Just about a fortnight after it’s decision to dissolve gram panchayats in Punjab came under judicial scanner, the government on Thursday announced its decision to withdraw the notification in this regard.Appearing before the Bench headed by Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha, Punjab Advocate-General Vinod Ghai submitted that the notification would be withdrawn in the next […]
India on Wednesday scripted history with the successful soft landing of its lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 on the south pole region of the Moon. With this achievement, India has become the first country to land on the Moon’s challenging south pole region.The space agency Isro announced the landing and wrote, “‘India, I reached my destination and […]
Due to heavy rain on Wednesday morning, traffic was stopped at Chakki Mor on the Chandigarh-Shimla highway for safety reasons. The damage will be assessed after the rain. Police have diverted the traffic through alternative routes.Also, traffic has been put on hold over the Baddi bridge after it bent in the middle and a pier […]
Several teams of the National Disaster Response Force, Army and the BSF have been pressed into service for rescue operations in flood-hit areas of Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur and Rupnagar districts. Large parts of these three districts have been inundated following the release of excess water from the Bhakra and the Pong dams, said officials. The […]
Nine people died as a Shiva temple in Shimla collapsed on Monday following heavy rain, officials said.The temple was located in Summer Hill. At the time of the disaster, 25 to 30 people were present in the temple. Five people have been rescued, a police official told IANS. Confirming the death toll, Chief Minister Sukhvinder […]
Recalling the Quit India movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India is now speaking in one voice against corruption, dynasty and appeasement. Modi’s apparent swipe at the Opposition came as the ruling BJP organises events across the country on Wednesday on these lines. “Tributes to the greats who took […]
Ahead of the crucial no-confidence motion against the government on Tuesday brought by the Opposition parties on the Manipur issue, the Congress got a shot in the arm with the Lok Sabha secretariat on Monday restoring Rahul Gandhi’s membership of the House.Gandhi, who had earlier visited Manipur, is expected to open the debate when the […]
Three Army personnel were killed in an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday, officials said.Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the higher reaches of the Halan forest area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir following inputs about the presence of militants there, a police official said. He said the […]
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will continue to conduct a survey at the Gyanvapi premises to determine if the mosque was built upon a temple, the Allahabad High Court ruled today, saying it is “in the interest of justice”. The High Court dismissed the Muslim side’s petition against a Varanasi court order that had […]
The violence that initially erupted in Haryana’s Nuh during a religious procession has now spread to Gurugram, where protesters from two communities clashed near Sohna Road, resulting in damage to several vehicles.During the confrontation, three vehicles were damaged, and one was set on fire along the Sohna Road highway. The situation escalated with stone pelting, […]