The Supreme Court Monday directed the Centre to hold an emergency meeting on the pollution crisis and by Tuesday decide on steps like stopping non-essential construction, transport, power plants and implementing work from home to tackle the situation, saying “the cat is out of the bag” now as the “hue and cry” over stubble burning […]
The Directors of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for up to five years. At present, the tenure for the chiefs of both central agencies is two years. The Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 and The Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 were promulgated on Sunday.While the directors of […]
Five soldiers including the Commanding Officer of 46 Assam Rifles, and his two family members were killed in an attack on their convoy at Churachandpur in Manipur on Saturday.The incident occurred in Churachandpur district close to the Myanmar border. “46 Assam Rifles convoy was attacked by militants near Sehken Village of Behiang in Churachandpur on […]
A layer of smog shrouded Delhi-NCR on Thursday and partially blotted out the sun on Chhath Puja as the air quality slipped back into the severe zone with unfavourable meteorological conditions aiding accumulation of pollutants, authorities said.Green think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said the ongoing smog episode is a public health emergency. […]
In the 16th Special Session of 15th Vidhan Sabha, Punjab as many as fifteen Bills on different subject were passed, informed a spokesman of the State Government. The Bills passed on Thursday includes The Plaksha University, Punjab Bill, 2021. (Replacing Ordinance) The Lamrin Tech Skills University, Punjab Bill, 2021. (Replacing Ordinance) The Punjab Right to […]
A university-level wrestler named Nisha Dahiya and her brother were killed and their mother suffered injuries as some assailants opened fire on them at a wrestling academy in Haryana’s Sonipat district on Wednesday, following which angry villagers set the facility on fire. Meanwhile, the murdered wrestler’s identity created confusion as several reports initially mistook her […]
In a major decision to regularize the services of the employees working on contract, adhoc, work charged, daily wages and temporary basis, the Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday approved the ‘The Punjab Protection and Regularization of Contractual Employees Bill-2021’ to be introduced in the forthcoming session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha for enactment.This decision was taken […]
Children ward of Kamla Nehru hospital caught fire on Monday night. According to the reports, seven children suffered burn injuries in the incident. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained yet. Fire brigade team and police rushed to the spot and started the rescue operation. On getting the information Minister Vishwas Sarang and […]
Harekala Hajabba, a 68-year-old fruit seller from Mangalore in Karnataka, received the Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind for building a primary school with his earnings of Rs 150 per day. The 66-year-old received this award for bringing a revolution in rural education by constructing the school in Harekala-Newpadpu village in Mangaluru which has […]
Punjab cabinet decided to reduce petrol prices by Rs 10 per litre and diesel by Rs 5 per litre in the state, days after the central government announced a reduction in excise duty on fuel. State finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal said that on reduction effective VAT on diesel will be 9.92% and on petrol […]