After the Congress denied ticket to him for the upcoming Punjab assembly polls, Moga MLA Harjot Kamal on Saturday joined the BJP here in the presence of its senior leadership, including Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. The Congress on Saturday released its first list of 86 candidates for the February 14 state assembly polls, refusing […]
The Shiromani Akali Dal announced on Saturday to field youth leader Parminder Singh Sohana from Mohali assembly seat for the February 14 Punjab Assembly polls. With this announcement, the party has so far declared 94 candidates.”SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal has announced youth leader Parminder Singh Sohana as party candidate from Mohali. He has remained […]
Chandigarh reported 1,795 new cases over the last 24 hours, a health bulletin from the Chandigarh administration showed on Saturday.Chandigarh has 8,511 active cases—over 470 per cent rise since last Saturday. Chandigarh’s added over 9,000 new cases in the same period—67 per cent of this since Wednesday, when the union territory began reporting over 1,000 […]
Virat Kohli on Saturday dropped a bombshell by quitting Test captaincy, a day after India suffered an unexpected series-defeat against a second-string South Africa.Kohli signed off as India’s most successful captain after being given the reins of the side back in 2014 when M S Dhoni stepped down in the middle of the series against […]
India added 2,64,202 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 239 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,65,82,129 which includes 5,753 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. There has been a 4.83 per cent increase in Omicron cases since Thursday. The active cases comprises […]
Cold weather conditions prevailed in many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Friday. Bathinda in Punjab reeled under intense cold and recorded a low of 4.2°C, according to the meteorological department. Gurdaspur, too, experienced a cold night, recording a low of 5.2°C, while Moga registered a low of 5.9°C. Amritsar recorded a minimum temperature of […]
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Defence Minister Pervez Khattak had a heated exchange of words when the latter said he would not vote for him and complained about the neglect of the north western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province by the government, according to a media report on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday during a […]
South Africa beat India by seven wickets to win the third Test and secure the series 2-1.Resuming the day 101 for two, South Africa go the job done in 63.3 overs with major contributions coming from Keegan Petersen (82), Rassie van der Dussen (41 not out) and Temba Bavuma (32 not out).Petersen was the only […]
Equity benchmark Sensex tumbled over 400 points in opening trade on Friday, tracking heavy selling pressure across counters amid a negative trend in global markets. he BSE index was trading 434.59 points or 0.71 per cent lower at 60,800.71 in early trade. Likewise, the Nifty declined 111.10 points or 0.61 per cent to 18,146.70.HCL Tech […]
The Tri-Services Court of Inquiry into the IAF chopper crash that led to the demise of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat has concluded that the helicopter got entangled in clouds and hit the terrain. India’s first CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 12 others were killed in the chopper crash in […]