- Wait for Ambala Cantonment domestic airport gets longer
Even after 40 months, the project of a civil airport in Ambala Cantonment, approved by the Centre government under the Udan 3.0 scheme, has been hanging fire.
- BJP top leadership meets in Delhi today
After holding a series of meetings in Chandigarh, including dinner gathering with party MLAs, the BJP’s top brass is set to meet over dinner in New Delhi on April 4 to take stock of the political situation in the state, especially after the AAP government’s resolution in the Punjab Assem
- Want to enrol your child in city's best schools? Shell out lakhs!
Spiralling school fee is gradually making education out of reach of the common man, with the admission fee touching over Rs1 lakh and the annual fee of a kindergarten student crossing Rs80,000 in private schools in the city.
- AAP government?s resolution regarding Chandigarh a political ?jumla?: Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Ex-Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda has termed the resolution passed by the Punjab Government in the Vidhan Sabha regarding Chandigarh as a political jumla.
- Travel fraud: Five duped of Rs 22.71 lakkh in Amritsar
Five persons from Bathinda, Barnala and Muktsar Sahib were duped of Rs 22.71 lakh by a fake travel agency on the pretext of sending them to Germany.
- WHO suspends Covaxin supply via UN agencies
The World Health Organisation today said it had suspended the supply of Covaxin, manufactured by India-based Bharat Biotech, through procurement agencies of the United Nations and had asked countries already in receipt of the shot to “take action as appropriate”.
- NITI Aayog: India on cusp of major economic recovery
India is on the cusp of a major economic recovery and talks of possible stagflation are “overhyped” as a strong economic foundation is being laid with the reforms carried out by the government over the past seven years, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Sunday.
- MPs must engage in informed debates: V - P
Marking the Rajya Sabha Day, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today said the Upper House has played a crucial role in strengthening parliamentary democracy in the country.
- Work in teams, not silos: PM Narendra Modi to Secretaries
PM Narendra Modi met Secretaries to the government and asked them to work in teams rather than silos.
- Prez: Strong ties with Central Asia a priority
Connectivity with the Central Asian countries remained a priority for India, President Ram Nath Kovind said today addressing diplomats of Turkmenistan at the Institute of International Relations in Ashgabat. The President is on a visit to Turkmenistan and the Netherlands.
- DMK?s outreach revives hope for another front
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin spent three days in New Delhi and inaugurated a new party office in the national capital. Although Tamil Nadu is one of the best performing states on parameters ranging from industrialisation to social justice and welfarism, its leaders rarely assert themselves on
- Iranian hackers new challenge, say experts
India’s cyber security grid has now been facing newer challenges from the Middle-East countries, particularly from Iran, as hackers from there have been making attempts to breach strategic online architecture of the country’s government departments, say experts.
- Out on bail, hate speech accused stirs row
Yati Narsinghanand, the head priest of Ghaziabad’s Dasna Devi Temple and an accused in the Haridwar hate speech case, today triggered another controversy by allegedly promoting communal violence.
- Air India scales down flights to Sri Lanka as demand plummets
Air India (AI) on Sunday said it will reduce its India-Sri Lanka services from 16 flights per week to 13 from April 9 due to poor demand in view of the worst economic crisis in the island nation.
- Cybercrime rises in Himachal, 18K complaints in 5 years
Cyberspace has become the new hotspot of crime. As many as 18,000 complaints of cybercrime were received in Himachal in the past five years (2017-2021).
- Kullu - Delhi flights fully booked on most days
The seats on the sole Alliance Air flight between Kullu and Delhi have been sold out for most of the days from April 15 to August 10. The airline is generally charging Rs 25,771 for an 80-minute one-way flight from Kullu to Delhi.
- CBI truly performing its duty, no more a caged parrot: Law Minister Rijiju
The CBI is no more a “caged parrot” but is truly performing its duty as India’s top criminal investigating agency, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju asserted, saying there was a time when people sitting in the government sometimes used to become a problem in investigations.
- Govt panel recommends inclusion of Covovax in national Covid vaccination drive for those aged 12 and above
The Covid-19 Working Group of the NTAGI has recommended inclusion of the Serum Institute’s Covovax in the national vaccination programme for those aged 12 years and above, official sources said on Sunday.