Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told people protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act to expose the activities of Pakistan and its mistreatment of religious minorities instead of opposing the legislation. He made the remark at an event organised by the Siddaganga Math in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district. The Trinamool Congress accused the Centre of adopting […]
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation or DMRC launched free high-speed internet facility on Airport Express Line today. It is the first time that Delhi Metro is providing free WiFi inside moving trains. Earlier, free WiFi could only be accessed on Delhi Metro’s major stations on Airport Express Line, Yellow and Blue lines, the rail body […]
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today inaugurated the Rs 75-crore lift water supply scheme from Chaba (Kol Dam) and laid the foundation stone of the Rs 406-crore water supply scheme for the capital from the Sutlej. The Chief Minister also laid the foundation stones of a multi-storey parking and link road to new OPD, IGMC-Shimla, […]
Two sisters in Haryana were denied a passport because the concerned officials thought they look like Nepali. “When we went to the passport office at Chandigarh, they saw our faces and wrote that we are Nepali. They ask us to prove our nationality,” said one of the sisters while narrating the ordeal. “We took the […]
Four waiters of a catering firm, hired for organising a New Year’s party, died of suspected asphyxiation at a house in Mohali on Tuesday night. The deceased have been identified as Dharam Singh (22), a resident of Kaimbwala village, Amit Kumar (20), and Rajnish Kumar (17), both residents Kansal village and Dwarka Prashad (33), a resident […]
Sector 17 Plaza was really the heart of the City Beautiful in 2000. People from even neighbouring states used to come to the sector for shopping. I still remember families leaving their kids in the open area to play and going for shopping. A sense of security prevailed in the minds of parents. People used […]
The journey of Chandigarh in the first two decades of the 21st century evokes mixed feelings of satisfaction (over what the city has achieved) and disappointment (over the failure to meet the needs of a growing city). The city has more than doubled its population since 2000. PGI then lacked many modern facilities and has […]
The year 2019 is coming to a close and the upcoming year brings good news for those with an itchy foot. Indeed, 2020 could officially be the year of travel when you plan all your pending mini-vacations. Here’s a list of holidays that you should look forward to: — Maha Shivratri falls on February 21 […]
New Delhi Indian Railways hikes train fares! In a big move on New Year’s Eve, Piyush Goyal-led Indian Railways has hiked fares for passenger trains with effect from January 1, 2020. In some relief for railway passengers, those who have already pre-booked the tickets will not have to pay extra, but those booking tickets from midnight, […]
There was no let-up in the bone-chilling cold wave sweeping Punjab and Haryana with Ludhiana being the coldest place in both the states. Minimum temperatures fell several notches below normal in the region with Ludhiana recording 0.3 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal, an official of the Meteorological Department said on Wednesday. Among other places, […]