With FASTag becoming mandatory from January 1, 2021, and to ensure its smooth implementation, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has updated its mobile app ‘My FASTag App’ with a new feature to ‘Check Balance Status’ by simply entering the vehicle number. This new feature will help both highway user and toll operator to check […]
Social activist Anna Hazare on Monday said he will launch an agitation in New Delhi in January on issues concerning farmers. In his letter dated December 28, issued from his native village Ralegan Siddhi of Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district, he said that he has decided to sit in protest in Delhi from next month. However, the […]
Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the ICC men’s ODI Player of the Decade award for his prolific record in the 50-over format. Kohli also grabbed the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Decade. Australia’s Steve Smith won the ICC men’s Test Player of the Decade award, while Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid […]
All weather swimming pools, which had been closed for the last eight months due to the Covid lockdown, are set to open from January 1 under the guidelines issued by Chandigarh Administration. However, only national-level players will be able to practice in these pools. The UT Sports Department opened the Sector 23 all-weather swimming pool […]
Punjab Reds Lifts First Trident Cup T-20 Trophy 27 Dec 2020 Ludhiana: Star Studded Punjab reds won the first Trident cup T-20 cricket tournament by beating Jalandhar XI in a one sided game at Hara Cricket Academy Ground, Ludhiana by 71 runs. On a sunny morning Jalandhar XI won the toss and invited Punjab red to […]
Panjab University (PU) is preparing to connect more private educational institutions through Chandigarh Region Innovation and Knowledge Cluster (CRIKC) corridor. Around 30 educational institutions will be added by the new year and more than 20,000 students will be benefitted by it. Through this initiative of PU, the resources and infrastructure of the varsity will be […]
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India’s first driver-less train on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line. He also launched the National Common Mobility Card, an inter-operable transport facility that allows users to pay for travel, toll duties, retail shopping, and withdraw money using one card. “By 2025, metro train services will be expanded to […]
The Baupur island of 16 villages in Mand area, also known as ‘Sri Lanka of Punjab’ was connected with the mainland after 180-metre bridge was opened for public. Though the SAD-BJP Government had laid foundation stones twice since 2011 but the work on this project were started in 2018 on the 549th Parkash Purb of […]
Vehicles displaying caste identities (caste stickers) in Uttar Pradesh will now invite punitive action and will be seized, according to an official order. An order dated December 24 was sent by Uttar Pradesh Additional Transport Commissioner Mukesh Chandra to all Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) of the states asking them to seize all vehicles displaying caste […]
Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO) has extended the tender application till January 4 for boating on the lake in Sector 42. CITCO had planned to start boating on the lake in Sector-42, along the lines of Sukhna Lake. The plan does not appear to be taking off as no company has shown interest […]