In a jolt to the BJP in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from the state cabinet while three other MLAs announced they are quitting the party.Maurya, who is expected to join the Samajwadi Party (SP), said he resigned from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet due to “gross neglect” towards Dalits, […]
Authorities in Uttar Pradesh have seized over 33,000 litres of liquor worth over Rs 82 lakh after the imposition of the model code of conduct for the upcoming assembly polls, Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla said on Tuesday. The model code is a set of guidelines, issued by the Election Commission, for political parties, […]
SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Tuesday said the recent breach in the prime minister’s security in Punjab was a conspiracy hatched by the Charanjit Singh Channi government to embarrass the BJP. He also accused the chief minister for trying to downplay the issue of security breach and refusing to own responsibility for the same, […]
Afghanistan’s Ambassador to India, Farid Mamundzay, on Tuesday called upon Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and both discussed issues of mutual interest, an official statement said. The mutual discussion centred on an “invigorating relationship” with Afghanistan and other issues of mutual interest, it said. Stating that India enjoys mature bilateral relations and strong socio-cultural linkages with […]
India on Tuesday successfully test-fired a naval variant of the advanced supersonic BrahMos cruise missile from a stealth guided-missile destroyer of the Indian Navy. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said the missile hit the designated target “precisely”. “Advanced sea to sea variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile was tested from INS Visakhapatnam today. […]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday had granted him an anticipatory bail in the NDPS case filed against him. He was also directed to join the investigation with the police on Wednesday. The former Punjab minister has been asked not to leave the country till the next date of hearing.He is also required […]
Chandigarh reported 801 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours, a health bulletin from the union territory’s administration said on Tuesday. Chandigarh’s active cases now stand at 3,924—a 700% rise from last Tuesday.The UT also recorded two deaths—a fully vaccinated 55-year-old woman who had suffered from a seizure disorder and a 60year-old man who […]
The Delhi government on Tuesday directed closure of all private offices, except those in exempted categories, amid rising number of Covid cases.The private offices, which were till now operating with 50 per cent workforce, have been asked to follow the practice of work from home.An order issued by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority also directed […]
The Adviser to the Administrator UT., Chandigarh vide order no. 13180-HIII(5)/2022/295 has directed to restrict the movement/operations in UT, Chandigarh, to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Chandigarh. In this order it has been directed that “In Sabzi Mandi, Sector 26, only rehri walas / vendors to be allowed with the conditions that all are […]