Month: December 2017

Shimla district gears up to adopt fire safety measures

Learning lessons from the recent fire tragedy in Mumbai, the Shimla district administration has geared up to take fire safety measures in Shimla. In a written communiqué to the Chief Fire Officer, Shimla and Municipal Corporation Shimla, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shimla, Rohan Chand Thakur has directed them to begin the exercise in coordination, to immediately...

December 31, 2017

War against drugs to continue in J-K: DGP

Declaring that war against the menace of drug smuggling and abuse will continue, the J&K Director General of Police SP Vaid on Sunday said that 1213 drug peddlers have been arrested and more than 314 kgs of heroin and charas seized in the state this year. Vaid, who was talking to media persons in Srinagar...

December 31, 2017

Haryana Guv, CM greet people on New Year’s Eve

Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki and Chief Minister ManoharLalKhattar on Sunday greeted the people of the state on the eve of the New Year and wished for their well-being and prosperity. Extending his heartiest greetings and best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year to the people of Haryana, Solanki said, “The dawn of...

December 31, 2017

Co-op mills in Haryana produce over 10 lakh quintals of sugar

The Co-operative sugar mills in Haryana have crushed 117.91 Lakh quintal of sugarcane and produced over 10.54 Lakh quintals of sugar so far during the ongoing crushing season. An official spokesperson said that cooperative sugar mill Shahabad has so far crushed a maximum of 20.72 Lakh quintals of sugarcane and has produced over 1.96 Lakh...

December 31, 2017

Punjab to have fire safety training centre

Punjab government will soon have a fire safety training centre, which will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. The Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Sunday that a plan amounting Rs 500 crore has been submitted to the Directorate General of Fire Services and Civil Defence, aimed at transforming the fire services sector in...

December 31, 2017

Gone: A Little Girl

The day had finally arrived. We had talked for months about my daughter’s wedding and prepared for it. There was a sense of anticipation and excitement. The event, for which we had been getting ready for months, was now taking place. The guests had come. The flowers were in place. The chapel looked imposing yet...

December 31, 2017

Rohingyas and disturbing fallouts

In a significant statement issued recently on the ongoing Rohingya crisis, UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee (entry to Myanmar banned by the authorities) singled out Russia and China for their alleged failure to prevail upon Myanmar to stop the military crackdown on the Rohingyas. These two countries also came under scathing attack for restraint in...

December 31, 2017

Strife over Jerusalem

‘Abrahamic religions’ such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam cover more than half of the world’s population. Adherents of these monotheistic faiths believe in the prophet Abraham as their common forefather. Abraham (Avraham in Hebrew) is believed to be the patriarch of the ‘Israe­lites’ in Judaism (through his descendants Issac and Jacob), in Christianity he is...

December 31, 2017

Pollution threat

With barely a fortnight to go for the Ganga Sagar mela ~ when Kolkata’s Maidan becomes particularly vulnerable to pollution with open-air choolahs and belching trucks ~ the Centre for Science and Environment has advanced a very timely caveat. The note of caution is still more important when contextualised with the mess over the Christmas...

December 31, 2017

An unhappy Army?

Unflattering information on the internal “atmosphere” in the armed services is seldom made public: the bad-for-morale argument serves to keep things under wraps. Yet occasionally the responses to questions in Parliament rupture the veil of secrecy, and it has just been admitted that “physical casualties” ~ the preferred euphemism for suicides, fratricides and traffic accidents...

December 31, 2017

NRI groom dies in celebratory firing in Haryana

A wedding turned tragic in Haryana, as the groom was killed in celebratory firing in Kaithal district on late Saturday night. The incident took place at Guhla town when 36-year-old Vikramjit Singh, a Non-Residential Indian (NRI), was celebrating his wedding function. The celebratory bullets fired by a family member, hit the groom and one another...

December 31, 2017

21-year-old golfer stabbed to death in Haryana

A 21-year-old athlete was allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in Karnal district of Haryana. The deceased has been identified as Sandeep Kumar, a resident of Birchpur village of the district. His stabbed body was recovered from golf ground of Haryana Police academy in Madhuban. As per the family members, the deceased used to...

December 31, 2017

Top 5 fashion accessories of 2017

From headgears to belts and handbags, we saw a variety of fashion accessories in the market.

December 31, 2017

Want to know where the B-town celebs are celebrating New Year? see pics

2017 is just few hours away before we bid a final adieu to the year and kick-start 2018. But ever wonder where are B-town’s most popular stars headed to for their New Year Eve’s celebration? From Disha Patani to Katrina Kaif, check out where the celebs are partying with their loved ones before the final...

December 31, 2017

5 best-dressed B-Town celebs of 2017

The wardrobes of celebs are constant roller coaster of style. Here are top 5 best dressed actresses of 2017 1. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Happy Birthday to the super stunning Queen of Bollywood AISHWARYA RAI…she is wearing a magnificent Michael Cinco ball gown at the Cannes Film Festival last May… @sayed5inco @stylepr @asiancouturefederation @couturissimo @_aishwaryaraibachchan #couture...

December 31, 2017

J-K CM Mehbooba condemns attack on CRPF camp

Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, has condemned the killing of CRPF jawans, including an officer, in a midnight attack at a CRPF training centre at Lethpora in Pulwama district on Sunday. Four CRPF troopers and three militants were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday after guerrillas attacked a CRPF...

December 31, 2017

SRK to announce Aanand L Rai film’s title on New Year’s Day

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has his New Year’s Day treat ready for his fans. He will announce the title of Aanand L Rai’s film on Monday. The movie, which will see Shah Rukh in a never-seen-before avatar — reportedly as a dwarf — also features Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif. Shah Rukh and Rai engaged...

December 31, 2017