Rising Women’s Skeet talent Ganemat Sekhon has won a silver medal at International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship in Lima, Peru, late on Thursday, competition day two of the event. This was India’s fifth medal of the day. The Chandigarh girl, who picked up her first senior ISSF World Cup stage medals in […]
A group of farmers on Thursday jumped over police barricades in a bid to march towards the venue of a BJP meeting in Karnal’s Indri, police said.Among those present at the meeting were Indri MLA Ram Kumar Kashyap and senior state BJP leader Pawan Saini.Farmers, who are protesting against the central farm laws, have been […]
Five members of a Greater Noida gang have been arrested for allegedly looting a truck full of eggs that was coming from Sonipat at the Haryana-Uttar Pradesh border earlier this month, police said on Thursday. The accused had held the driver and helper of the truck hostage on September 13 after intercepting it at Kondli […]
In his maiden meeting with all the Civil Surgeons of Punjab after assuming charge as Deputy Chief Minister Punjab, (also Minister incharge of Health and Family Welfare department) OP Soni gave strict directions to the officers of the department regarding providing quality healthcare services to the people of Punjab and further told them to prepare […]
In view of the current security scenario, Officiating Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota on Thursday directed all the Border district SSPs to start Night Domination Operations along the Indo-Pak international border from 9 pm to 4 am. The border districts include Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Batala, Amritsar Rural, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur and […]
The Indian Women’s team reached Dubai, UAE on Thursday, for their upcoming friendlies in the UAE and Bahrain, which get underway on October 2. These friendlies have been planned as part of the team’s preparation for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, which is set to take place in India next year. The Indian Women’s Team […]
Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister Dr. Raj Kumar Verka has announced to make Punjab a model state in the field of health. Addressing the first meeting of the department at the Punjab Bhawan today after assuming office as the Minister of Medical Education and Research, Dr. Verka said that a state of art government […]
Punjab Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister Aruna Chaudhary, on Thursday, while presiding over a maiden review meeting of the top officials, directed to expedite the functioning of the department and finalize the process for providing government jobs to the family members of the farmers died during the farmers’ struggle. “Complying with the instructions of […]
The junior India Shooting team is expected to win a rich haul of medals on Thursday, competition day two, of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship, currently underway in the Peruvian capital of Lima. Qualification rounds of six individual events, all Olympic disciplines, took place on opening day on Wednesday, where as […]
Hockey India congratulated veteran defender Birendra Lakra, who on Thursday called time on his illustrious career with the Indian Men’s Hockey Team. Lakra was the joint Vice-Captain of the Indian men’s hockey team that clinched the historic Bronze at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics 2020. A product of SAIL Hockey Academy Rourkela, Lakra has represented […]