New Delhi, December 5 : The controversial issue of air pollution flared up again in the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka, with the visiting seamer Suranga Lakmal going off the ground after throwing up here on Tuesday. After the visitors were bowled out for 373 in their first innings on the […]
Amritsar : The newly elected SGPC executive body is set to renew its contract with the Forest Department for getting saplings for “buta parshad”, an initiative under the Nanhi Chhaan project running from the Golden Temple premises. The initiative was launched in 2009. The SGPC pays Rs 3.5 per plant to the Forest Department through […]
Ludhiana : Accusing the government of adopting an indifferent attitude towards them, unemployed differently abled persons staged a protest at a state-level function here today. The event was organised to mark the International Day of Disabled Persons at Government Institute for Blind where a large numbers of differently abled persons from across the state gathered. They […]
Chandigarh : Conceived as a bulwark against cross-border smuggling of arms and narcotics into trouble-torn Punjab in the 1980s, the barbed wire fencing has proved to be the bane of farmers in border villages. In 1980, when former BSF chief Prakash Singh convinced the Union Government to build a fence, he didn’t foresee the problems […]
New Delhi, December 4 : For a man with an insatiable hunger for runs, Virat Kohli says he derives utmost job satisfaction when he shines in Test cricket, a format he has mastered “watching” teammate Cheteshwar Pujara bat for long hours. Only 29, Kohli has already established himself as one of the game’s greats, yesterday […]