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 […]
Shimla Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh organized three grand sports events under the aegis of AIU (Association of Indian Universities) namely, North Zone Table Tennis Tournament (Men & Women) and All India Inter University Table Tennis Championship (Women) 2019 under the mentorship of Lt. Anil Rana, Assistant Director, University Sports Board. North Zone Table Tennis Tournament (Mens) witnessed a participation […]
Chandigarh A firefighter was killed and 14 others injured when a battery factory collapsed in northwest Delhi’s Peera Garhi following an explosion due to a fire that broke out early this morning, officials said. Eighteen persons were rescued from the building, including two caretakers and a security guard, they added. The deceased firefighter was identified […]
Taking exception to the Union Law & Justice Minister’s remarks, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has come out in support of the resolution passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly seeking amendment to the controversial Citizen Amendment Act (CAA), terming it the voice of the people, and urging the Centre to heed the same. In […]
As many as 325 rooms in 97 government schools of Karnal are not safe for students, reveals a survey conducted by the Education Department recently. Yet to be declared disaster-prone, a visit to these rooms can prove fatal if timely action is not taken. As per information available, there are 777 government schools in the […]
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 […]
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, […]
New Delhi Delhi Police issued a total of 352 challans for drink-and-drive cases on the eve of New Year, officials said on Wednesday. Security was beefed up across the national capital, especially in the vicinity of markets, malls, five-star hotels, restaurants, pubs and bars, in order to ensure orderly celebrations. All PCR vans, Raftaar motorcycles […]