Lucknow, June 9 (IANS) The 24-year-old Abhishek Kumar of Panchkula carded an error-free five-under 65 to open up a two-shot lead after round one of the inaugural Rs 25 lakh DP World PGTI NexGen Vijay Kumar Memorial being played at Lucknow Golf Club.Abhishek, who started from the fifth hole in the shotgun format, made five birdies without dropping a shot to emerge as the sole leader. The Panchkula golfer currently occupies fourth place on the NexGen Order of Merit, having registered a victory at …
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Gandhinagar, June 5 (IANS) Gyanender Singh Malik, the newly appointed Director General and Inspector General of Police (DGP) of Gujarat, will lead the state’s police force, with a career spanning district policing, border security operations, intelligence assignments, international peacekeeping missions, and major administrative responsibilities. The state government on Saturday appointed Malik, a 1993-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Gujarat cadre, to the vacant post of Director…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) A tragic accident occurred when the wall of the Dayanand Crematorium on Lodhi Road collapsed during ongoing excavation work for a sewer line, leaving three workers trapped under the debris. One worker died on the spot, while two others sustained injuries and are currently undergoing treatment at a hospital. According to officials, the incident took place around 1:00 A.M. when workers were engaged in drain excavation work near the crematorium premises. The sudden collapse…
Faridabad, June 1 (IANS) The Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), in six years of launch on June 1, 2020, has ushered in positive change in the lives of lakhs of street vendors across the country, helping them recover after the pandemic and also making their small-scale ventures self-sustainable. In Haryana’s Faridabad and Karnal, a couple of street vendors shared their transformative journeys during the tumultuous era that followed COVID-19.Rajesh Kumar, a resident …
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The weather in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) changed dramatically on Saturday evening when rains accompanied by thunderstorms and strong winds swept across several areas, weather officials said.The rainfall has provided much-needed respite from the intense heat and humidity that had persisted over the past few days.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had already issued a yellow alert for Saturday.According to its latest forecast, weather across the NC…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Special Cell of the Delhi Police has busted a major module that planned attacks in the national capital and Mumbai. Officials said that they arrested nine persons who also had links with the Dawood Ibrahim syndicate. The arrested nine included persons from Mumbai and Delhi. Some were foreign nationals, too, officials said.Another official said that this is a major bust since these persons were planning high-value attacks. Among their targets were nuclear installation…
Chandigarh, May 29 (IANS) Taking a significant step toward ensuring better healthcare and a dignified life, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of nine major healthcare projects with an outlay of Rs 100 crore at a state-level event in Panchkula, near here. The Chief Minister inaugurated 30 health institutions constructed at a cost of Rs 22.29 crore and laid the foundation stones for 16 costing Rs 21.50 crore. In addition, he laid the foun…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Among a slew of measures to improve energy security in the country and decarbonise the road and highways sector, India is likely to bring a mandate on blending isobutanol with diesel as early as this year, Roads Transport and Highways Secretary V. Umashankar said on Friday.In his remarks at the CII Multimodal Transportation and Logistics Summit here, Umashankar said: “Blending of diesel has been looked into with great seriousness. Bharat Petroleum is already undertaking …
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Rain and thunderstorms brought much-needed relief from the intense heat across Delhi-NCR, and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast more wet and windy weather for the region on Friday. Since morning, the weather has remained pleasant and comfortable across several parts of the region. According to the weather department, Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad are expected to witness cloudy skies, intermittent rainfall, thunderstorms and strong w…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Investigations by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Faridabad terror module and the Red Fort blast case have revealed a larger plot for multiple bomb making factories and high-intensity blasts across India.The Faridabad module mainly comprising of doctors, is one of the most sophisticated terror modules that the country has ever seen. Had this module not been busted and 2,900 kilograms of fertiliser meant for bomb making not been seized, then…