Mega IPO of One97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm, was subscribed 18 per cent on Day 1. According to data from the National Stock Exchange (NSE), investors bid for 88,23,924 equity shares by 5:00 pm, against the total issue size of 4,83,89,422 equity shares. Retail investors quota was subscribed as much as 78 per […]
For India Junior Men’s Hockey Team defender Shardanand Tiwari, hockey is everything. Born in Lucknow, the 17-year-old player comes from a humble background and he believes hockey has helped him overcome various challenges in life and it will bring financial stability for his family. Currently part of the Indian Junior Men’s Core Probables Group for […]
Harekala Hajabba, a 68-year-old fruit seller from Mangalore in Karnataka, received the Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind for building a primary school with his earnings of Rs 150 per day. The 66-year-old received this award for bringing a revolution in rural education by constructing the school in Harekala-Newpadpu village in Mangaluru which has […]
India were sent packing from the T20 World Cup after a clinical New Zealand clinched a facile eight-wicket triumph over Afghanistan in their final Super 12 game to claim the last available semifinal spot here on Sunday. India’s slim hopes hinged on Afghanistan upstaging the Black Caps as that would have brought the Net Run […]
In a bid to strictly enforce the implementation of Punjabi as compulsory subject for all students of 1st to 10th Class across the state, the Punjab Cabinet on Sunday approved amendment in Punjab Learning of Punjabi and Other Languages Act, 2008 to enhance the penalties from Rs. 25,000, Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 50,000, […]
In a major relief to the people across the state, the Punjab Cabinet on Sunday approved to reduce the amount of interest from 15% per annum (simple interest) to 7.5 per annum (simple interest) to be charged on the amount of enhancement recoverable from allottees of Improvement Trust. This decision was taken during a Cabinet […]
Clearing the air about the Punjab Government reinstating the then SP (D) Faridkot Bikramjit Singh facing criminal case Singh connection with the Behbal Kalan firing, the Deputy Chief Minister S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that the orders to this effect were given by the former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. Randhawa in a statement here […]
Punjab cabinet decided to reduce petrol prices by Rs 10 per litre and diesel by Rs 5 per litre in the state, days after the central government announced a reduction in excise duty on fuel. State finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal said that on reduction effective VAT on diesel will be 9.92% and on petrol […]
As many as 11 coronavirus patients, mostly senior citizens, were reportedly killed and several others injured after a major fire broke out in the ICU of the district civil hospital in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar on Saturday. Fire brigade personnel, who had tough time dousing the flames, had to break the window panes to bring the blaze […]
The Haryana government on Saturday notified that its act of implementing 75% reservation for local people in private jobs with a monthly salary ceiling of ₹50,000 will come into force from 15 January, 2022. “ln exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section 3 of section I of the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act. […]