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 […]
Chandigarh The city’s first pedestrian underpass connecting Rose Garden in Sector 16 with Sector 17 will open on January 8. Punjab governor and UT administrator V P Singh Badnore will inaugurate the Rs 9 crore project having a 100-seat amphitheatre, cycle and golf cart ramps and dedicated walls for art works, paintings and sculptures to […]
New Delhi Even as the new year 2020 began with people around the world hoping for a more peaceful decade and respite from violence and strife, murmurs and fears of an upcoming World War III have already started doing the rounds of social media following the killing of an Iranian soldier by the United States. […]
New Delhi The Indian Railways has integrated its helpline numbers into a single number — 139 — for quick grievance redressal and enquiries by passengers during their train journeys, a statement said Thursday. The new helpline number 139 will take over all existing helpline numbers (except 182) and it will be easy for passengers to […]