Heat wave: Punjab announces early summer holidays for schools from May 21 Chandigarh: Punjab on Monday announced early summer holidays for all government, private, and aided schools in the state due to prevailing heat wave. The holidays will begin from May 21-June 30. Education Secretary Kamal Kishore Yadav said the teaching/non-teachingRead More

Indian-origin scrap metals dealer jailed in UK’s train track conspiracy London: An Indian-origin director of a scrap metals business is among a gang of seven men sentenced to prison for their part in stealing train track rails from the UK’s Network Rail trackside and depot locations in the East of EnglandRead More

Canada Uber Driver Tells Passenger He Would Have ‘Kidnapped Her If It Was Pakistan’ Toronto: A video of a disturbing encounter between a cab driver and a woman in Canada has caused outrage and prompted a social media discussion. The conversation takes an unexpected turn when the cab driver, whoRead More

UK PM Rishi Sunak faces revolt over plans to scrap Graduate Route visa: Report London: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering restrictions to the UK’s post-study visa which allows graduates to stay on and work for up to two years after their degree course as part of efforts to curb soaringRead More

Raghav Chadha sighted after long absence, meets CM Kejriwal in Delhi Chandigarh: Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Raghav Chadha and his actor-wife Parineeti Chopra reached Chandigarh this evening, hours after the senior AAP leader met party supremo and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi. Chadha heading to Chandigarh immediately after callingRead More

Election symbol allotted to all candidates of Punjab Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sibin C on Sunday said that 328 candidates contesting for 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab have been allotted election symbols by the District Election Officers as per the instructions of the Election Commission of India. HeRead More

Hundreds of Indian students facing ‘deportation’ from Canada stage protest Toronto: Hundreds of Indian students in Canada’s Prince Edward Island (PEI) region took to the streets on Friday to protest against the Canadian government for “changing the [immigration] policy overnight and denying them work permits.” According to the Hindustan Times,Read More

Indian found guilty of molesting women during yoga classes in Singapore Singapore: A 34-year-old Indian national who used to work as an instructor at a yoga centre in Singapore was found guilty on Thursday of molesting three women during his classes. Rajpal Singh will return to court for sentencing inRead More

Sukhbir Badal faces farmers’ ire at Bathinda village Bathinda: Farmers today staged a protest and showed black flags to Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal at Mehma Sarja village in Bathinda district on Thursday. SAD has organised an election public meeting today at the focal point of Mehma SarjaRead More

AAP MP Maliwal taken to CM’s house to recreate crime scene New Delhi: A team of Delhi Police accompanied by forensic experts visited Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence here Friday and collected evidence in connection with the alleged assault on party MP Swati Maliwal there, officials said. They said aRead More