New Delhi, November 22 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said more than 2.6 crore families, including in Uttar Pradesh, have been provided with piped drinking water in the country under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). Laying the foundation stone of rural drinking water supply projects in Mirzapur and SonbhadraRead More

Ottawa, November 20 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that Canada’s hospital system could be overwhelmed by a possible quadrupling of new COVID-19 cases by year end as its biggest city Toronto prepared to impose a lockdown. Trudeau implored Canadians to stay home as much as possible as aRead More

Chandigarh, November 21 Days ahead of their proposed march to the national capital against the Centre’s farm laws, Punjab farmer bodies have started collecting ration, quilts and other essentials from people. They on Saturday claimed to have immense support for their march, dubbing it as “historic” that will “shake” theRead More

Chandigarh, November 21. The protesting farmer unions in Punjab have decided to allow passage to all trains in the state from Monday evening. However, the trains have been allowed only for 15 days. A decision to this effect was taken in the meeting of 30 farmer unions held here onRead More

New Delhi, November 21 The total number of tests conducted in India for the detection of COVID-19 infection has crossed the 13-crore mark with the last one crore done in just 10 days, while the cumulative positivity rate remained low and continues a downward trajectory, the Union Health Ministry saidRead More

Washington, November 21 The head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the White House for the first time in six decades, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said on Saturday, a move that could further enrage Beijing, which has accused the US of trying to interfere in China’s internalRead More

Toronto, November 21 A Canadian university will soon return to India a unique statue of Hindu goddess Annapoorna that was stolen from a shrine in Varanasi over a century ago and found its way to the varsity’s art gallery, in an attempt to “right historical wrongs” and help overcome theRead More

Bathinda, November 20 A prominent dera follower, Manohar Lal, who is a member of 25 members committee of Dera Sacha Sauda and is father of Jatinderbir Singh Jimmy, who is an accused in a sacrilege incident, was shot dead by two unidentified persons in Bathinda on Friday. Even after passingRead More

Chandigarh, November 20 Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre for allegedly withdrawing the Z-plus security cover to former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia. “The SAD condemns the arbitrary, dictatorial and politically motivated decision of the BJP-led Central government to withdraw theRead More

Washington, November 20 US President-elect Joe Biden has said that he wants to make sure that China plays by the rules and announced that his administration will rejoin the World Health Organisation. Biden was responding to a question on Thursday about his remarks during the presidential debates that he wantedRead More