UT Chandigarh: Corpn elections held peacefully, 60 pc turn up
Chandigarh, Dec 24: Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections for 36 Wards were held peacefully on Friday. Polling started at 7.30 in the morning, long queues of young women and were seen in some polling stations. It was observed that…
Sukhbir visits Ludhiana bomb blast victims, asks CM to announce ex-gratia
Ludhiana, Dec 24: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday asked Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi to announce an ex-gratia grant to all those injured in the Ludhiana bomb blast case besides covering their…
IIT Kanpur: Prof Godbole, Kris’ Gopalakrishnan and Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty to receive honorary…
Kanpur, Dec 24: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur will bestow honorary doctorate degrees (Honoris Causa) upon three eminent personalities - Prof. Rohini M. Godbole, Senapathy ‘Kris’ Gopalakrishnan and Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty at its…
Apple workers threaten strike on Christmas Eve
Washington, Dec 24: Employees of the US tech giant Apple demanding better working conditions, say they are planning to stage a walkout on Friday, the Christmas Eve.
"Tomorrow, December 24th, 2021, Apple workers are staging a…
Afghan ambassador in Dushanbe refuses to return $800,000 sent by Ghani gov’t
Dushanbe, Dec 24: The Afghan Embassy in Dushanbe has denied the Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) the return of $800,000 that were sent from Kabul in the last days of the presidency of Ashraf Ghani, Afghan Ambassador Muhammad Zahir…
China: US claims of forced labor in Xinjiang ‘fabricated’
Beijing, Dec 24: China's legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), on Friday pushed back against the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act signed by US President Joe Biden into law, calling all accusations contained in the legislation…
Cambodia PM’s eldest son to be future PM candidate
Phnom Penh, Dec 24: The Central Committee of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on Friday unanimously decided to endorse Hun Manet, the eldest son of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, as the future prime ministerial candidate,…
Kabul: Taliban deny any agreement with Turkey, Qatar on Kabul airport
Kabul, Dec 26: The Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) denied that a deal had been reached with Qatar and Turkey that would allow the two to jointly run airports in Kabul and other Afghan cities.
The Turkish state news agency…
BJP taking steps to encourage Covid vaccination: minister Namasivayam
Puducherry, Dec 24 (UNI) Puducherry Home Minister and BJP national executive committee member A Namasivayam on Friday said that the Puducherry unit of the BJP is taking all steps to make Puducherry a 100 percent vaccinated union territory.…
Bank Guarantee fraud of Rs 53 cr in Hyd’bad unearthed
Hyderabad, Dec 24: The sleuths of Economics Office Wing (EOW), Cyberabad busted Bank Guarantee (BG) fraud to the tune of over Rs 53 crore by arresting Managing Director and Director of M/s Kompass Infrastructures Private Limited.
On…
Prez, VP, LS Speaker extend Christmas greetings
New Delhi, Dec 24 (UNI) President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday extended their greetings to the countrymen on the eve of Christmas.
In a message, the President said, "On the…
Iran accuses UK of meddling on ballistic missile test
Tehran, Dec 25: The latest ballistic missile test by Iran did not violate the UN Security Council on the 2015 nuclear deal, and the United Kingdom's claims to the contrary represent an attempt to meddle in the Islamic republic's internal…
US Senators push for shelving Germany’s Nord Stream 2 Russian gas project
Washington, Dec 25: US senators pushed President Joe Biden to talk to the new German government about putting Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline on ice, in an article published Friday by The Washington Post.
Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen…
IndiGo appoints Neetan Chopra as Chief Digital and Information Officer
Kolkata, Dec 23: The InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (IndiGo) appointed Neetan Chopra as Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO).
He will join IndiGo with effect from January 3, 2022. Neetan, with over 25-years’ experience will take on this…
India remain at 104th place in FIFA Rankings
Zurich (Switzerland), Dec 23 (UNI) India men will finish the year 2021 at 104th position in the FIFA rankings, the international governing body announced on Thursday.
The Blue Tigers maintained their spot in the latest updated table.
For…
India Open 2022: Srikanth-Kean Yew face-off on card as draws announced
New Delhi, Dec 23: The newly-crowned World Champion Loh Kean Yew and silver medalist Kidambi Srikanth are likely to meet each other once again at the India Open 2022, scheduled from January 11 to 16.
The 11th edition of the prestigious…
Himachal DGP orders setting up of an SIT for nabbing the absconding SHO Neeraj Rana
Hamirpur (HP), Dec 23: The Director-General of Police, Himachal Pradesh, Sanjay Kundu has issued orders for the constitution of an SIT for nabbing absconding Inspector Neeraj Rana of Nadaun Police station of Hamirpur.
In a circular issued…
Gadkari: New expressway to come between Ghaziabad and Lucknow
Merrut, Dec 23: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday inaugurated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious project Delhi-Merrut Expressway.
Constructed with a cost of Rs 10,265 crore, the expressway's…
Several Congress, AAP leaders join Punjab Lok Congress
Chandigarh, Dec 23: Senior Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party leaders on Thursday joined the Punjab Lok Congress in presence of party chief Capt. Amarinder Singh.
Welcoming them in the party fold, the former chief minister said, their…
Hamirpur: 27 cases under CM’s Swavlamban Yojana with Rs. 4 Cr approved
Hamirpur (HP), Dec 24: Under the Chief Minister's Swavalamban Yojana, twenty-seven cases were given approval by the committee headed by Deputy Commissioner, Debasweta Banik here on Thursday evening.
A sum of four crore rupees would be…
