In less than 24 hours, the Punjab Police has managed to crack the the Ludhiana Court Bomb Blast case after zeroing in on the identity of the deceased as Gagandeep Singh (31) of Khanna, who was recruited in Punjab Police as constable and dismissed in August 2019 after 385 gm of heroin was recovered from […]
Bharat Biotech on Saturday received approval for emergency use authorization of the Covaxin Covid-19 vaccine for children in the 12-18 years age group by the Drug Controller General of India (DGCI), said authorities. Covaxin is now the second vaccine cleared for use for children in India. In August, The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) […]
Cash recovery of approximately Rs 150 crores from searches in Kanpur at several locations related to Trimurti Fragrance has been reported and Vivek Johri, the Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on Friday said that this is the “biggest haul ever”.In a video published by ANI, employees of the Central Board […]
Millions of people are facing travel disruption and increased Covid restrictions over Christmas, as the surging Omicron variant sees flights cancelled and safety curbs tightened. Italy, Spain and Greece have made face masks compulsory outdoors again.Catalonia, in northern Spain, has imposed an overnight curfew, and the Netherlands is in a strict lockdown.Despite early findings that […]
The bail application of senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia was dismissed by the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohali on Friday. The court ruled that the applicant had tried to make out a case of political vendetta but was himself a powerful person state politics till 2017. Delay in […]
A Moscow court on Friday said it was fining Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) 7.2 billion roubles ($98 million) for what it said was a repeated failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, the first revenue-based fine of its kind in Russia. Moscow has increased pressure on big tech this year in a campaign that critics characterise […]
The Chandigarh Administration also announced that people who are not fully vaccinated should not be visiting public places. The order was issued in light of the third wave of COVID-19 looming large. The Chandigarh administration has issued orders that a fine of Rs 500 could be imposed on unvaccinated individuals if they step out of […]
The person killed during the Ludhiana court blast on Thursday has been identified as former policeman who had been jailed for drug links.Gagandeep Singh, a former head constable, was dismissed from the service in 2019 and spent two years in jail, sources said. Singh was in jail for alleged drug links and was released in […]
Noting that the world is witnessing a fourth surge in COVID-19 cases, the government on Friday cautioned people against lowering the guard, particularly during year-end festivities. It urged people to avoid crowding and unnecessary travel and stressed on COVID-19-appropriate behaviour and expedited vaccination. Addressing a joint press conference on the pandemic, a senior official said […]
Five days after hacking of a youth to death at a gurdwara near Nijampur village after he was caught there in the wee hours of Sunday, Kapurthala Police in Punjab has arrested gurdwara caretaker Amarjit Singh while registering a case of murder, attempt to murder, assaulting police officials on duty and other offences. Police have […]