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CHANDIGARH: As Covid cases continue to surge, the Punjab government on Tuesday clamped night curfew in the state barring the movement of individuals for all non-essential activities from 10 pm to 5 am till January 15. Educational institutes have been shut while entertainment facilities, including cinema halls, bars, multiplexes, malls, restaurants, spas, museums and zoos, […]

NEW DELHI: The country registered over 37,000 new covid infections on Jan 3, significantly higher than it was recording for November and most of December when new daily cases remained under the 10,000 threshold. Metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata make up most of this surge at the moment. With West Bengal topping the test […]

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the scheduled Screening Committee meeting later in the day to discuss candidates for upcoming Punjab assembly elections, four state ministers on Tuesday met Congress General Secretary (Organisations) KC Venugopal to discuss the election strategy in the state. Punjab Home Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Pargat Singh and two other ministers were also […]

CHANDIGARH: There appears to be a mad scramble among political parties to beat each other in making poll promises to their prospective voters ahead of assembly elections in Punjab. After Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal made an announcement to give Rs 1,000 per month to women, Punjab […]

Punjab is prepping up for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on January 5 ahead of Assembly polls scheduled to be held early this year. PM Modi will also address his first rally in the state after repealing the three farm laws, besides launching developmental projects worth Rs 42,750 Cr in the state the same day. […]

CHANDIGARH: There seems to be another political row in offing in Punjab — and it’s over election symbol, an old one at that. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab MLA and Kisan Wing State President Kultar Singh Sandhwan strongly condemned Harsimrat Kaur Badal for comparing Shiromani Akali Dal’s (Badal) election symbol ‘takkadi’ with the ‘Takkadi’ of […]

CHANDIGARH: Just before the Punjab assembly election early next year, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) bagged 14 seats out of 35 in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, pushing BJP to second number. AAP won 14 of 35 municipal seats, with the BJP close behind at 12 seats. The Congress won eight seats and the Akali Dal stayed […]

LUDHIANA/NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab Police cop and human bomber Gagandeep Singh, whose body was discovered by the SIM, dongle and tattoo on his arm by Punjab Police, in connection with Thursday’s deadly court blast in Ludhiana had established terror links with two accused in Ludhiana jail who have been booked in Unlawful Activity Prevention Act […]

NEW DELHI: If pre-poll surveys are to be believed, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to retain its power in the Hindi heartland in the upcoming assembly polls, scheduled to be held early next year. Jan Ki Baat Opinion Poll has predicted the return of Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in politically significant Uttar Pradesh. […]

NEW DELHI: Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who earned the sobriquet Turbanator in 2001 after  a gut-wrenching performance in one of the most keenly fought India-Australia Test series where he scalped 32 wickets, has announced retirement from all forms of cricket.  He played 103 Tests, 236 ODIs and 28 T20Is for India and picked up 417, […]