New Delhi Around 60 petitions challenging the Centre’s new Citizenship law – which has created a storm since being passed last week — will be taken up by the Supreme Court today. Among those who filed the petitions are senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, the Indian Union Muslim League and Asom Gana Parishad, an ally […]
New Delhi Protests over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) spread across the country on Monday with students, some sections of the civil society and opposition political parties holding demonstrations at several places urging the Centre to revoke the Act. Here is all you need to now: What is the Citizenship (Amendment) Act? The bill […]
New Delhi Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf was on Tuesday sentenced to death by the Peshawar High Court in the high treason case filed against him. The verdict in the long-pending case was announced by a three-judge bench of a special court, the Dawn reported. Musharraf, who is currently in Dubai, was booked in […]
Punjab Himachal Pradesh continued to shiver under sub-zero temperatures with the mercury plummeting further on Tuesday even as cold day conditions with pockets of fog prevailed in the plains of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. While it was a bright day in the Kashmir Valley, the sun appeared after the fog cleared up around noon in […]
New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: A low-intensity earthquake hit Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra region on Tuesday, reported news agency ANI. The earthquake measured 3.0 on the Richter scale and occured at 10:51 am. No damage has been reported. An earthquake of 3.0-3.9 magnitude is considered as minor. While it is often felt, it rarely causes any […]
CHANDIGARH:Pursuant to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s personal efforts, the Centre has sanctioned the release of Rs 2228 crore as grant-in-aid against the pending GST arrears of the state government since August 2019.The amount is aimed at compensating the Punjab Government for loss of Revenue for the months of August and September 2019, on […]
Exercising its special powers, the Chandigarh Administration on Monday ordered Chandigarh Municipal Corporation to impose property tax in thirteen villages from the next assessment year. The orders were issued after the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation failed to impose property tax on buildings in the 13 villages, despite the UT directing them in a previous letter issued […]
Of the total 25,937 vehicles that crossed the Chandimandir toll plaza till 6 pm on Monday, only 9,454 vehicles had FASTag while the remaining 16,483 vehicles made cash payments as they were not aware of the new system. Of the total 16 lanes at the toll plaza here, two lanes each on both sides are […]
Chandigarh Architects on Monday said the decisions pertaining to Chandigarh are either taken by politicians or bureaucrats without consulting professionals or citizens. Pointing out the ill-conceived Sec 29/31 flyover as an example, they said such practice is very dangerous for the city and should be avoided in the future. A meeting of Chandigarh, Punja and […]
Shimla: Many parts of Himachal Pradesh were lashed by rains while state capital Shimla received fresh snowfall on Sunday. The meteorological department has forecast more rains and snowfall in the state from December 19 to 21. Shimla witnessed 4 cm snowfall from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm whereas Khadrala got 5 cm snowfall till 8.30 […]