Defending champions India registered a hard-fought 1-0 win over Belgium in the quarter-finals of the FIH Odisha Junior Hockey World Cup, here on Wednesday.The hosts will now face Germany in the semi-final on Friday, who defeated Spain 3-1 through penalties after the scores were level at 2-2 at the end of regulation time. SN Tiwary […]
In order to diagnose hearing impairment at birth, Punjab Government on Wednesday launched ‘Universal Newborn Hearing Screening’ (UNHS) with SOHUM Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (AABR) Device at Mother & Childcare Hospital, at District Hospital Ropar. Giving details here, Director Health & Family Welfare Department Dr. OP Gojra said that to fulfill this objective, the Punjab […]
Chandigarh BJP unit today issued a list of 23 candidates for the upcoming Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections. The elections are slated to be held on December 24. As per the list BJP has fielded Manjeet Kaur from Ward No 1, Dalip Sharma from Ward No 3, Savita Gupta from Ward No 4, Nikita Gupta from […]
A total of four high risk (household) contacts of South Africa returnee, residing at Sector 36, were tested yesterday. Out of these four contacts, two were reported to be positive for COVID 19 and the rest were negative. The returnee and the two positives contacts are now shifted to an institutional quarantine (GMCH-32) yesterday. As […]
Admiral R Hari Kumar on Tuesday took charge as the new chief of the Indian Navy after incumbent Admiral Karambir Singh retired after 41 years of service. Admiral Kumar was serving as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command before taking the reins of the force as the 25th chief of the Naval […]
The Haryana government on Tuesday appointed senior IAS officer Sanjeev Kaushal as the state’s new chief secretary.Kaushal replaces Vijai Vardhan, who retired on September 30, a government order said. He will be the 35th chief secretary of Haryana since it was carved out as a separate state in 1966.The 1986-batch IAS officer will also hold […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi Tuesday launched a scathing attack on his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, calling him an “imposter” and accusing his Aam Aadmi Party of making only false promises and giving fake guarantees. The senior Congress leader also blamed the Badals of the Shiromani Akali Dal for the 2015 sacrilege incidents and […]
Mohun Bagan general secretary Srinjoy Bose on Tuesday quit from his position “citing personal reasons”. The development coincided with the expiry of the present committee of the Mohun Bagan.Bose could have run the show till a new executive is formed after the elections but he opted to step down.”For personal reasons, I express my heartfelt […]
The reopening of classes 1-7 in Mumbai has been deferred by two weeks in the backdrop of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron. Over 10.5 lakh primary and secondary students can return to schools from December 15. The class 8-12 students will continue their schools in the hybrid mode. The state had on Monday issued a […]
Royal Challengers Bangalore have decided to retain Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega-auction in January. Kohli, the highest run-scorer in the IPL, won’t be leading the team anymore therefore, RCB will have to find a skipper in the auction in January. Kohli has been retained […]