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 […]
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 […]
Ahmedabad : The Election Commission has barred the ruling BJP in Gujarat from using the word “Pappu” in an electronic advertisement, which apparently targeted Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, calling it “derogatory”. “Pappu” is perceived as a social media slur coined to target Gandhi. According to BJP sources, the media committee under the Gujarat Chief Electoral […]
Chandigarh : After a war of words, Haryana and Delhi Chief Ministers Manohar Lal Khattar and Arvind Kejriwal today reached a broad consensus on “sustained efforts” to make Delhi smog-free next winter. Kejriwal held a 90-minute meeting at Khattar’s residence here which primarily centred around air pollution and stubble-burning. Also present at the meeting were […]
Washington, November 14 : The India-US relationship is going to get stronger and better under the Trump administration in a wide range of areas, including regional security issues, trade and economy, terrorism, a senior White House official has said. “India is a natural ally of the United States, because of the shared commitment to democracy and […]