The police have registered an FIR against Pakistan Test leg-spinner Yasir Shah and his friend on the allegations of kidnapping, molesting and threatening a girl. The FIR was registered at the Shalimar police station in Lahore after the girl complained. The Pakistan cricketer is yet to respond on the issue.In the FIR, the girl has […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with chief executives of companies from various sectors of industry at his official residence. This was the second such interaction between the Prime Minister and industry representatives in the run-up to the next Union Budget.”The Prime Minister talked about the inherent strength of the country, displayed during the […]
Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari launched attack on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on the series of announcements, which he made in his Chandigarh Rally, quoting him as ‘visionless’ and ‘department-less’ CM . “Kejriwal is that politician who piled up his hundreds of lies into one truth making people start believing in him,” said Tiwari. MP Manoj […]
Viswanathan Anand defeated Shakriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the Armageddon after the two-game mini-match ended in a draw for his first victory in the Rapid event of the 7th Vugar Gashimov Memorial chess tournament here on Monday. arlier in the day, Anand had lost 0.5-1.5 to Sergey Karjakin in the fifth round.In the match against […]
The government is monitoring the Omicron situation everyday and constantly assessing this new Covid variant with experts, the Parliament was told on Monday.”I have spoken with the states on this Covid variant and also an SOP has been issued for travellers landing from abroad for preventing the infection,” Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya told the […]
WHO chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Monday called for the expansion and strengthening of the COVID-19 vaccination programme across the world in view of the rising cases of Omicron variant. Speaking virtually at one of the plenary sessions at the PANEX-21, organised at the Armed Forces Medical College here in Maharashtra, Dr Swaminathan said […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday held a phone conversation covering bilateral defence cooperation, supply of fertilisers and ways to enhance India’s engagement with the Russian Far Eastern region. he talks came two weeks after Putin visited Delhi for the 21st India-Russia annual summit that witnessed the inking of 28 […]
After the alleged sacrilege bid incident in Kapurthala in which an unidentified man was killed by a mob on Sunday, Punjab police officers had at a presser stated that a case of murder had also been registered but soon backtracked on their statement. Inspector General of Police Gurinder Singh Dhillon first said at the press […]
A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district has sentenced a 35-year-old man to death for raping and killing a 10-year-old girl, officials said on Monday. The man, also convicted under the stringent POCSO Act, has been slapped with a penalty of Rs 50,000 as well by the district and sessions court.”Accused Chandrapal should be hanged […]
The Opposition Congress on Monday demanded a high court judge-supervised CBI probe into the alleged dental surgeon and HCS officer recruitment scam in Haryana, and the removal of the Haryana Public Service Commission chairman over the issue. Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Assembly Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the chairman of the commission cannot be […]