The Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday allowed Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to visit the violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri district after initially saying no, and also released Vadra from three days of preventive detention. The day also saw an AAP delegation meet the grieving families in Lakhimpur and junior minister Ajay Kumar Mishra calling […]
Scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for their “groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems,” the award-giving body said on Tuesday. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work in “the physical modeling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global […]
The UP government faced the wrath after the aftermath of violence during a farmers protest in Lakhimpur Kheri, lodging a case against Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son, announcing a probe by a retired high court judge and stopping opposition leaders from reaching the trouble spot. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained in Sitapur on […]
On the directions of the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa to maintain the integrity and fairness of the examination process for recruitment, Punjab Police has scrapped the examinations conducted to fill 560 posts of Sub-Inspectors (SIs). The common computer based tests to recruit SIs in four cadres/wings […]
Punjab and Haryana governments on Saturday announced that the procurement of paddy – a major Kharif crop – will begin from October 3, after the Centre acceded to their request. The Centre’s earlier decision to put off procurement till October 11 due to recent heavy rains sparked protests by farmers in the two states. “I […]
Tata Sons has emerged as the top bidder for the takeover of debt-laden state-run airline Air India but the bid is yet to be approved by a group of ministers headed by Home Minister Amit Shah, sources said. Financial bids put in by the salt-to-software conglomerate and SpiceJet promoter Ajay Singh were opened a few […]
Scotching speculation to the contrary, former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday made it clear he was not joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but had no intention of continuing in the Congress, which he said was going downhill with senior leaders completely ignored and not given a voice. Denying any move to […]
Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence on Wednesday, raising speculation over his future in politics. Singh arrived in the national capital on Tuesday, days after he quit as the chief minister of Punjab. The meeting assumes significance as Singh had not opened his cards but had […]
Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday resigned as the chief of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, plunging the party into a fresh crisis just months ahead of the assembly elections in the state. Sidhu quit the post shortly after the allocation of portfolios to the members of the new state Cabinet. In a letter to Congress […]
On the advice and recommendation of the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Tuesday allotted portfolios to the newly inducted Ministers. According to a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office, Channi would hold the portfolios of Personnel, Vigilance, General Administration, Justice, Legal & Legislative Affairs, Information & Public Relations, […]