- ATF price up marginally, rates at record high
Jet fuel prices on Saturday were hiked by a marginal 0.2 per cent - the eighth straight increase this year - to an all-time high, reflecting a surge in global energy prices.
- India?s ?warm? vaccine candidate effective against Delta, Omicron variants in mice: Study
A heat-stable COVID-19 vaccine that is being developed in India and does not need cold chain storage has generated strong antibody response against coronavirus variants, including Delta and Omicron, according to a study on mice.
- Tourist rush in Shimla reaches pre - Covid levels; 80 per cent advance booking seen; thousands of vehicles enter town in past 24 hrs
Thousands of vehicles crossed Shoghi in Shimla till Friday night giving a feel of pre-covid times.
- PM Modi: Country to get record doctors in 10 years
Medical colleges are expanding and the country is likely to get a record number of doctors in 10 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday while inaugurating KK Patel Super Specialty Hospital in Gujarat’s Bhuj.
- Second S - 400 delivery despite US pressure
The pressure from the United States (US) notwithstanding, Russia has started delivery of the second regiment of the S-400 air defence missile system to India.
- I - League: Fourth straight win for Punjab FC; Kerala go top
Slovenian forward Luka Majcen toyed with Suveda Delhi FC defence, scoring a hat-trick as Gokulam Kerala ascended back to the top of the I-League table with a thumping 4-0 win. RoundGlass Punjab FC picked up their fourth win in a row, beating TRAU FC 1-0.
- Tarn Taran village residents expect goodwill gesture from Shehbaz
After the election of Shehbaz Sharif as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Sikh devotees, importers and natives of Jati Umra village in Tarn Taran district recalled the tenure of Nawaz Sharif who had welcomed the Delhi-Lahore bus service. They expect similar goodwill gestures from Shehbaz Sharif, forme
- Pehowa youth dies by suicide in Tanzania, another goes missing
The Kurukshetra police have booked two men under the Immigration Act and under charges of abetment to suicide after a youth, who had left for the USA, died under mysterious circumstances in Tanzania on April 12.
- Ex - IAF Chief BS Dhanoa is IndiGo director
IndiGo on Friday appointed former Shell India chairman Vikram Singh Mehta and former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief BS Dhanoa as independent non-executive directors.
- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announces 300 units of free power
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has announced 300 units of free electricity for residents of the state with effect from July 1.
- Major reshuffle in Air India top management
Air India Chairman N Chandrasekaran on Friday effected a major reshuffle in the top management of recently acquired airline, with Nipun Aggarwal appointed as chief commercial officer and Suresh Dutt Tripathi as chief human resources officer.
- WhatsApp to allow 32 users in group voice call
Instant messaging platform WhatsApp on Thursday said it will add more features, including the facility to connect with 32 people in a group voice call and sharing files with size of up to 2 gigabyte.
- Kalia alleges Mann lying on training of officials
The Punjab BJP president, Manoranjan Kalia, today said Chief Minister Punjab Bhagwant Singh Mann was speaking a white lie to the people of the state on issue of the so called “training” of officials in Delhi.
- CM copying my ideas: Kejriwal
CM copying my ideas: Kejriwal
- 2 - month - old girl found dead inside microwave oven in Delhi, mother main suspect: Police
2 - month - old girl found dead inside microwave oven in Delhi, mother main suspect: Police
- CBI plans to conduct DNA tests in Hanskhali rape case in West Bengal
The CBI, which is probing the Hanskhali rape case in West Bengal, today indicated that it was planning to conduct DNA tests to ascertain whether or not the samples collected from the crime spot match with those found on the arrested accused person.
- Making efforts to fill vacancies, improve judicial infra, says Chief Justice of India NV Ramana
Asking judges to take care of their physical and mental health, Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana today advised them to spend time with family every day.
- Anil Vij to AAP: Why single pension not for Delhi MLAs?
Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij today lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and questioned if the rule of the “one- MLA- one- pension” had been implemented in Punjab, why it had not been done in Delhi till now? He described the AAP as “dramebazz”.
- 'Ludhiana North will see new era of growth'
Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Madan Lal Bagga has not only breached the Congress citadel Ludhiana North but also routed its senior-most five-time MLA Rakesh Pandey, who finished third, in the recent Assembly elections.
- Occasional adultery won?t bar wife from maintenance: Delhi High Court
Holding that occasional acts of adultery committed in isolation do not amount to “living in adultery”, the Delhi High Court has said it does not disentitle a woman to get maintenance from her husband after divorce.
- IAF pays tributes to Marshal Arjan Singh
The Indian Air Force on Friday paid glowing tributes to the legendary air warrior late Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh on his 103rd birth anniversary.
- No bedroll, blanket for AC economy class travel
When the AC 3-tier economy class coaches were rolled out last year with much fanfare from the Railway Coach Factory, Kapurthala, a crucial design flaw escaped everyone’s attention.
- External Affairs Minister, UN chief discuss global impact of Ukraine war
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a “wide-ranging discussion” with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during which they exchanged views on the global impact of the Ukraine conflict as well as the situation in Afghanistan and Myanmar.
- India, Vietnam to enhance defence ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong held discussions on Friday on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the situation in South China Sea. Modi made a phone call to Trong and held deliberations over a wide range of issues, said an official
- 125 units of free power, bus fare discount in Himachal Pradesh
With the Himachal Pradesh Assembly poll due in December, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today announced free power up to 125 units for domestic consumers, 50 per cent fare concession for women in HRTC buses and no water bills in rural areas.