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Samaan Lateef Srinagar, July 7 Ladakh to hold G-20 meetings next year even as China and Pakistan have voiced opposition to India’s decision to hold the preparatory meetings in Jammu and Kashmir. “In view of scheduled G-20 meetings and necessary coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (G-20 Secretariat), Govt….

United Nations/Geneva, July 7 A new sub-lineage BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in countries like India and the World Health Organisation is following this, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “On covid-19, globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 per cent over the past two…

Kurukshetra, July 6 Residents of Madanpur village and Tilak Colony in Pehowa are overjoyed that a girl from the neighbourhood is set to become the wife of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. The news came as a surprise for friends of Dr Gurpreet Kaur. They recalled their association with…

Parvesh Sharma Sangrur, July 6 As the news broke about the wedding of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday, residents of his native village — Satauj — offered him their best wishes. “We are happy after getting information through the social media that Bhagwant is getting married. Villagers are elated…

New Delhi, July 6 The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) slapped a show-cause notice on SpiceJet after it reported eight technical malfunction incidents involving its planes over the past 18 days. The notice was issued after a review of the carrier’s performance during the past three months suggested inadequate…

Sanjeev Singh Bariana Chandigarh, July 6 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann (48) will tie the nuptial knot with Dr Gurpreet Kaur (28) at a private ceremony tomorrow, sources in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said here today. Only family members, including Mann’s mother, sister, relatives and a few guests will…

Abhinav Vashisht Kullu, July 6 One woman was killed and four persons were feared dead in the flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in Himachal’s Kullu district today. Editorial: Ill-prepared for monsoon Four persons went missing as a cloudburst in the higher reaches of Rasol village flooded the…

Chandigarh, July 6 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will tie the nuptial knot with Dr Gurpreet Kaur on Thursday. Dr Gurpreet Kaur, the would-be wife of CM Mann, is the daughter of former sarpanch Inderjit Singh Nath of Madanpur in Pehowa. The 48-year-old Mann is getting married to 1993-born…

New Delhi, July 6 President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday accepted the resignations of Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Ram Chandra Prasad Singh from the Union Council of Ministers with immediate effect and assigned their portfolios of minority affairs and steel to Smriti Irani and Jyotiraditya Scindia, respectively. A President House…

New Delhi, July 6The Delhi High Court has stayed an order granting bail to former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a rioting and murder case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the capital in which the trial was continuing.Kumar (76) has been in jail since December 31, 2018 when…

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, July 6 In a massive South Indian pitch, the government on Wednesday recommended legendary athlete PT Usha from Kerala, composer Ilaiyaraaja from Tamil Nadu, philanthropist Veerendra Heggade from Karnataka, and noted screenwriter Vijayendra Prasad from Andhra Pradesh for Presidential nomination to the Rajya Sabha. Prime Minister…

Thiruvananthapuram, July 6Kerala Minister Saji Cheriyan on Wednesday announced his resignation amidst mounting criticism from various quarters, including the Opposition, over his controversial remarks against the Constitution recently.Apparently succumbing to pressure, Cheriyan—a senior CPI(M) leader who holds Cultural Affairs, Fisheries and Youth Affairs portfolios in the cabinet—met mediapersons at the…

New Delhi, July 6 The cabin crew of an IndiGo Raipur-Indore flight observed smoke in the plane after it landed at its destination on Tuesday, officials of aviation regulator DGCA said on Wednesday. All the passengers were able to disembark from the aircraft safely, they said. The Directorate General of…

New Delhi, July 6Union ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Ram Chandra Prasad Singh on Wednesday resigned from the Cabinet a day ahead of their Rajya Sabha term gets over.Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded contribution of Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Ram Chandra Prasad Singh to the country and the people….

Chandigarh/Tarn Taran, July 6 Reaffirming the firm commitment of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to make Punjab a corruption-free state, Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Faridkot Lakhvir Singh for accepting Rs 10 lakh as a bribe from a drug supplier for not nominating him in the…