Congress councillor Ranjit Singh Reddy was elected as the new President of the Dera Bassi Municipal Council on Friday. The meeting of the municipal council was held on Friday in the presence of Dera Bassi Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Kuldeep Bawa and the councillors elected their president. District Congress Committee, Mohali president, Deepinder Dhillon said, […]
Britain’s Prince Philip, a constant presence at Queen Elizabeth II’s side for decades, died Friday at age 99, Buckingham Palace announced. “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this […]
Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) is geared up to prevent wastage of water this summer and for this purpose, it has formed a team of 18 people. Three Supervision Officers have also been deployed to oversee this team. It has been appealed to the residents that if they notice anyone wasting water or misusing it anywhere […]
While people are yet to digest the huge Facebook data leak of 533 million users, Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn is now facing a massive data leak of 500 million users that is allegedly being sold online. According to a report by LinkedIn, there is an archive of 500 million profiles that have been scraped […]
Chandigarh on Thursday reported 324 Covid cases, taking the tally to 29,521. Mohali reported 456 cases and Panchkula reported 239, taking the tally of tricity to 1,009. Mohali worst affected dist In the ongoing second Covid-19 wave, Mohali district seems to be the worst affected as in the last one month the district has reported […]
On 400th Prakash Purab of Guru Tegh Bahadur, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday urged Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi to clear the state government’s proposal for launching various projects worth ₹937 crore, including the development of Sri Anandpur Sahib as Smart City, to pay befitting tributes to the 9th Guru. Participating […]
As more of us have become eligible to get the Covid-19 vaccine, one may wonder about anything special that should be eaten when the appointment comes up. The possible side effects of the COVID vaccine are fairly well known: sore arms, fever, or having the chills, according to Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention. […]
Around 100 migratory birds have been found dead in Pong Dam Lake in the last two weeks after the outbreak of a second wave of bird flu in Himachal Pradesh, said wildlife officials. In early January, bird flu had first been confirmed among migratory waterbirds at Pong Dam Lake Wildlife Sanctuary which had left around […]
Ward No. 12 councillor Udayvir Singh Dhillon, 32, was unanimously elected the president of the Zirakpur Municipal Council for a tenure of five years. Son of Dera Bassi Congress in-charge Deepinder Singh Dhillon and first-time councillor, Udayvir said, “Allround development will be done in Zirakpur and illegal constructions stopped. Bringing water from the Kajauli waterworks […]
Forbes’ annual world’s billionaires list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk jumped to the second spot on the list, up from 31st last year. Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani reclaimed the top spot in the Forbes list of […]