CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday nominated five persons for the Rajya Sabha from Punjab where it stormed to power in recently-held assembly elections. The five nominees include former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, Delhi Jal Board Vice Chairman Raghav Chadha, Lovely Professional University’s (LPU) Founder-Chancellor Dr. Ashok Mittal, IIT Professor Dr Sandeep Pathak, and […]
KHATKAR KALAN: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) parliamentarian Sanjay Singh on Wednesday said that the party’s massive victory in Punjab will boost its strength in the Rajya Sabha and party MPs would not have to beg the chair for “a minute” to raise issues of public importance. At present, the AAP has three members, Sanjay […]
On the occasion of Holi 2022, here are the 10 Bollywood songs you must savour to your heart’s content: 1) Holi Aayi Re Kanhai (Mother India) 2) Khelenge Hum Holi (Kati Patang) 3) Holi Ke Din (Sholay) 4) Rang Barse (Silsila) 5) Sajan Hume Aise Rang Lagana (Darr) 6) Soni Soni (Mohabbatein) 7) Holi […]
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court has agreed to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking recognition of Shahi Idgah mosque as Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The petition was filed by lawyer Mahek Maheshwari before a bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Prakash Padia in February. The plea was dismissed in default on […]
NEW DELHI: Punjab’s Chief Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann on Monday tendered his resignation as a member of Lok Sabha. He is all set to take the oath of office at a grand ceremony in Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on March 16. Speaking to media persons outside his residence here, Mann said […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting of the Cabinet Committe on Security (CCS) on Sunday to review India’s security preparedness, and the prevailing global scenario in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Prime Minister Modi instructed the attending members that all possible efforts should be taken to bring back the […]
BENGALURU: On an action-packed Day 1 of the second Test at Bengaluru, India reduced Sri Lanka to 86-6 at stumps after scoring 252 in their first innings. Jasprit Bumrah was the wrecker-in-chief as he snapped up three wickets. Earlier in the day, India opted to bat after winning the toss. However opener Mayank Agarwal was […]
DELHI: Seven people lost their lives in a massive fire that broke out in shanties of northeast Delhi’s Gokalpuri in the wee hours of Saturday. As many as 30 shanties were gutted in the fire that erupted near pillar number 12 in Gokalpuri village at about 1 am, an official of the Delhi Fire […]
GURUGRAM: One of India’s largest Apple Premium Resellers, Unicorn Infosolutions (UNI) on Friday launched its flagship store at CyberHub in Gurugram, Haryana. The company is offering a 13 per cent discount on iPhone 13 with a one-year Unicare protection plan worth Rs 9000, a 10 per cent discount on iPhone 11 and iPhone 12, and […]
NEW DELHI: A missile of India landed in Pakistani territory on March 9, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, adding that a “technical malfunction” led to the “accidental firing” of the projectile during maintenance. A high-level Court of Enquiry has been ordered to investigate the incident, the government said. “On 9 March 2022, in the […]