voting will start at 8 […]
Conjoined twins Sohna and Mohna cast their first votes on Sunday at Manawal in Amritsar as two separate voters. To maintain the secrecy of the votes from each other they were given goggles, an official told news agency ANI. It is a very unique case. EC told us to do proper videography. They’re conjoined but […]
Kremlin on Saturday said that Russia has hit sea and land-based targets with ballistic and cruise missiles as part of strategic nuclear exercises overseen by President Vladimir Putin.The annual exercises featured launches of Kinzhal and Tsirkon hypersonic missiles and a number of other weapons.”All the missiles hit their targets, confirming their performance objectives”, a statement […]
White-ball skipper Rohit Sharma was on Saturday officially named captain of the Indian Test team for the upcoming two-match series against Sri Lanka, starting March 4. Senior batsmen Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, who are battling poor form, were dropped.Senior wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha and experienced pacer Ishant Sharma were also left out of the Tests […]
The Centre on Saturday decided to give ‘Y’ category security to former leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Kumar Vishwas, official sources said. The central government had reviewed the security of Vishwas and the threat perception based on intelligence inputs in the wake of his allegations against AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.After […]
The United States Food and Drug Administration will consider making Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for use in the country, the biotechnology company said in a statement on Saturday. Ocugen Inc announced that the FDA had lifted its hold on the company’s application to make it a vaccine candidate in the US.Covaxin is one of two Covid […]
Punjab is all set for polls on Sunday with the Office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) making all arrangements to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections in the state. Briefing the media, Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju said the entire state machinery is working round the clock to ensure peaceful, free and fair elections.He […]
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to lift the coronavirus-induced night curfew as the state witnesses a sustained decline in Covid cases. The night curfew hours in the state were between 10 pm and 6 am, which were relaxed by an hour from February 13.Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said the decision to end […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Asia’s biggest Bio-CNG plant, called the Gobar-Dhan plant, in Indore virtually on Saturday. Addressing the event, PM Modi said that initiative of the Bio-CNG plant is very important as the wet waste released from houses, animals and farms in villages are “in a way Gobar Dhan”. “In the coming two […]