Ludhiana : Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Vice Chancellor Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon today urged the media to follow the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines on reporting suicides. He said the norms specified that the suicide method or spot should not be mentioned, while photos of the deceased or of the victim’s note should be avoided. As […]
Chandigarh : The state government has hiked the financial grant being given to aged gallantry award recipients or their widows belonging to the state. This grant, paid out of the Gallantry Awardees’ Corpus Fund (GACF), is in addition to the regular allowances extended to war heroes by the Central and state government. Recipients of the […]
Chandigarh, August 11 : The first chronicler of the Partition of 1947, who started building an archive in 1954, says not one of the key figures he interviewed during the process was ready to take responsibility for the monumental human tragedy that unfolded 70 years ago. Now 93, Prof Kirpal Singh says he aims to […]
Pallekele, August 12 : India’s domination of the Sri Lankan bowlers continued unabated as KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan struck fluent half-centuries to take the visitors to a comfortable 134 without loss at lunch on the opening day of the third and final cricket Test, here on Saturday. Rahul (67 batting) and Dhawan (64) were […]