Driving Naari Programme launched in ChandigarhPunjab farmers reaping benefits of Mann Government’s crop diversification initiativesPunjab and Kerala Join Hands to Address NRI ConcernsMacron refuses French Prime Minister’s resignation after chaotic election resultsModi lands in Russia for first visit since Ukraine offensiveSaudi Arabia approves granting citizenship to global experts under Vision 2030Vigilance arrests Panchayat Secretary, former Sarpanch for embezzlement in Panchayat fundsHousing crisis in Canada forcing residents to move out of pricier cities: PollHistoric Milestone: Canada Appoints Its First Female Chief of DefenseVictory parade of T20 World Cup-winning Indian cricket team concludes in MumbaiMaximizing impact of Aadhar in PunjabAmritpal Singh to take oath as Khadoor Sahib MP on July 5
United Nations, The global famine warning system is predicting a major food crisis if the Ebola outbreak continues to grow exponentially over the coming months, and the United Nations still hasn’t reached over 7,50,000 people in need of food in West Africa as prices spiral and farms are abandoned. On theRead More
Sriharkota, Scripting another success in India’s space programme, ISRO today launched its third navigation satellite IRNSS 1C on board its PSLV rocket from here in the wee hours, moving closer to setting up its own navigation system on par with the GPS of the US. IRNSS 1C is part ofRead More
New Delhi: Taking a tough stand, a notification was issued by India’s Union Health Ministry on Wednesday making it mandatory for cigarette companies to devote at least 85 per cent of the surface areas of cigarette packets on both sides to graphically and literally represent the statutory warning. TheRead More
Islamabad, In the wilderness for a long time, former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf has made an anti-India rant by saying Pakistan needs to “incite” those “fighting” in Kashmir. “We have source (in Kashmir) besides the (Pakistan) army … people in Kashmir are fighting against (India). We just need toRead More
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to restrain coal companies, which were directed to wind up mining operations in six months after their coal block allocations were cancelled by it, from extracting coal during this period and selling it in the market. A bench headed by Chief Justice H.L.Read More
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today unveiled a string of labour reforms, including measures to end ‘Inspector raj’, asserting that ease of doing business is “essential” to ensure ‘Make-in-India’ campaign is successful. He dedicated a number of schemes under Shramev Jayate (work alone triumphs) programme, which includes portability throughRead More
New Delhi, In first major Secretary-level shuffle by the Narendra Modi government, Finance Secretary Arvind Mayaram has been transfrred out of the Finance Ministry to a low-profile Tourism Ministry. Mayaram, who was senior most among the four Secretaries in the Ministry of Finance with dual roles as Finance and EconomicRead More
Chandigarh, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi gave out the signal loud and clear that he would not mind taking strict action ( to wield danda) if needed against who-so-ever he might be in case the person was damaging the party interests. This assertion of his came virtually towards the fag endRead More
* 11 Tehsildars promoted as District Revenue Officers Chandigarh, The Punjab Government today issued promotion, transfer and posting orders of District Revenue Officers, Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildars. Disclosing this, a spokesperson of the Punjab Govt. said that 11 Tehsildars have been promoted as District Revenue Officers (D.R.O.). Giving details heRead More
Apple is rolling out its mobile payments service Apple Pay on Monday, CEO Tim Cook announced at an event on Thursday. He said enthusiasm for the service has been huge, with 500 new banks partnering with Apple since Apple Pay was announced last month. “It’s easy, it’s secure andRead More
