The Indian government has asked Twitter to remove over a thousand more accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation and provocative content in connection with the farmers’ protest. It has said that the 1,178 listed handles have Pakistani and Khalistani users, official sources have said. The social media site is yet to completely comply with the order, […]
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has said that Daleep Singh, the Head of the Markets Group at the bank is set to join US President Joe Biden’s administration as deputy national security adviser. According to a February 5 statement by the New York Fed, Singh will be leaving the bank in mid-February to […]
PCA approved cricket tournament organised to promote game at the District level throughout Punjab. Chandigarh 7th Feb 2021: Punjab level Trident Inter District Cricket tournament Cup, 50 over’s each side one day tournament, started today in various districts of Punjab as part of a campaign started by Padma Shri Rajinder Gupta, Chairman of Trident Group and Chairman […]
Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested an accused in the Republic Day violence in the national capital, Sukhdev Singh, from Chandigarh on Sunday. Police arrested the accused, who had ₹50,000 reward on his head, from Chandigarh after a 100 km chase. As per the reports, Delhi police was trying to trace the accused for the past […]
A low-intensity quake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale occurred in Bathinda, Punjab, and Gulmarg of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning, according to National Centre for Seismology (NCS). According to the NCS, the quake took place at 6:48am, 100 kilometers south-west of Bathinda at a depth of 24 kilometeres. “Quake of Magnitude: 3.5, […]
Twitter is a gift that keeps on giving. Just a day after the controversy of Indian government, Bollywood actors and international personalities, Bear Grylls has drawn flak on social media for sharing his photo with Prime Minister Narendra Modi having a cup of tea at the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand. He tweeted, “One […]
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has started the registration process for the January 2021 session. Students who wish to apply for the admission to courses offered by the varsity are advised to visit the official website: ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in – to check the details. The programmes will be offered both in open and distance (ODL) mode. […]
Investigating the ‘toolkit document’ uploaded on a social media handle, which the Delhi Police believe scripted the January 26 violence in the capital, the police are now writing to Google to know the IP address from where the toolkit was uploaded. Over 300 social media handles are also under scanner. This means the Delhi Police […]
4G internet services were restored in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, after being suspended for nearly two years. J&K administration Principal Secretary Rohit Kansal took to Twitter to announce that 4G internet services have been reinstated in the union territory. Kansal, in a tweet, wrote, “4G mobile internet services being restored in entire J&K.” The […]
Oscar-winning actor Christopher Plummer, who rose to fame for his critically-acclaimed film ‘The Sound of Music’, died at the age of 91 on Friday. Christopher Plummer died at his home in Connecticut with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side and longtime friend and manager Lou Pitt. His wife, Elaine Taylor, said the cause was […]