The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has informed the Supreme Court that a total of 1,47,492 children since April 1, 2020, have lost either their mother or father or both parents due to COVID-19 and other reasons. Giving the details in a suo motu matter on children in need of care and […]
The Congress on Saturday released its first list of 86 candidates for the February 14 Assembly elections in Punjab, fielding Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from Chamkaur Sahib and PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu from Amritsar East. The party has also fielded Punjab Deputy Chief Ministers — Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa from Dera Baba Nanak and […]
An improvised explosive device (IED) stuffed with RDX and ammonium nitrate was found inside an unattended bag at the Ghazipur flower market here on Friday morning but it was later defused, officials said. The explosive was kept in an iron box and concealed in the black coloured backpack.The incident comes ahead of Republic Day celebrations […]
At least five people were killed and more than 45 injured when 12 coaches of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train derailed and some overturned near Domohani in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on Thursday, an official said. The accident occurred around 5 p.m. in an area under Alipurduar division of Northeast Frontier Railway, an NFR spokesperson said […]
Chandigarh reported 1,114 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the administration’s health bulletin showed on Wednesday. The four-figure infection numbers for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020. Active cases in the city rose to 4,808. The union territory’s positivity rate stands at 21 per cent at the moment.The bulletin said […]
In a jolt to the BJP in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from the state cabinet while three other MLAs announced they are quitting the party.Maurya, who is expected to join the Samajwadi Party (SP), said he resigned from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet due to “gross neglect” towards Dalits, […]
Chandigarh recorded 967 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours, a health bulletin showed on Monday—the highest cases the city’s recorded since the pandemic began in 2020. The UT’s been recording higher rates of infection since last week—the UT’s added 2,895 new cases since Thursday. The rise is primarily fuelled by the highly transmissible […]
India will start administering the precaution dose of Covid vaccine to healthcare and frontline workers, and comorbid people aged 60 and above from Monday in a bid to stymie the coronavirus spread driven by its Omicron variant. Personnel deployed in election duty in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa have also been designated […]
BJP’s Sarabjit Kaur was on Saturday elected the Chandigarh mayor. In the 36-member Municipal Corporation House, 28 votes were polled as the Congress and SAD abstained from voting.The BJP got 14 votes, AAP 13 and one vote was deemed invalid. BJP’s Dalip Sharma beat AAP’s Prem lata by two votes to win the senior deputy […]
The Union home ministry on Friday issued showcause notices to Bathinda police chief and five other senior officers for “major lapses in security” during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab. The Centre also supported a petition in the Supreme Court for a thorough probe into the security breach and sought involvement of the NIA […]