Delhi’s air quality was in the “severe” category on Monday as the minimum temperature was likely to be 6 degrees Celsius and the maximum 25 degrees Celsius. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the hourly Air Quality Index (AQI) was 267 at 7 am. On Sunday, the average 24-hour AQI was 285. An AQI […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid last respects to veteran music icon Lata Mangeshkar on Sunday evening. The legendary singer passed away at the age of 92 at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai earlier in the day. The last rites of Mangeshkar, known as the nightingale of India, were performed with full state honours at Shivaji […]
The Congress has bet on Charanjit Singh Channi as its chief ministerial candidate for the February 20 Punjab elections aiming to strengthen its pledge for Scheduled Caste empowerment in the state and the nation. Thee announcement was made by Rahul Gandhi in presence PPCC President Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sunil Jhakhar and other members of the […]
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away in Mumbai on Sunday morning. Mangeshkar, who was known as the ‘Queen of Melody’ and the ‘Nightingale of India,’ had tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms on January 8 and was undergoing treatment at a city hospital. She was 92.Mangeshkar was admitted to the ICU of Breach Candy […]
India defeated England by four wickets to clinch a record-extending fifth title at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua. Raj Bawa shone with the ball with a sensational fiver (5/31) to help India shoot England out for 189 before hitting a valuable 35 down the order. Shaik Rasheed (50) and Nishant Sindhu (50) also chipped […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveils the 216 feet tall Statue of Equality after taking part in the rituals. Clad in devotional golden attire, Modi sat at the prayer site and then took a tour of the temple premises where replicas of 108 Vishnu temples, including Badrinath, Ayodhya, Tirumala, have been placed. The 216-feet […]
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, while no reports of any casualty or damage to property was received from anywhere so far. It sent tremors across parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi NCR and other parts of North India. A statement issued by the India Meteorological Department […]
Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces here on Saturday, police said. Acting on specific inputs about the presence of militants in Zakura locality of the city, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there during the night, a police official said.He said as the forces were conducting searches […]
A Jalandhar court has remanded Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) remand in the illegal sand mining case till February 8. Bhupinder Honey was produced in the Jalandhar court Friday afternoon. During this period, he will be able to meet his family for two hours everyday. […]
The Enforcement Directorate arrested Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, a nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, from Jalandhar on Friday, weeks after raiding his houses and offices in connection with money laundering allegations linked to a 2018 illegal sand mining case. Bhupinder Singh’s arrest comes around two weeks before Punjab votes in Assembly elections […]