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 […]
At least 1,700 auto-rickshaws have been identified which have not submitted fitness inspection and permit fee worth around Rs 85 lakh in the last 10 years. The State Transport Authority (STA) has started serving notices on the owners of these rickshaws, instructing them to submit the fee as soon as possible. The fitness inspection of […]
For the last seven days, Mamta has spent her afternoon breaks shuttling between prominent private schools of Chandigarh, hoping to collect applications for her son’s admission into nursery. “Some places say they don’t have vacancies for nursery, some ask us to return later or check the websites regularly. Further, for those places that have given […]
Shimla Picturesque tourist spot Manali in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday experienced season’s first snow. Nearby spots of Shimla too were wrapped in a blanket of snow cover, bringing cheer to tourists. Some of the tourist spots in the upper Shimla district were cut off after snow piled on roads, officials said. The ‘Queen of Hills’, […]