CHANDIGARH, DEC 30 : Farmers blocked roads at many places across the state on Monday as part of their Punjab bandh call, hamstringing the commuter traffic. A call for a shutdown was given last week by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha over the Centre not accepting the demands of protesting farmers. The […]Continue Reading
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NEW DELHI,DEC 28 : North India, including the capital Delhi, will see a chilly start to the New Year, with the weather office predicting a significant drop in minimum temperatures across several regions. Heavy rains at the fag end of the year will only intensify the ongoing cold wave conditions in the first week of […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, DEC 28 : Political tussle over the memorial for former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh escalated on Saturday as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government saying that it was a “total insult” to Singh that his last rites were performed at the Nigambodh Ghat […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, DEC 28 : The final journey of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began from the AICC headquarters on Saturday morning after Congress leaders paid homage to their departed leader. The flower-bedecked vehicle carrying the mortal remains of Singh left the Congress headquarters in a procession amid chants of “Manmohan Singh Amar Rahe”. Singh’s Continue Reading
BATHINDA, DEC 27: Eight people died and many were injured on Friday when a private bus crashed through a railing of a bridge here and plunged into a drain a few feet below, police said. The accident occurred when the bus was enroute to Bathinda from Talwandi Sabo. The bus had over 45 passengers and […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,DEC 27 : Several top leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday paid tributes to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence. Draped in tricolour, the body of the former prime Minister was placed in a flower-bedecked casket at his residence, where leaders cutting across party lines paid their last respects to […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, DEC 27 : A seven-day national mourning will be announced by the central government in honour of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday night at the age of 92, sources said. All government programs scheduled for Friday will be cancelled, the sources added. The decision on the mourning is likely […]Continue Reading
JAMMU/KASMIR, DEC 24 : Five soldiers died and five others sustained injuries after an Army vehicle veered off the road and fell into a gorge in the Balnoi area of Mendhar, Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday, officials said. The vehicle reportedly plunged into a gorge, approximately 300-350 feet deep. According to reports, police […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, DEC 24 : The International Cricket Council announced the full schedule for the Champions Trophy on Tuesday, December 24. The board announced the schedule for all the teams, including the venues where the games will be played. The ICC announced that Pakistan will host the tournament alongside the United Arab Emirates since the […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA,DEC 24 : Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin accused the West Bengal government of stifling the voice of artistes and writers, claiming that the play ‘Lajja’ (Shame), adapted from her novel, was forced to be cancelled at two theatre festivals in the state. Nasrin alleged that the police intervened at the Gobardanga Natyoutsav in North […]Continue Reading
