New Delhi India on Friday announced that the annual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, which was scheduled to be held in Guwahati, has been postponed. “With reference to the proposed visit of Japanese PM @AbeShinzo to India, both sides have decided to defer the visit to a mutually […]
Punjab Congress leader and Amritsar East MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu has not asked for his salary and allowances since he resigned as cabinet minister in the Punjab government in July. However, officials in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha said that Sidhu can draw his salary as MLA and all his previous salary and arrears will be […]
Haryana Six policemen, including a sub-inspector, were suspended in Haryana’s Karnal over a complaint of misbehaviour with cow vigilantes. Karnal SP Surinder Bhoria on Thursday said the cow vigilantes had alleged that the six policemen, including three constables, had misbehaved with them. The policemen too had accused the vigilantes of creating obstructions in discharge of […]
Shimla Four national highways (NH) and 110 main and lateral roads connecting villages and towns in four districts of Himachal Pradesh were cut off due to snowfall on Friday. More than 200 vehicles were stranded after intermittent snowfall in Shimla, Kinnaur, Chamba and Sirmaur districts threw life out of gear. NH-305 connecting Sainj to Luhri […]
New York Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, HCL Corporation CEO and Executive Director Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Biocon Founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw have been named among the world’s 100 most powerful women by Forbes. The Forbes 2019 list of ‘The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women’ has been topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, followed by President of […]
Chandigarh The Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal (MACT) has awarded a compensation of Rs 67.23 lakh to the family of a 51-year-old Senior Technical Assistant of BEL who was killed after her scooter struck a car leading to her death, in Derabassi (Punjab), in 2016. As per the application, the incident took place on November 27, […]
Chandigarh Delay in installation of CAT-IIIB, an advanced instrument landing system, at the Chandigarh International Airport has started showing its effects. In the first major flight disruption since the onset of winter, three flights to Dharamshala, Srinagar and Kullu were cancelled, while 11 others arrived late due to poor visibility on Thursday. Over the past […]
New Delhi Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the sample papers and marking scheme for class 10 and 12 board exams 2020. Candidates can download the sample papers of all subjects online from the CBSE website at cbse.nic.in. Students preparing for the board exams can practise solving the sample papers released CBSE. The board exams are expected […]
People take away wooden sticks from a roadblock put up by the protesters during yesterday’s protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Gauhati, India, Thursday Dec. 12, 2019. (AP/PHOTO) Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) Protest Today Live News Updates: Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen cancelled his three-day India visit amid anti-Citizenship Amendment Bill […]
Chandigarh After a journalist was molested at Panjab University on Monday, the authorities have responded by suggesting shutdown of the Botanical Garden, rather than evaluating concerns over the safety of women at large. However, the university is yet to issue an official reaction to the incident. “I am surprised by the complete lack of response […]