India on Thursday announced that its chargé d’affaires in the Beijing embassy will not attend the opening or closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital over China honouring a military commander involved in the Galwan Valley clashes as its torchbearer for the mega sporting event. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi […]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday put a hold on the Haryana government’s decision to grant 75 per cent reservation for locals in private jobs. The High Court has also sought a reply from the state government. The counsel for one of the petitioner’s, which had challenged the Act, said the court has […]
BJP members on Wednesday highlighted achievements of the government even as the opposition attacked the Narendra Modi dispensation, alleging failure on various counts including on price rise and unemployment. Initiating the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s address, BJP MP Harish Dwivedi claimed 4.5 lakh youths were given jobs and Rs 36,000 […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s claim on Wednesday that a delegation of leaders from Manipur was asked to take off their shoes at Home Minister Amit Shah’s residence while he himself was wearing footwear evoked a sharp response from the treasury benches. Union Minister Piyush Goyal alleged that Gandhi has “attacked” religious traditions by his “very […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday shared a tweet of India’s table tennis star Manika Batra on her experience of visiting the National War Memorial and urged people to visit it. “As a player, I know how it feels to make the nation proud. But the pride our soldiers bring is far, far more,” Batra […]
Complying to directions of Election Commission of India (ECI), as many as 3,76,542 licensed weapons have been deposited in the state ahead of Punjab Assembly Elections, scheduled to be held on February 20, 2022, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju here on Wednesday. He said that this is 97.43 percent of […]
Shubhankar Sharma is the best-ranked among seven Indians in fray at the star-studded USD 5 million Saudi International Golf Championship starting Thursday. Former world No. 1 and current No 5, Dustin Johnson will be bidding for a hat-trick of Saudi International titles which also includes a bevy of global golfing superstars. Johnson is joined by […]
A COVID-19 outbreak hit the Indian cricket team on Wednesday as three players — senior opener Shikhar Dhawan, reserve opener Ruturaj Gaikwad and middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer — tested positive for the virus along with at least three support staff during their mandatory isolation period before the start of West Indies series. As per reports, […]
Chandigarh witnessed a total of 364 Covid positive cases over the last 24 hours, a health bulletin from the district administration said on Wednesday.This is higher than 156 Covid cases recorded on Tuesday. The UT’s positivity rate stands at 9.12 per cent, higher than Tuesday 5.41.The union territory’s active cases stand at 2,590, the bulletin […]
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday said the statement of former Pradesh Congress president Sunil Jakhar that he had not been made chief minister even though party legislators had supported his claim overwhelmingly had exposed the “electoral fraud committed by the Congress high command in the name of inner party democracy”. In a statement […]