The Election Commission will announce the schedule of assembly polls in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland on Wednesday afternoon.The poll panel has convened a press conference at 2.30pm here for the purpose. The term of the three assemblies is ending on different dates in March.While the term of the Nagaland assembly ends on March 12, the […]
Punjab Chief Minister on Tuesday ordered closing of Zira factory in Ferozepur. Bhagwant Mann said: “No one will be allowed to spoil the air of Punjab… Therefore, after consulting legal experts, a big decision has been taken in public interest… I have issued orders to close the Zeera Liquor Factory and in the future even […]
Panjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Raj Kumar has resigned from the office.The Chancellor and Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankar has appointed Renu Vig, DUI, to discharge the functions of the VC from January 16, 2023 onwards, till further orders. The VC had a tumultuous tenure that saw several run-ins with Panjab University Teachers Association as […]
A 72-seater passenger aircraft crashed on the runway at Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, news agency ANI reported. The Yeti Airlines which flew to Pokhara from Kathmandu crashed in Pokhara of Kaski district, Kathmandu Post reported. A total of 68 passengers and four crew members were on board the aircraft. It crashed crashed between the […]
Congress MP from Jalandhar Santokh Singh Chaudhary died on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest during Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab. He was 76. Leader of Opposition in the Punjab assembly Partap Singh Bajwa said that Chaudhary was walking along with a fellow MP from Kerala and suddenly collapsed. Cremation of MP Chaudhary […]
Officials of the Ropar wildlife department have nabbed four people for allegedly hunting down a barking deer around 3 am near Anandpur Sahib. The suspects include Angad Singh, a resident of Sector 9, Chandigarh, and a hunter Balraj Ghumman from Patiala, confirmed various reports. The divisional forest officer, Kulraj Singh, said their two guns would […]
The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released satellite images of Joshimath and a preliminary report on land subsidence which shows that the entire town may sink.The pictures are taken from the Cartosat-2S satellite. Hyderabad-based NRSC has released the satellite images of areas that are sinking.In images, the […]
The world is in a state of crisis and it is difficult to predict how long this state of instability would last, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday referring to various global challenges arising out of conflict, war and terrorism among others.In his opening remarks at the Voice of Global South virtual summit, Modi […]
As Joshimath is battling a gradual sinking of the land with several structures being identified as dangerous to live in, the government on Wednesday said compensation will be given according to market value to the owners of the establishments which are required to be demolished. As of now, only the two hotels will be demolished […]
The prolonged dry spell in Himachal Pradesh ended on Wednesday as it started snowfing in the higher reaches of Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur since early morning.Hansa and Koksar in Lahual and Spiti have already received 10 cm and 5 cm snow, respectively. Pooh and Kalpa, in Kinnaur, have also recorded light snowfall this morning. […]