Indore India skipper Virat Kohli has added yet another feather to his cap by becoming the fastest player to score 1,000 runs in T20I cricket as a captain. Kohli played an unbeaten knock of 30 during India’s seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second T20I of the ongoing three-match series on Tuesday evening. Kohli […]
Tehran: A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s main airport, killing all onboard, state TV reported. The plane had taken off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in the Iranian capital when a fire struck one of its engines, said Qassem Biniaz, a spokesman for Iran’s Road and Transportation […]
He had not been living but merely keeping death at bay all these years. Finally, on Tuesday afternoon, he left this mortal world leaving behind stories of his powerful throat singing ballads of warriors and his magical fingers moving up and down the sarangi. Nobody is sure of dhadhi folk singer Idu Sharif’s age but […]
Shimla received the first heavy snow of the season on Wednesday. As a result, the upper Shimla region beyond Dhalli was cut off. The town was covered under a thick blanket of snow. Daily- need items like milk, bread and newspapers did not reach the town. Snow-clearing operations are going on in full swing. But […]
CHANDIGARH: Yet another rainy day kept life at a standstill in the city. Student attendance in government schools improved marginally, but continued to be as low as 15% in various educational institutes and less than 50% in all schools on Tuesday. With weather expected to improve from Thursday, teachers are expecting increase in the student […]
Chandigarh The UT administration has stopped registration of petrol, diesel, CNG and LPG auto rickshaws and is approving only e-rickshaws in a bid to check pollution and promote e-vehicles. The administration had recently submitted its action plan to the central government to control pollution. The UT had said it has already launched an extensive drive […]
Punjab The Punjab Government has initiated the process of making smart ration cards with chip to distribute subsidize ration to the BPL population of the state. The tender has already been floated for this purpose. It was disclosed by Mr. Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Food and Civil Supplies Minister while presiding over a meeting of the […]
A stampede erupted on Tuesday at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a US airstrike last week, killing 35 people and injuring 48 others, state television reported. According to the report, the stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen Qassem Soleimani, as the procession got under way. […]
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday expressed concern over the Akal Takht Acting Jathedar’s remarks that Sikhs are not safe even in India, and asked the Takht to put pressure on the Akalis to sever all ties with the ruling alliance at the Centre. While he himself did not agree with the remarks, […]