New Delhi: Fifteen people have been arrested in connection with Friday’s violence in Old Delhi during a protest against the new citizenship law, the police said today. The remaining people, of the nearly 40 who were detained in clashes, have been released. Eight of those detained by the police were minors aged between 14 and […]
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Delhi-NCR traffic updates: Entry, exit gates of 3 metro stations closed
Check the latest updates on road, air and Metro traffic in Delhi to know what routes to avoid and other important details: * Delhi Metro update at 2.35pm: Entry and exit gates of Delhi Gate metro station are closed. Trains will not be halting at this station. * According to a senior police officer, Netaji […]
Punjab releases Rs 1,353 crore for power subsidy, retirement benefits
CHANDIGARH: On the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Finance Department has released Rs. 1353.03 crores on account of power subsidy to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), local government and Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, besides payment of retiral benefits to employees, who had superannuated till September 30, 2019. Disclosing this here, […]
Bunge India & Wholesale & Retail Kiryana Traders launch Swachh Bharat Abhiyan at Rori Bazar Sirsa
Sirsa Taking ahead the legacy and responding to the Nation’s call, Wholesale & Retail Kiryana Traders of Rori Bazar Sirsa along with Akhil Bhartiya Udyog Vyapar Suraksha Manch, Sirsa carried out massive cleanliness drive at Rori Bazar area of Sirsa. The initiative was wholeheartedly supported by Bunge India, manufacturers of Gagan Refined Oils and Gagan Vanaspati […]
JBT teachers scam: HC directs Delhi government to consider afresh ex-Haryana CM’s plea for early release
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the AAP government to consider afresh former Haryana chief minister O P Chautala’s plea for early release from jail in a teachers’ recruitment scam. A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal set aside the Delhi government’s April 3 order of rejecting Chautala’s plea to […]
ALL-WOMEN PCR VANS TO BE MOBILISED IN 5 CITIES TO HELP STRANDED WOMEN REACH SAFELY HOME AS CAPT AMARINDER ORDERS SCALING-UP OF POLICE PICK-DROP FACILITY
Chandigarh, December 19: Further scaling up the police pick-drop facility for women in distress, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered all-women PCR vans to be mobilized in major five cities of Punjab to provide safe transport in response to such calls. PCRs rushing to help stranded women seeking to be dropped safely to […]
Internet and Mobile services suspended in parts of Delhi
New Delhi The protest against the new citizenship law is heating up in national capital Delhi. As a precautionary measure, the government has asked mobile phone operators to suspend voice, data and internet services in some areas. The order to suspend the services was issued on Wednesday. The users of Airtel were first to find […]
Exams Time is here: CBSE Class 10, 12 Board Exams Begin On February 15
New Delhi The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), one of the biggest education boards of the country, conducts class 10, 12 board exams for more than 30 lakh students, every year, in both class 10 and class 12 level. Of the 240 subjects in which the Board conducts the exams at secondary (class 10) […]
Cold wave grips HP, Punjab and Haryana; fog to persist, rain forecast this weekend
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 […]