The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday ordered the CBI to investigate Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. The SC said that the first information report (FIR) registered in Bihar based on the complaint filed by Sushant Singh’s father KK Singh was correct and Bihar was competent to ask the CBI to investigate the case. Mumbai police […]
Chandigarh’s Punjab University (PU) and Haryana’s Chaudhary Charan Singh (CCS) Agricultural University are among the top five government-aided varsities, while Chitkara University made it to the Top 25 in the private Universities’ category in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2020, launched by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. ARIIA is an initiative […]
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 […]