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Aman Sood Patiala, October 12 The Punjab government on Wednesday announced a two-hour window for the use of green firecrackers on Diwali and Gurpurab across the state barring Jalandhar and Mandi Gobindgarh. The fireworks timing has been restricted to 35 minutes on Christmas in the state. On October 24 (Diwali),…

ANI Rohtak, October 12 Seven members of a family were seriously injured when an LPG cylinder exploded here on Wednesday morning. The incident took place at Ekta Colony. The injured are a couple and their five children. The house was also damaged in the blast. Fire tenders were rushed to…

New Delhi, October 12 Aadhaar holders who were issued the unique ID more than 10 years back but have not updated their details since are being urged to update identification and residence proof documents, UIDAI said. In a statement, UIDAI — the government agency that issues Aadhaar numbers — said…

Washington, October 12 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has announced that she will travel to India next month to attend the ninth edition of the US-India Economic and Financial Partnership meeting, as she pitched for strong ties between the two nations to address the world’s most important economic challenges. The announcement…

London, October 12 A “robot artist” called Ai-Da told British lawmakers on Tuesday that although it was an artificial creation, it was still capable of producing art, as it spoke at a parliamentary inquiry into how new technologies will affect the creative industries. Described as “the world’s first ultra-realistic…

Aditi Tandon amp; Bhartesh Singh Thakur Tribune News Service New Delhi/Chandigarh, Oct 11 With India awaiting the World Health Organisation’s report on direct causal link between the deaths of 66 Gambian children and the drugs manufactured by Sonepat-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals, the global body has said it was difficult to establish…

Aditi Tandon amp; Bhartesh Singh Thakur Tribune News Service New Delhi/Chandigarh, Oct 11 With India awaiting the World Health Organisation’s report on direct causal link between the deaths of 66 Gambian children and the drugs manufactured by Sonepat-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals, the global body has said it was difficult to establish…

Pratibha ChauhanShimla, October 11The delay in the announcement of dates for the Himachal Assembly elections has been giving anxious moments to state politicians as they fear that the early onset of winter could impact voter turnout.The Dhauladhars around Kangra and the higher mountains of Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti, Kullu, Shimla and Chamba…

New Delhi, October 11 Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Tuesday recommended to the Centre the name of the senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud as his successor. Justice Chandrachud, who has been part of several Constitution Benches and landmark verdicts of the top court, including on…

New Delhi, October 11 Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Tuesday recommended to the Centre the name of the senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud as his successor. Justice Chandrachud, who has been part of several Constitution Benches and landmark verdicts of the top court, including on…

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, October 11 After the grand Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dedicated to the nation the first phase of Mahakaleshwar Temple corridor—’Shri Mahakal Lok’—in the holy city of Ujjain and Mahakal, one of the 12 ‘jyotirlings’ in the…

Chandigarh, October 11 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said the government will soon complete the process of regularising the remaining 28,000 contractual employees in the state, asserting that his dispensation is against the contractual system of employment. “The entire process is being carried out for safeguarding the interests…

Washington, October 11Former Congresswoman and the first Hindu American to run for the White House in 2020, Tulsi Gabbard, on Tuesday announced that she is leaving the governing Democratic Party, denouncing it as an “elitist cabal of war-mongers”.Gabbard, 41, who retired from the House of Representatives last year, made the…

Ujjain, October 11 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening performed puja at Lord Mahakal temple in Ujjain ahead of dedicating to the nation the first phase of the ‘Shri Mahakal Lok’ corridor. Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs puja at the Lord Mahakal temple in Ujjain, Tuesday, Oct. 11,…

IANS Chandigarh, October 11 Amid the “rift” between Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government led by Bhagwant Mann, the former on Tuesday declined to clear the appointment of cardiologist Gurpreet Wander as Vice-Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, saying the government violated the…