Decorated wrestler Vinesh Phogat and India’s opening batsman Rohit Sharma are among the four players recommended on Tuesday for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. Table tennis player Manika Batra and 2016 Paralympic gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu have also been recommended for the prestigious award. “Rohit Sharma, Vinesh Phogat, Manika Batra and Mariyappan Thangavelu have […]
Fantasy sports platform Dream11 have made a three-year winning bid to bag the title sponsorship rights for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). “Dream 11 has won the title sponsorship for Rs.222 crore,” IPL chairman Brijesh Patel confirmed on Tuesday. On August 10, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) […]
Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday approved elevation of advocate Rajesh Kumar Bhardwaj as judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court. The collegium had recommended names of six advocates for their elevation as judges in the Delhi High Court and one for the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The names of six advocates for appointment as […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who had last week recovered from Covid-19, was again admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, on Monday night. As per a release, Amit Shah has been complaining of fatigue and body aches for last three-four days. “He has been admitted to AIIMS for post Covid care,” […]
Inaugurating a park constructed at a cost of ₹1.25 crore in Vidhan Sabha constituency Patti, Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal stated that the state government will spend ₹15 crore on harnessing the potential of Harike wetland and make it a tourism hub. Badal said, “₹15 crore has been earmarked for this purpose in this […]
A project named “Unique ID for persons with disabilities (PWDs)” has been implemented in Mohali district, under which digitised certificates/ID cards are being issued. Till date 7,294 applications for unique ID cards for PwDs have been received, out of which 2,512 have been issued and remaining are being processed, informed deputy commissioner (DC) Girish Dayalan. […]
Presiding over Daily War Room meeting on Monday, Punjab governor and UT Administrator, VP Singh Badnore, directed Government Multi Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, (GMSH-16) to start mobile testing facilities. “The testing teams can go in mobile vans, collect samples and give test results on-the-spot. This will be helpful to senior citizens, who are reluctant to […]
The NEET medical entrance exam and the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) will be held as per schedule, the Supreme Court said on Monday, dismissing pleas for postponement of the exams. The plea was heard by Justice Arun Mishra, who headed a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court. The two exams are scheduled to be conducted […]
India’s Covid-19 death toll breached the 50,000 mark on Monday as 941 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. As many as 57,982 cases were reported in the last 24 hours across the nation, taking the total count to 26, 47,664 and 50,921 […]
In light of rising coronavirus cases, Chandigarh Administration announced on Friday that its odd even policy for closing shops will extend to some other markets such as Palika Bazar and Shastri market. Manoj Parida, advisor to UT administrator, in an order named 12 congested markets in the city that will follow the odd-even policy from […]