Chandigarh The Punjab government on Tuesday decided to fill 3,186 posts of various cadres in teaching and non-teaching staff in schools. The Cabinet led by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh approved the School Education Department proposal to this effect. The move will help plug a major gap in the school staff, thereby improving the standards of […]
Chandigarh In a first, a group of five students from Chandigarh University has invented a belt, which they call “Queen Belt”, in a bid to protect women against heinous crimes. The belt is equipped with an electronic circuit, which has a Global Positioning System (GPS) and a mobile SIM card. It can be wear after […]
Chandigarh It is not only unsafe to talk on the phone while driving but also punishable by law. Soon, talking on the roadside after parking your car can also earn you a challan. The Chandigarh traffic police are planning to slap a fine for this offence from February 1, 2020. According to deputy superintendent of […]
New Delhi The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced the new player contracts for India senior men players, with four classifications dividing the players. Notably, former India captain MS Dhoni was dropped from the BCCI’s list of centrally contracted players, raising fresh doubts on the future of the veteran wicketkeeper-batsman, who has not […]
New Delhi The government has sought a record dividend of Rs 19,000 crore from state-run oil companies to boost its finances, The Economic Times reported. More than half of this amount, 60 percent, is payable by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the report added. Company executives told the […]
Srinagar Broadband internet will be partially restored for institutions in Kashmir Valley after more than five months of blackout. The process, which will be conducted in phases, will start today. Social networking sites, however, will remain under complete restriction, the government order said. The institutions that would be given internet access will include “government websites […]
New Delhi Amazon.com Inc founder and chief executive officer Jeff Bezos on Wednesday said the company will use its global footprint to export $10 billion worth of goods manufactured under the government’s Make In India initiative. Amazon aims to achieve this target by 2025, Bezos added. Speaking on the first day of the two-day summit […]
Chandigarh Radar speed display boards, a screen that displays the speed of a motor vehicle on the road from a distance of at least 100 meters, were installed at six locations in Chandigarh on Tuesday. The boards, which show the speed in three categories including Dangerous, Slow Down and Normal, according to the fixed speed on the […]
Chandigarh A 31-year-old man, who was being hunted by Chandigarh Police for killing a nurse at a hotel around New Year’s Eve, on Tuesday reached the News18 office in the city and confessed on camera that he had murdered his friend because she was cheating on him. Maninder Singh, who was convicted in 2014 for […]
New Delhi A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the curative pleas filed by Nirbhaya case convicts Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh, paving the way for their execution on January 22. The bench of Justices NV Ramana, Arun Mishra, RF Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan, which was hearing the pleas, found […]