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 […]
Criminal lawyer Amar Preet Singh Deol, who resigned as advocate general (AG) of Punjab last week, lashed out at state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, accusing him of “obstructing the functioning of the government”. Sidhu had criticised Charanjit Singh Channi government over appointment of Deol and resigned from his post. “There is a concerted attempt […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today offered prayers at Baba Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand and unveiling a 13-foot-tall statue of at Guru Shankaracharya at his reconstructed samadhi. Stating that the third decade of the 21st Century will be for Uttarakhand, Modi inaugurated development projects worth Rs 225 crore under the first phase. He also assured people […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Jammu’s Nowshera on Wednesday morning to celebrate Diwali with soldiers. It is an annual tradition of the Prime Minister, ever since he assumed office in 2014, to travel to the frontiers of India’s border points on Diwali each year to bring some joy to the lives of the armed […]
The Indian government on Wednesday reduced taxes (excise duty) on petrol and diesel in a bid to improve consumer sentiment, as Asia’s third-largest economy recovers from the damages by coronavirus. The excise duty on petrol has been reduced by Rs 5 per litre, and that on diesel by Rs 10 per litre, the government said […]
Ending the long wait, former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today revealed the name of his party as Punjab Lok Congress. The registration of the party is pending approval with the Election Commission of India.Disclosing this here today, Capt Amarinder said, since he had announced earlier that he would be forming his own party, […]