Today is the last day to vote in the Conservative leadership race and pollsters say the party needs a leader who can articulate a clear vision for the country, appealing to a diverse cross section of voters ahead of the next general election. “For those who don’t vote Conservative, theRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday appealed to striking employees of Group C and D of the Secretariat and districts to return to work, saying the government was trying to fulfil their pending demands despite the pandemic situation and the fiscal crisis prevailing in the state. During today’sRead More

Chandigarh, August 21 A total of 1,513 COVID-19 positive cases and 34 deaths surfaced in Punjab on Friday, taking the state tally to 39,327. Ludhiana reported the maximum number of cases at 242 followed by Patiala (201), Jalandhar (169), SAS Nagar (143), Sangrur (102), Bathinda (90), Amritsar (80), Kapurthala (70),Read More

New York, August 21 Donald Harris, the father of Indian-origin Senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, has said that close contact with his daughters “came to an abrupt halt” after a contentious custody battle, according to a media report. The New York Times report said that the Jamaican-bornRead More

San Francisco At least 235 million users of Facebook-owned Instagram, China-based TikTok and Google-owned YouTube have been hit by a massive data leak and their personal profiles were up for grabs on the Dark Web. According to security researchers from pro-consumer website Comparitech, an unsecured database was behind this dataRead More

Hong Kong Hong Kong will offer free, universal testing to its residents starting September 1. The testing program, which will last a maximum of two weeks, is on a voluntary basis. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said universal testing was possible due to support from Beijing, which provided resources suchRead More

New Delhi Indian Ambassador to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu is hopeful of a mini trade deal with the US even in the closing months of the current administration and despite the disappointments of the last few months. Speaking at a webinar, the Indian envoy said the restoration ofRead More

Mumbai The tally of coronavirus cases in Mumbai rose to 1,34,223 on Friday with 1,406 new patients detected, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The death toll due to the pandemic in the city rose to 7,353 with 42 new fatalities. On Friday, the financial capital of the country alsoRead More

Amritsar In a first, a minority community member has been elected as governing body member of National Press Club, Islamabad. Harmeet Singh bagged 75 votes in the poll the result of which was declared today. The National Press Club is a representative body of journalists based in Rawalpindi and PakistaniRead More

Chandigarh Calling for ‘war-like preparedness’ to deal with the massive Covid spike in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered a series of emergency measures, including extension of weekend lockdown with daily night curfew from 7 pm to 5 am in all the 167 cities andRead More