New COVID-19 cases in India were recorded below 30,000 after around 44 days, taking the virus tally to 4,26,92,943, while the active cases dipped to 4,23,127, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,09,358 with 347 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.The daily COVID-19 […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that Punjab needed a stable government to protect national security. Modi, who was addressing a rally in Jalandhar—his first this election season—amid tight security arrangements, said Punjab needed a government that could protect it.”In Punjab, the NDA alliance will form a government. In Punjab, a new chapter of […]
Addressing his first rally in poll-bound Punjab, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the state’s Congress government over the January 5 breach in his security, said on Monday he wanted to offer prayers at a temple after today’s event, but was told by the police they won’t be able to make arrangements for […]
The Centre has banned 54 Chinese apps over privacy, security, and espionage concerns, saying they were clones of previously taken down applications and obtained critical permissions to collect sensitive user data. As many as 267 apps were earlier blocked in 2020 citing privacy and security threats amid border tensions between India and China. Ravi Shankar […]
The fate of 632 candidates for Uttarakhand assembly elections will be sealed today as the state votes in a single phase. Uttarakhand, which has seen 11 chief ministers in the last two decades, has voted out the incumbent government in every assembly election since the state’s formation in 2000. The Bharatiya Janata Party has the […]
Ahead of his visit to poll-bound Punjab on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met the head of the influential Beas dera. “Earlier today, I had the honour of meeting Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon Ji of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas. The social service initiatives of the RSSB are commendable,” PM tweeted. Beas dera […]
State-owned insurer Life Insurance Corporation on Sunday filed its draft papers with stock regulator Sebi for its IPO, the secretary of Department of Investment and Public Asset Management tweeted. The much talked about LIC IPO is set to hit the capital market in March.The government will sell over 31 crore equity shares of LIC, according […]
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Navjot Singh Sidhu did not address Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s rally at Rajomajra in Dhuri Assembly segment on Friday. Sidhu, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, and Congress veteran Sunil Jakhar were among those leaders who accompanied Gandhi to the rally in support of Congress candidate Dalvir Singh Goldy. Sidhu refused to […]
The central government on Sunday announced the approval of the continuation of the umbrella scheme for modernization and improvement of police forces in states and Union territories. The ministry of home affairs said in a statement that the umbrella scheme of Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF) has been approved for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26. […]
Rescuers retrieved the body of a second woman from under the debris of a partially collapsed 18-floor apartment block late on Saturday night, more than 60 hours after the incident. The body of Sunita Shrivastava, which was spotted under the debris on Friday, was pulled out at 11:30 pm by the rescue team, a senior […]