Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Asia’s biggest Bio-CNG plant, called the Gobar-Dhan plant, in Indore virtually on Saturday. Addressing the event, PM Modi said that initiative of the Bio-CNG plant is very important as the wet waste released from houses, animals and farms in villages are “in a way Gobar Dhan”. “In the coming two […]
Two Army jawans were killed during a counter-terror operation at Chermarg in the Zainapora area of Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, on Saturday. According to an ANI input, a terrorist also died in the encounter that began earlier in the day. The Kashmir Zone Police said a search operation was underway. “Police and security forces are […]
The National Investigation Agency arrested decorated Himachal IPS officer Arvind Digvijay Negi in connection with its own investigation into Lashkar-e-Toiba’s “overground worker network”. Negi, a gallantry award winner who was investigated for having leaked information to Khurram Parvez, a human rights activist booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), had recently asked to be […]
A special court has denied bail to three persons accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, saying that the material on record suggests that the trio, along with other members of the CPI (Maoist), a banned organisation, hatched a “serious conspiracy” to create unrest in the country and to overthrow the Modi government. A letter […]
Chitkara University, Punjab has always been a leap ahead in organising activities for the protection of the environment. We got the opportunity to be the regional partners for National Environment Youth Parliament-2022 and we hosted young minds from various colleges/universities of J&K, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. NEYP-2022 is a platform created by Manav Rachna International […]
A special court on Friday awarded death sentence to 38 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case. There were 49 convicts in the case. The convicts had joined the proceedings through video conference from jails in Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Gaya, Bengaluru and other parts of the country. The court had on February 8, 2022, convicted […]
With 25,920 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,27,80,235, while the active cases dipped below three lakh after 43 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,10,905 with 492 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the Congress, accusing it of betraying farmers and said it was the BJP government which made record purchase of grains. Addressing a rally here ahead of the February 20 Punjab assembly polls, Modi urged voters to bring the BJP-led alliance to power in the state for […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court order to stop Haryana’s 75 per cent quota in private jobs for locals. The top court told the state to not take any “coercive steps against the employers”. The high court order – to halt the reservation for locals – has been […]
Thirteen women and children, all girls, died after falling into a well while performing a marriage ritual in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district, police said on Thursday. The incident, in which at least 10 people were also injured, took place at Naurangiya Tola village when an iron grille, they were sitting on, broke, they said.Chief Minister […]