Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said the protesting farmers will take the agitation to the poll-bound West Bengal if the Centre does not concur with their demands against the new farm laws. Addressing a maha panchayat at Kharak Punia here, he said, “Crops prices are not increased, but fuel prices have […]
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 player auction took place in Chennai on Thursday. The IPL 2021 auction saw eight franchises aggressively bidding for nearly 300 players. South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris became the most expensive buy in the IPL history as he was picked up by Rajasthan Royals for a record price of ₹16.25 […]
Congress managed to secure seats in 37 wards, while the Azad Group in 10 of the total 50 in the Mohali MC poll results on Thursday. Three independent candidates also won 3 seats. Former Deputy Mayor Manjit Singh Sethi, who contested as an independent, won from ward no 2. Surprisingly, BJP and SAD did not […]
Uttar Pradesh’s Shabnam, who was convicted along with her lover Salim in the Amroha murder case, will be the first Indian woman who will be hanged to death after India’s independence. The Mathura Jail administration has already started preparations to hang this Uttar Pradesh resident. In April 2008, Shabnam, brutally murdered seven of her family […]
Uttarakhand government has decided to limit the Kumbh 2021 Mela this year for 30 days due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Chief Secretary, Om Prakash said on Thursday that the government will issue the notice by the end of March. This time Kumbh will be held from April 1 to April 30. The decision has been […]
American social network company Twitter has introduced voice messages to direct messages as a new feature for users in India, Brazil, and Japan. The new feature allows users to send a voice DM (Direct Message) or a voice clip to the Twitter contact. Voice DMs extends the ability to send voice notes as direct messages […]
All international travellers coming/transiting from flights originating from the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East will be required to declare their travel history of past 14 days, the Central government said in its standard operating procedure (new SOPs) on Wednesday. According to the new SOPs issued by the Centre for international arrivals, from February […]
A mobile app was launched in Chandigarh on Tuesday for city residents to assess their carbon footprints and steps to reduce it to make them climate-smart citizens. ‘Carbon Watch’ app, developed by UT Department of Environment works on all Android-supporting smartphones. Apart from Chandigarh residents, others too can create accounts on it to calculate their […]
German sportswear company Adidas plans to sell its underperforming Reebok brand – some 15 years after Adidas acquired the Boston-based brand to help it compete in the American market. Adidas acquired Reebok in 2006 for roughly $3.8 billion in an attempt to better compete with Nike, but the brand has posted disappointing sales figures in […]
The Chandigarh Administration has decided that all the Sampark Centres will accept the payments on behalf of Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) from February 17. This was decided in a meeting chaired by Manoj Parida, IAS, Adviser to Administrator, on Tuesday with officers from CHB, Department of IT, Finance Department and National Informatics Centre (NIC). He […]