In a bonanza to the pensioners across the State, the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday directed the Finance Department to pay the revised pension w.e.f 01.07.2021 to over 3 lakh pensioners involving an additional expenditure of Rs. 1887 crore during the current fiscal year in line with the recommendations of the 6th […]
Delhi’s Naamya Kapoor, all of 14, stunned the field including compatriot Manu Bhaker who won bronze, to be crowned the Junior Women’s 25M Pistol world champion on Monday (Oct 4) at Lima’s Las Palmas Shooting range. Making it a perfect day for India, Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar then clinched the Junior Men’s 50M Rifle 3 Positions […]
Scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for their “groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems,” the award-giving body said on Tuesday. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work in “the physical modeling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global […]
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook went down in several parts of the world.All three apps are owned by Facebook and run on shared infrastructure.”Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on it and we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can,” a message on the Facebook website said. “We’re aware that some people are experiencing issues […]
A local court on Monday extended till October 7 the NCB remand of Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, and two others in connection with the seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship off the city coast, observing their further interrogation was required for investigation which is of prime importance. The trio […]
The UP government faced the wrath after the aftermath of violence during a farmers protest in Lakhimpur Kheri, lodging a case against Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son, announcing a probe by a retired high court judge and stopping opposition leaders from reaching the trouble spot. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained in Sitapur on […]
Members of Chandigarh Youth Congress, farmers and students took to the streets for a candle march across chandigarh against the violence during a farmer protest in Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday. Eight people were killed in the violence that was triggered after car of BJP’s Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s Son hit the protesting farmers. Chandigarh Youth […]
The School Education, Higher Education, Sports and NRI Affairs Minister Pargat Singh on Monday directed the above said four departments to form committees of experts. Experts in their respective fields will give advice to ensure smooth functioning of the departments as per the ground realities. This decision was taken by the Minister in a meeting […]
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa along with MLAs was forcibly detained today evening by the Uttar Pradesh police and taken to Police Post, Shahjhapur falling under Police Station, Sarsawa, Saharanpur. S. Randhawa was accompanied by PCC Working President and MLA Kuljit Nagra and other MLAs, Parminder Singh Pinky, Barinder Singh Pahra, Kuldeep Vaid, […]
India were held to a 1-1 draw by Bangladesh in the former’s opening match of the SAFF Championship 2021, at the National Football Stadium, in Male, Maldives, on Monday, October 4. Captain Sunil Chhetri had put the Blue Tigers in the lead, before Bangladesh went down to 10 men after Biswanath Ghosh was given his […]