Ludhiana : Minister for Local Bodies Navjot Singh Sidhu has said that the technical and social audit of the municipal corporations will begin in the next 15 days. In the city to witness sewer cleaning work here today, he said 166 municipal corporations and councils were in debt. The funds generated, spent, works executed – […]
New Delhi : The World Health Organisation (WHO) today announced the Zika virus outbreak in India, reporting the first three laboratory confirmed cases of the disease, all from Ahmedabad in Gujarat. The WHO, however, did not recommend any travel or trade restriction and said the current evidence suggested low levels of transmission of the virus. […]
When on Friday afternoon we learnt of KPS Gill’s demise, my colleagues immediately contacted very many of his former colleagues with a request for an assessment of this man, who alone answered to the “supercop” moniker. A few agreed but quite a few declined, politely but clearly. It appeared that his detractors outnumbered his admirers. […]
Srinagar, May 28 : The authorities in Kashmir imposed curfew in parts of Srinagar and Pulwama district on Sunday to maintain law and order and prevent further protests over the killing of top Hizbul Mujahideen militant Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, who was buried today in his native Tral village. Spontaneous and widespread protests were witnessed in […]