I need rest too and will ask for it: Kohli

I need rest too and will ask for it: Kohli

Kolkata :Virat Kohli made a strange claim today — he said that if you sliced his arm, he’d bleed. This is a strange claim because, due to his fitness, Kohli seems bloody metallic. It’s also strange because Kohli actually had to say that he’s human, after all. Kohli was talking about the necessity of taking […]

Air pollution: PPCB writes to Centre, seeks gas pipeline

Air pollution: PPCB writes to Centre, seeks gas pipeline

Patiala : In view of the rising pollution level in Punjab, the state government plans a CNG pipeline for the industry in Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Mandi Gobindgarh. The objective is to reduce the use of coal and other solid fuels, and bring down the emission of gases. The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has written […]

Just 4 MPs turn up at all-party meet

Just 4 MPs turn up at all-party meet

Chandigarh : Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s initiative of bringing all party Members of Parliament (MPs) on one platform to discuss state-specific issues ahead of the Parliament’s winter session fizzled out with only four of the 20 parliamentarians turning up for the first meeting called here today. Barring three Congress MPs — Chaudhary Santokh Singh, […]

Banga youth shot in US, another in Manila

Banga youth shot in US, another in Manila

Phagwara/Mansa : Dharampreet Singh, 21, hailing from Khotran village in Banga, was shot dead by robbers who struck at a gas station near San Francisco, US, on Tuesday. He was studying law. A day earlier, on November 13, young Buta Singh of Mal Singh Wala village in Budhlada, Mansa, was waylaid and murdered on the […]

Heart disease burden: Punjab is eerily in lead

Heart disease burden: Punjab is eerily in lead

New Delhi : Punjab has reported the highest burden of ischemic heart diseases in India by emerging on top of the charts in a maiden study of inter-state health status. The state is also the second highest carrier of diabetes burden in India, after Kerala. The India State-level Disease Burden Initiative, a collaborative work of the […]