The Supreme Court on Sunday decided to conduct all hearings in virtual mode for two weeks starting from January 3, in view of the rising number of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The Supreme Court administration issued a circular announcing the decision on Sunday evening.It stated that an earlier circular prescribing standard operating […]
The BCCI has started clearing the long-standing dues of the domestic cricketers who suffered financially after the 2020-21 season was curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemic. Many Indian cricketers struggled financially after the Ranji Trophy was not held last year for the first time in its history. The women’s T20 games were also curtailed due to […]
The West Bengal government on Sunday said that it would restrict flights from New Delhi and Mumbai, the two cities witnessing the largest surge in Covid-19 infections in recent weeks, to just twice a week in a measure to combat the spread of the pandemic in the state. Travel agents believe this will cause a […]
Hitting out at the previous government in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said earlier criminals and the mafia used to play their games, but now the Yogi Adityanath government is playing “jail-jail” with them. Addressing a public meeting after laying the foundation stone for the Major Dhyan Chand Sports University here, Modi […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh.The University will be established at Salawa and Kaili villages on the outskirts of the Sardhana town of the district at an estimated cost of about Rs 700 crore. The sports university will be […]
The Haryana government on Sunday banned physical classes for students in schools, colleges, and universities in view of the rising Covid-19 cases in the state. CM Manohar Lal Khattar announced the decision via his Twitter handle. “In view of the increasing cases of Omicron, the Haryana government has banned physical classes in the universities of […]
India’s vaccination programme against COVID-19 has been one of the most successful and largest in the world, the Union health ministry said on Sunday and termed as misleading some media reports that claimed the country has missed its COVID-19 inoculation targets.Since the start of the national COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 16 last year, India […]
Chandigarh on Sunday reported 96 new cases of Covid-19 with a positivity rate of 5.50 per cent.The cumulative number of cases has reached 66,061. A total of 1,744 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.The death toll remains 1,079 while 64,661 people have been cured till date. The number of active cases has risen […]
The Chandigarh Administration on Sunday ordered that restaurants, including restaurants in hotels, cafes, coffee shops, marriage palaces and banquets can remain open with fifty per cent capacity and allow only those people who are fully vaccinated with the two doses against Covid-19 in view of the increasing number of coronavirus cases. Those people who are […]
Updating the status of the file regarding regularization of the services of contractual employees in Punjab Banwarilal Purohit, Governor Punjab in a press statement informed that information shared with media by Charanjit Singh Channi, Chief Minister Punjab, on January 1 is “factually incorrect”. He informed that the file regarding regularization of the services of contractual […]