Just as she did in Gold Coast 2018, Mirabai Chanu won India’s first gold medal of the 2022 Commonwealth Games by cruising to the title in the women’s 49kg weightlifting final in Birmingham on Saturday.The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist started as the overwhelming favourite in the event and stamped her class by setting the Games […]
Only government-run liquor shops will operate from Monday, August 1, till the time a new excise policy is put in place, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday said amid a row over the new excise duty with the Centre. “We have withdrawn new excise policy and directed opening government liquor stores. I have directed the […]
Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra has come under fire from several quarters after he was seen forcing the Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) to lie on a dirty mattress at a hospital.V-C Dr Raj Bahadur has resigned and requested the Punjab Chief Minister to relieve him from services. The […]
Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra, vexed over complaints regarding cleanliness in hospital wards, entered a government hospital, accompanied by press and cameramen, in Faridkot and asked a top official to lay on a bed for patients.Dr Raj Bahadur, the vice chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences in Faridkot, followed the Minister’s orders […]
The 22nd Commonwealth Games kicked off in spectacular fashion with a stunning opening ceremony at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Despite the challenges posed by Covid-19, the Queen’s baton did not miss a single day or territory during its journey to Birmingham. Taking five months to build and standing 10m high, the raging bull is […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday morning left the Belgharia residence of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee after filling 10 trunks with cash amounting to approximately Rs 29 crore that was found there.ED sleuths on Wednesday began its searches at the premises linked to aide Arpita Mukherjee. The ED […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld stringent provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act in relation to expansive definition of proceeds of crime, search and seizure, power of arrest, attachment of properties and tough bail conditions. The verdict delivered by a three-judge bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravi Kumar is likely […]
Punjab Advocate-General Anmol Rattan Sidhu resigned from his post on Tuesday.In his resignation sent to CM Bhagwant Mann, Sidhu said he was resigning from the post with immediate effect owing to personal reasons. He thanked the party for giving him the chance to represent the office.Sidhu was appointed the advocate-general in March this year.The name […]
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday defended the ‘citizen-first policies of the (Narendra) Modi government amid opposition fire over increase in prices of essential goods like LPG (liquified petroleum gas) cylinders. Puri, the petroleum minister, shared a graphic that said ‘LPG prices in India continue to be among the lowest in the world’, and […]
All eyes are on the auction for the 5G spectrum which is underway, generating immense curiosity about who will win the righs for 72 gigahertz of radiowaves worth ₹4.3 lakh crores on offer. The bidding process began at 10 am and go on till 6 pm, PTI reported. Four players Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone […]