Baba Ram Singh, a priest of a Gurdwara in Haryana who joined the farmers’ protest, committed suicide by shooting himself on Wednesday evening. The 65-year-old was at the Delhi-Sonepat border at Kundli, where he reached on Tuesday evening. An official of Sonepat police said they had received a call that Sant Ram Singh, who hailed […]
Donald Trump, who currently enjoys certain exemptions from Twitter’s policies due to his status as a world leader, will likely lose the protection after January 20 when Joe Biden takes over as the US president. Twitter has confirmed that Trump’s personal account on Twitter could be subject to a ban once he becomes a private […]
Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered the discontinuation of 2 digit or old registration numbers of vehicles running in the state to stop their misuse by owners as status symbol, often tricking police not to check them. The chief minister asked the Transport Department to stop the practice of transferring special and […]
Delhi Traffic Police has started fining violators a hefty amount from December 15 in the national capital if a vehicle is found without the High-Security Registration Plates (HSRP) and colour-coded stickers. The violators should be fined of ₹10,000 under the amended Motor Vehicle Act, however, the fine has been compounded to ₹5,500. At least 250 […]
Design Innovation Centre (DIC), UIET, Panjab University (PU), has developed a human bite force measuring device which will measure the human-biting force capacity, said Prashant Jindal, principal investigator of the project on Thursday. A team of a multidisciplinary students from UIET- Vijay Kumar, Ashish Khar, Prashant Gupta and Navudhay Pratap Singh, mentored by Dr Prashant […]
Cold wave conditions are very likely in some pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and other regions for the next two days, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday. The IMD has issued an orange alert on Thursday and Friday. Cold wave is declared when minimum temperature falls 4.5- 6.4°C below normal after going below […]
The second stage of the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) 2019-20 will now be held on February 14, 2021. Earlier, the exam was scheduled for February 7, 2021. “All those candidates who want to seek a change of exams centre due to any reason are required to submit their request to Head, Educational survey division […]
Punjab Transport Department has extended the last date for digital driving license upgradation till January 15, 2021. Transport Minister Razia Sultana said that in order to empower people to upgrade their manual driving licenses to digital driving license, a special campaign was launched by Transport Department in November, 2020. The objective of the campaign is […]
Visitors can now visit the Wildlife Sanctuary and Wetland at Harike Pattan which was reopened by Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Minister of Forest, Social Security and Minorities, Punjab, on Tuesday. It was closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic as a precautionary measure. He said, “The Harike Wildlife Sanctuary has been a source of attraction for the […]
Hockey India (HI) on Wednesday announced that it will conduct the HI Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘Basic’ coaching course through the virtual medium and interested applicants can enrol via the open forum. This course is targeted at coaches/potential coaches who have not attended any HI Level ‘Basic’ & Level ‘1’ Coaching Course in the past. […]