Severe cold swept Punjab and Haryana early on Sunday, with Amritsar reeling at a minimum temperature of minus 0.5 degrees Celsius. According to the meteorological department officials here, the night temperatures hovered well below normal limits at most places in the two states. They said moderate fog was reported from Amritsar and Ludhiana in the […]
In yet another case of murder over alleged blasphemy, a man was killed after an alleged sacrilege at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.The incident of sacrilege happened inside the sanctum sanctorum of Darbar Sahib today evening, when regular prayers were going on. CCTV footage shows that suddenly a man entered the sanctum sanctorum and hit […]
India has moved up in rankings from ninth to the fourth spot this year in the tally of top 20 countries affected by spam calls, owing to a significant increase in sales and telemarketing calls, as per a report by Truecaller. This year, all categories of sales-related calls made up a vast majority (93.5 per […]
The government has decided to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, bringing it at par with that of men.Experts, however, have raised concern over the decision, saying the move is akin to treating symptoms instead of the underlying causes. The Union Cabinet had on Wednesday cleared a proposal […]
Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor of the December 8 IAF chopper crash, died at a military hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday, a week after he was critically injured in the accident that killed CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others. The Indian Air Force said the ‘braveheart’ Group Captain succumbed to […]
World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said that the Omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading at a rate not seen with any previous variant. In a media briefing, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director general of WHO, said, “77 countries have now reported cases of Omicron, and the reality is that Omicron is probably in most countries, […]
Punjab born Harnaaz Sandhu on Monday won the Miss Universe 2021 pageant, beating contestants from 79 countries to bring the title back to India after 21 years, her panacea for the stresses young woman face in response to the final question placing the final diamante in her crown.Only two Indians before Sandhu, just 21 and […]
Chandigarh, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh reported their first Omicron case on Sunday, while Maharashtra and Karnataka each recorded one more case of the COVID-19 variant, taking the tally in the country to 38. All the five persons in the cases reported on Sunday had arrived from foreign countries. According to state health officials, a 20-year-old […]
Farmers from Punjab and Haryana were accorded a rousing welcome with sweets and garlands at several points on their return journey on Saturday for the “victory” of their protests after the suspension of the agitation against the repealed farm laws. Families of farmers along with fellow villagers at many places on the Delhi-Karnal-Ambala and Delhi-Hisar […]
Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat were cremated with full military honours at the Brar Square crematorium in Delhi on Friday. The last rites were performed by their daughters, Kritika and Tarini.The bodies of General Rawat and his wife had been laid side by side on the same pyre. The bodies of General Rawat […]