Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 80s and 90s, has died following multiple health issues, a doctor treating him said on Wednesday. He was 69. Lahiri died on Tuesday night at the CritiCare Hospital in Juhu. “Lahiri had been admitted to the hospital for a month and was discharged on […]
Senior Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi logged a complaint of receiving ransom calls demanding Rs 2 crore, on Tuesday. Bishnoi, an MLA from Adampur assembly constituency and the son of former chief minister late Bhajan Lal, emailed his complaint to Hisar Police, police said. The complaint said Bishnoi got the calls through Whatsapp’s audio call feature […]
Famous Punjabi film actor and social activist Deep Sidhu today died in a road accident on KMP highway (Kundli-Manesar highway) near Delhi. He was travelling in scorpio jeep on Kundli highway close to site of farmer agitration on Sidhu border, when his vehicle rammed into a stationary container parked on road side. Sources said that […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a poll rally in Abohar town in Fazilka district of Punjab on Thursday. As a precautionary measure, the local administration has declared the airspace under its jurisdiction a no-fly zone till the day of rally. The local administration also strictly prohibited the flying of drones and unmanned aerial vehicles […]
The Union cabinet on Tuesday approved the setting up of a G20 Secretariat and related structures that will implement policy decisions and be responsible for arrangements for India’s forthcoming presidency of the group in 2023.. India will hold the presidency of the G20 from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023, culminating with the G20 […]
Sri Lanka’s tour of India, which was to begin from February 25 with a two-Test series, has undergone a revision. The BCCI on Tuesday announced a revised schedule which states that the tour will now begin with the T20Is, with the first match to be played at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on February 24, […]
The Union government on Tuesday described the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) remarks on the ongoing hijab controversy in Karnataka as ‘motivated and misleading,’ adding that the 57-member bloc is being ‘misused by vested interests’ for their anti-India agenda. “We have noted yet another motivated and misleading statement from the General Secretariat of the OIC […]
After over four months, Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra was released from jail here on Tuesday evening after fulfilling bail conditions pronounced by the Allahabad High Court. He has been released from jail after completion of bail formalities, Lakhimpur Kheri Jail Superintendent P P Singh told reporters.Ashish Mishra had been lodged in the […]
Russia said on Tuesday some of its military units were returning to their bases after exercises near Ukraine, following days of US and British warnings that Moscow might invade its neighbour at any time. It was not clear how many units were being withdrawn, and by what distance, after a build-up of an estimated 130,000 […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said what Capt Amarinder Singh could not achieve in his entire tenure as Punjab CM was implemented successfully by Charanjit Channi in less than four months. Addressing a rally at Rajpura in this district in favour of sitting Rajpura MLA Hardyal Kambhoj, Gandhi said Channi would ensure overall development […]