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 […]
Cold to severe cold wave conditions are very likely to continue in some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh during next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday. Cold wave conditions at isolated pockets would likely continue for subsequent 24 hours and very likely to abate thereafter in […]
Giving a much needed relief to trade and industry in the state, the Punjab Government has exempted around 40,000 statutory form related outstanding cases under Central Sales Tax / Value Added Tax (VAT), out of over 48,000 cases related to each of the financial years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17. Notably, Punjab Chief Minister S. Charanjit […]
Exposing the lies being spread by AAP leadership directly from ground level, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr Charanjit Singh Channi today visited the school in his maternal village Makdona Kalan to show that it was not only perfect but one of the best schools in the state. The Chief Minister during walk from Morinda to […]
Uttar Pradesh Hockey and Hockey Punjab are through to the Final of the 11th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship Pimpri Chinchwad 2021 after winning their respective Semi-Final matches here in Pune today. In the first Semi-Final, Uttar Pradesh Hockey edged past Hockey Karnataka 2-1 in a closely fought encounter. Mohammad Amir Khan (4′) and […]
The Punjab Government has today formed a high committee to evaluate and consider the demands of contractual employees. notification to this effect has been issued. The said committee would receive proposals within one week from the concerned departments and then undertake next course of action. Disclosing this, an official spokesperson said that the officers committee […]
Men’s Hockey Team continued their unbeaten run, easing past Japan with a 6-0 win here at the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy on Sunday. Harmanpreet Singh, (10′, 53′) Dilpreet Singh (23′), Jarmanpreet Singh (34′), Sumit (46′), and Shamsher Singh (54′) scored the goals as Team India picked up a big win. India are in contention for […]
A senior DRDO scientist who was arrested for “planting explosives” inside the Rohini district court allegedly attempted suicide by consuming hand wash in a washroom in police custody, officials said on Sunday. The accused, Bharat Bhushan Kataria (47), is undergoing treatment at AIIMS and is completely stable, they said.Kataria was arrested for allegedly planting an […]
The army has been deployed to restore essential services hit by the ongoing strike of electricity department personnel here, officials said Sunday. They said the deployment was made following a request by the administration.In a communication addressed to the army, Jammu Divisional Commissioner Raghav Langer said that due to the strike by electricity department personnel, […]