CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal would personally extend an invitation to the President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi and Vice President Dr. Hamid Ansari to attend the function for celebrating 350th foundation day of Sri Anandpur Sahib from June 17-19, 2015. A decision to this effect was taken in […]
Chandigarh May 10 : Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today expressed his heartfelt grief and sorrow on the sad demise of veteran journalist Mr. P.D. Mohindra, who died after a massive heart attack. Mr. Mohindra (85) was former special correspondent of The Tribune. Recalling the outstanding journalistic services rendered by Mohindra during […]
Naalehu (Hawaii), May 10: The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says a magnitude-4.5 earthquake jolted the Big Island of Hawaii. The observatory says the quake struck at 2:18 am (local time) yesterday. It was centered about eight kilometers north of the small town of Naalehu at a depth of 9.6 kilometers. There were no reports of damage […]
New Delhi, May 10: The Supreme Court has stressed on the need for “stricter yardstick” on courts’ sentencing policy in cases related to crime against women so as to act as a deterrent, saying punishment awarded to the accused was not in proportion to gravity and magnitude of such offences. “In recent years, the rising […]
Manila, May 10: More than 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes as Typhoon Noul approached the northern Philippines, threatening flash floods, landslides and tsunami-like storm surges, government agencies warned today. The storm’s movement has slowed slightly but it has also strengthened to pack gusts of 205 kilometres per hour and is still expected to […]