- UP trader?s ?suicide attempt? video viral on poll eve, wife dead
A tragic video showing a couple from Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat attempting death by suicide by consuming poison went viral on the eve of elections to 58 constituencies of western UP on Thursday, triggering political reactions.
- Pfizer to rake in record - breaking earnings of over $100 billion in Covid vaccine and antiviral pill
Pfizer estimates that it will rake in record-breaking earnings of more than $100 billion this year due to sales of its Covid-19 vaccine and antiviral pill to treat the virus, Daily Mail reported.
- Syed Zafar Islam defends Union Budget in Rajya Sabha
Amidst stinging criticisms from the Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha against the Union Budget 2022-23, Syed Zafar Islam of the BJP on Wednesday defended it, saying it is growth oriented with high prospects of jobs and wealth creation.
- Release of controversial documentary on Kashmir postponed
The release of a documentary ‘Kashmir: Palestine in the Making’, made by a Germany-based digital media portal has been postponed with the Russian embassy distancing itself from it.
- Cong dismisses PM Modi?s speech as ?propaganda?, accuses him of making light of people?s suffering
Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress on Monday accused him of mocking the misery of people who lost their lives and livelihood in the Covid-19 pandemic and dismissed his claims of economic gains as “propaganda”.
- SFI, DYFI protest against Budget
The SFI, DYFI and AIDWA burnt copies of the Union Budget to register their protest against it. They alleged that common people were expecting relief from the Budget in the times of the pandemic, but it failed to do so. The protesters further alleged that the Budget offered little hope to the youth a
- Gautam Adani Asia's richest with $88.5 - bn fortune
Industrialist Gautam Adani has become Asia’s richest person thanks to a push into green energy that has boosted his fortune to $88.5 billion, The Guardian has reported.
- Surya namaskar activity
Karnal: The Youth Red Cross Society of Government Women College, Bastara, conducted the closing ceremony of surya namaskar activity. Dr Meenu Anand, convener of the society, said the campaign was being across the country under the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsva. Yoga instructor Dr Darshan Yogi explained in
- BSF fires at Pakistan drone, foils drugs, weapon smuggling bid in Punjab
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday claimed to have foiled a narcotics and weapon smuggling bid by a drone along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab.
- Amritsar West: Breaking politician - bureaucrat nexus on Amarjit Asal?s mind
Amritsar West: Breaking politician - bureaucrat nexus on Amarjit Asal?s mind
- Ranji Trophy: Five - day quarantine, squad size 30
New Delhi: The opening round of Ranji Trophy matches will begin from February 17 following a five-day quarantine and the squad size, including support staff, has been capped at 30 as the BCCI aims to stage the 38-team event across nine different bio-bubbles amid the pandemic.
- The curious case of KL Rahul
Focus will be on vice-captain KL Rahul’s batting position on his return from a short break as a buoyant India aim to seal the three-match series against the West Indies in their second ODI here tomorrow.
- Praveen, the 'Bheem' of Indian athletics, throws a nation into despair
Praveen Kumar Sobti became a household name for his portrayal of Bheem in the television adaptation of the epic Mahabharata in the late 1980s.
- Gurugram theft: IPS officer Setia's plea for transfer of case dismissed
The multi-crore Gurugram burglary case has been transferred out of the court of Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Jasbir Singh.
- Don't fall prey to Arvind Kejriwal's promises, says BJP's Shazia Ilmi
Former Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) activists and leaders addressed a series of meetings in the sub-division on Monday evening.
- Jasbir Singh Khangura campaigns for Manwinder Singh Giaspura, Jaswant Nagar
After being inducted into the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), former Kila Raipur MLA Jasbir Singh Khangura sought support for Manwinder Singh Giaspura, candidate for the Payal Assembly segment, and Amargarh nominee Jaswant Singh during meetings held at Sihar village and Jawahar Nagar, respectively, today.
- One - week faculty development programme begins
The internal quality and assurance cell in collaboration with the research and faculty development committee of the Sri Aurobindo College of Commerce and Management, Ludhiana, commenced a one- week faculty development programme (FDP), ‘A Paradigm Shift in Teaching, Learning and Evaluation&rsqu
- 49 convicted in Ahmedabad blasts case
More than 13 years after 56 persons were killed and 240 injured in 21 blasts that rocked Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008, a special court on Tuesday convicted 49 accused, including Safdar Nagori, Javed Ahmed and Atikur Rehman.
- Emergency, '84 riots, dynastic politics: Modi targets Congress in Parl for 2nd day
Launching a scathing attack on Opposition Congress in the Rajya Sabha today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said had the party not been there, the country would have been spared of Emergency, massacre of Sikhs and the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley.
- Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana suspends licence of advocate
Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana has suspended the licence of Hisar-based advoacate Naresh Kumar for concealing the fact that he had a government job while pursuing a regular course of LLB from Rajasthan and at the time of enrolment.
- India can?t afford to lower the guard at LAC
The 14th round of the India-China corps commander-level meeting was held on January 12 at the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. Despite a “frank and in-depth” exchange of views, the talks failed to make any headway in the 18 month-l
- Rs1,200 - crore electoral bonds encashed in Jan
Ahead of the polls in five states, political parties encashed electoral bonds worth Rs 1,212.86 crore, the government informed Parliament today.
- Mischievous people keeping hijab issue burning: HC appeals for calm
The ongoing hijab versus saffron scarves campus row in Karnataka spread across several cities today, prompting the state government to shut down educational institutions for three days and the High Court to appeal for peace while it considers a petition by a group of Muslim women on their right to w
- Varun: JNU VC's appointment atrocious
BJP MP Varun Gandhi today described as “atrocious” the appointment of Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit as the VC of Jawaharlal Nehru University. Pointing “multiple grammatical mistakes” in her press release thanking the PM and Minister of Education for appointing her as the first
- Just Congress - bashing, nothing on key issues: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said PM Narendra Modi’s attacks on the Congress and his great grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru were a reflection of his fear because the grand old party was speaking the truth and “exposing lies”.