New Delhi Central trade unions who have called for a nationwide strike on Wednesday, January 8, said that over 25 crore will be participating in the shutdown. The Bharat Bandh, which is being supported by trade unions such as INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC, has been called to protest against […]
Chandigarh Amid high drama, the ruling BJP’s candidate for the post of Mayor, Raj Bala Malik, filed her nomination papers in the Municipal Corporation office here today. Along with her, councillors Ravi Kant Sharma and Jagtar Singh submitted their papers for the post of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor, respectively. Raj Bala is considered […]
Gold price surged on Monday (January 6, 2020) to a historic high of Rs 41,000 per 10 gram as tensions in Central Asia continue to soar. In the domestic Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), the gold price has jumped by almost Rs 1,800 in the last couple of days. Tensions and threat of war between Iran […]
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated 152 mohalla clinics on Sunday, taking the number of the neighbourhood facilities providing free primary healthcare in Delhi to 450, officials said. Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain was also present at the event in Pitampura, where the Aam Aadmi Party government had built the first mohalla clinic in 2015. The […]
Chandigarh Despite the Supreme Court asking Punjab to penalise those defying the ban on farm fires, the state government has failed to collect fine from the erring farmers, who were booked immediately after the court orders. Against the Rs 6.10 crore penalty to be realised, merely Rs 1 lakh has been collected to date. The […]
One engineering student from West Bengal died and six other students were critically injured as the SUV they were travelling in met with a road accident near the Aut tunnel on the Chandigarh-Manali highway on Sunday night. The Innova taxi was driven by Rahul, a native of Una in Himachal, who was also injured. The […]
New Delhi Masked men and women, armed with sticks and stones, went around the campus, entering hostels, beating up students and teachers and smashing cars. Violence broke out at Jawaharlal Nehru University on Sunday night as masked men armed with sticks and rods attacked students and teachers and damaged property on the campus, prompting the administration to […]
Chandigarh Temperatures are likely to fall after a spell of rain triggered by a western disturbance over the next two days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday, almost a week after a change in wind direction brought relief from an intense cold wave in the national capital. On Sunday, IMD said the expected […]
Tehran The blowback over the US killing of a top Iranian general mounted Sunday as Iran announced it will no longer abide by the limits contained in the 2015 nuclear deal and Iraq’s Parliament called for the expulsion of all American troops from Iraqi soil. The twin developments could bring Iran closer to building an […]
Chandigarh The Chandigarh municipal corporation will now supply water three times a day, with MP Kirron Kher inaugurating the afternoon supply from the Sector 39 waterworks here on Sunday. It is after seven years that the afternoon supply will resume in the city — between 12pm and 2pm. In the morning, water will be supplied […]