New Delhi The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh made a fresh arrest on Thursday. Rushikesh Devdikar Murali, 44, who hails from Aurangabad and was primarily involved in the conspiracy to murder, was arrested in Katras in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. His house was being searched for further clues. Murali […]
Punjab The Halwara town in Punjab on Friday recorded a low of 0.3 degree Celsius as renewed cold wave conditions were witnessed across the plains of Punjab and Haryana over the past 24 hours despite sunny conditions, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Dense fog was experienced at several places, especially along the highways. The […]
Haryana The differences between Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Home Minister Anil Vij don’t seem to be heading for a resolution anytime soon. Now, the state police’s Criminal Investigation Department or CID, which was reporting to Mr Vij, has been asked to work under the Chief Minister, according to the state assembly portal. […]
Shimla With the Himachal interiors still recovering from this week”s heavy snowfall, the weatherman on Friday forecast more rain and snow in the state this weekend. Chances of snow in the upper reaches of Shimla, Kullu, Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti and Chamba districts are high, the Met said. Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district was […]
Kuala Lumpur Reigning world champion P V Sindhu was knocked out of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament after losing in straight games to top seed Tai Tzu Ying here on Friday. The Chinese Taipei world number 2 beat the Indian 21-16, 21-16 in the quarterfinal, extending her head to head record to 12-5. This was Sindhu’s second […]
Chandigarh In a significant move to decongest city roads, Punjab governor and UT administrator VP Singh Badnore on Thursday approved UT administration’s plan to restrict timings for heavy vehicles. The restrictions (see box), already shared with the Punjab and Haryana governments, are planned to come into effect from February 1. A final notification from UT […]
Chandigarh BJP councillor Raj Bala Malik was elected Chandigarh’s new mayor after she defeated Congress candidate Gurbax Rawat by 17 votes on Friday. The mayor’s tenure is of one year in Chandigarh and elections are held annually. With the BJP having two-thirds majority in the 26-member House, Malik’s win was certain. A total of 27 […]
Mumbai Actress Deepika Padukone’s Tuesday visit to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to express solidarity with students who were attacked by a mob, created a stir, leaving Twitter divided. The actress’s visit came at a time when most of Bollywood’s A-listers have chosen to stay silent on the rising anger and protests across the country, […]
New Delhi Who says only Indians show off? The Japanese have seemingly taken over that department very swiftly this time. Acting on his hubris, yet again, a Japanese billionaire has decided to distribute as many as 100 million yen (INR 6,45,69,099.38) to 100 lucky winners who share his post on social media. Thus striving to […]
Punjab In the complaint of members of the Youth Khalsa Welfare (YKW) organization based in Ambala, on Wednesday, a DDR was filed against TikTok user Akansha Thakur for allegedly hurting religious feelings after posting a dance video in the background music of a Punjabi song inside The Darbar Sahib complex, Amritsar. YKW members filed a […]