A rationalisation exercise carried out by the Haryana Elementary Education Department has revealed that 487 government primary schools in the state are operating without a single teacher while 294 schools have no student enrolled during the current academic session. The...

The local police on Monday claimed that Congress worker Himani Narwal (29) was strangulated to death by her “friend” by using a wire of cell phone charger at her house in Vijay Nagar locality here on February 28. “The crime...

Efforts are on to identify the woman and nab her killers

Of the 11 accused in the case, five have been arrested

As many as 718 tourists, including seven foreigners, have been evacuated from the Spiti valley to Kinnaur in the past two days, according to Deputy Commissioner, Lahaul and Spiti, Rahul Kumar. These tourists were stranded in Spiti since February 26...

Isolated places and higher reaches of Chamba, Kullu, and Kinnaur districts recorded mild snowfall on Monday, the local Met office said. It issued an ‘orange’ warning for light to moderate snowfall at a few places, with one or two intense...

While Shimla city recorded 5 mm rainfall, places like Narkanda, Chopal and Dodra Kwar received snowfall of one to three inches

The Cabinet, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today, decided to create and fill 145 posts of different categories, including 66 in newly upgraded municipal corporations, three in newly upgraded municipal councils, 70 in newly created nagar...

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to restoring full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, stating that the administration is actively engaging with all stakeholders to facilitate this process. Addressing the first Budget Session of the J&K...

J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said today India and Pakistan came closer to resolving the Kashmir issue during the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government and he was not expecting a return to the situation in his lifetime. During obituary references to...

Opposition parties today criticised Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s Address during the Budget session which began on Monday. During a press conference here, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said it was being hoped that the L-G’s Address would reflect “difficulties and aspirations”...

The Jammu and Kashmir government is committed to strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions and urban local bodies by ensuring timely elections at all levels, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Monday. The Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Dedicated Backward Classes Commission,...

Speaker Vijender Gupta assured that all members will be given equal importance, regardless of party affiliation

Kumar, and others, are accused of fatally assaulting former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar in May 2021 over an alleged property dispute

Panel to prioritise examination of CAG report: Speaker

AAP councillors disrupt LoP Raja Iqbal Singh’s speech

The police had recovered 3 kg heroin and Rs 5 lakh of drug money, as well as vehicles used in the smuggling

Financial crisis surfaces as PMIDC has not granted funds to MC

People who came to the offices to register their properties were dismayed and inconvenienced, many having travelled from distant parts of the district

A meeting of the Kul Hind Kisan Sabha and the Vegetable Producers’ Organization was on Monday held at Nawan Pind near here. The purpose was to mobilise support for ‘pucca morcha’, the dharna scheduled to start from Chandigarh on March...

The Youth Football Club (YFC), Rurka Kalan, in partnership with the Generation Amazing Foundation, a FIFA World Cup 2022 sponsor, has launched a state-of-the-art multi-sports complex in Rurka Kalan to promote grassroots sports development. The facility aims to nurture young...

The Kapurthala police on Monday constituted a three-member special investigation team (SIT) to investigate sexual harassment charges levelled by a woman against 43-year-old pastor Bajinder Singh. The team will be headed by Phagwara Superintendent of Police Roopinder Kaur. It includes...

The Jalandhar Commissionerate Police has arrested a man involved in multiple thefts and recovered Rs 70,000 of stolen money. The arrest was made under the supervision of Commissioner of Police Dhanpreet Kaur by the Division No. 2 police team. The...

The formal opening ceremony of the 1st All-India Police Kabaddi Cluster was held today at the PAP headquarters in Jalandhar. As many as 1,370 players from 29 teams across the country are participating in kho kho, fencing, gymnastics and kabaddi....

Vows to nurture, strengthen MSMEs, says India committed towards reforms, financial discipline, transparency, inclusive growth

New Khanna woman SSP leads charge, 18 properties worth Rs 8 crore seized

Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal on Monday asked additional deputy commissioners (ADCs) and sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs) to launch a comprehensive awareness campaign against drug abuse in their respective areas, in collaboration with their police counterparts. “The goal is to eradicate drug...

In Jagraon, a youth died of suspected drug overdose while allegedly injecting drugs into his arm on Monday. As per information, this morning, a young man was found dead in an old well room located along the main gate of...

An official spokesperson of the Bureau said the personnel have been arrested based on a complaint lodged by a woman of Barnala city

Event featured a wide array of performances, ranging from music and dance to art

Held in the memory of Vijay Goel, 79, an alumnus of 1962-66 batch of Mechanical Engineering

Two fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Mar 2, 1931-Aug 30, 2022)

Radioactivity discovered (March 1, 1896)

National Science Day (Feb 28)

Feb 27, 2002

This is a massive work, and one that will encourage readers to read more Indian fiction, more translations

The novel isn’t an easy read and can be unsettling like the jerks and whistles of a moving train

The book is for MostlySane’s 17 million followers on social media

The present volume, edited by Atamjit and Harbhajan Singh Bhatia, introduces to readers of English selected texts of Punjabi literature

Siddharth and Garima, screenwriters and lyricists behind hits such as ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela’, ‘Padmaavat’ and ‘Kabir Singh’, on their first-ever Punjabi film

An admirer of Begum Akhtar, Malini Awasthi — who was in Amritsar to perform at the third edition of Sacred Amritsar festival — says the literary richness of the ghazal singer’s renditions elevated Urdu language

In Amritsar to perform at the Sacred Amritsar festival, Kalapini Komkali shares Kumar Gandharva’s vision for audience interaction

Famous for gems like ‘Rangi Saari Gulabi Chunariya’, thumri doyenne Shobha Gurtu’s birth centenary celebrations record her unique contribution to music

An architectural travel book on Chandigarh sets out to chart an insightful engagement with visitors and those curious enough

Bibury in England, with its stone cottages, is a crowd-puller, and not without reason

One of the greatest mountaineers of the 20th century, Frank S Smythe was also a celebrated memoirist and adventure writer. ‘The Great Himalayan Ascents’ brings together three accounts of his most thrilling ascents. The Kangchenjunga Adventure narrates in detail the...

I sheepishly ask our guide Pham Linh if she has heard ‘Cause I’m still in Saigon…!’, the hit Charlie Daniels song. “We don’t shy away from our past,” she smiles, as she hands me ca phe sua da, the must-have...

The complex in Udoke village of Sultanpur Lodhi proudly affirms its affective relation with Guru Nanak

Said to be Asia’s largest, the Kumaramangalam Artillery Museum in Nashik is a big draw

Pista-crusted mutton chops would have easily found a place in any princely dastarkhwan

I was sipping my morning Darjeeling tea recently when the aroma of the light golden liquid did a slow waltz up my nostrils and reminded me of a visit to a special tea salon several years back. The boutique was...

Pista-crusted mutton chops would have easily found a place in any princely dastarkhwan

I was sipping my morning Darjeeling tea recently when the aroma of the light golden liquid did a slow waltz up my nostrils and reminded me of a visit to a special tea salon several years back. The boutique was...

The recipe of the unusual moong dal ki rasmalai is simple to follow

Apart from the usual dishes like aloo matar, there are some interesting recipes in which peas play the main role

Credit for raising awareness in our natural world must be given to the British

The stories around both these landmarks have passed into urban legend

The spiritual and ascetic in Hinduism has been replaced with the commercial and extravagant

Scientific thinking and scientific living free us from having to carry the unwanted and unnecessary burden of socially imposed fears and dictates

As per the study, already almost half the world's adults -- a billion men and over a billion women aged 25 years and above -- were overweight and obese in 2021

76 per cent of the patients with sleep spindles and cognitive motor dissociation showed evidence of consciousness by the time they were discharged from hospital, find researchers

Several studies conducted over the last decade have found that up to a quarter of unresponsive patients with recent brain injuries may have a level of consciousness that is generally hidden from their families and physicians.

THE book ‘Real Donors: An Insight of Society & Legislation on Organ Donation’ brings forward courageous stories about the selflessness of organ donors and their families. Written with an aim to raise awareness about this cause, the book also provides...