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Mumbai | This week, there has been an increase in the prices of gold and silver. According to the website of India Bullion and Jewellers Association, last Saturday, i.e. on November 16, gold was at Rs 73,739, which has now reached Rs 77,787 per 10 grams ,November 23. That is, its price has increased by Rs 4,048 this week. #subhead1 Talking about silver, it was at Rs 87,103 last Saturday, which has now reached Rs 90,850 per kg. Thus, its price has increased by Rs 3,747 this week. On October 23, silver had made an all-time high of Rs 99,151…

Chandigarh | A day after Mayor Kuldeep Kumar withdrew the proposal to increase the municipal cess on electricity, the MC has now proposed to increase the rates of tertiary treated water in the city. The agenda will be tabled in the MC General House meeting to be held tomorrow for discussion and approval. Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria will attend the meeting. According to the Chandigarh Water Supply Bylaws, the use of tertiary treated water is compulsory in all houses/institutions having area of one kanal and above. The bylaws make connections of tertiary treated water compulsory within…

Chandigarh | The Chandigarh Administration has declared a restricted holiday on December 6 in all Government Offices, Boards, Corporations, and Institutions, including Industrial Establishments on account of the martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur instead of November 24, 2024.

Chandigarh | The 12th Edition of Chandigarh Lit Fest Literati-2024 being organised by the Chandigarh Literary Society commenced with an inaugural musical evening - 'Aaghaaz: Shaam-E-Ghazal’ featuring renowned artist Kanwar Jagmohan at Rani Laxmi Bai Bhawan, Sector 38, Chandigarh.  The evening  was organised by CLS in collaboration with Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi . The superlative rendition of ghazals by Kanwar Jagmohan regaled the audience.  Dr Sumita Misra, IAS, Festival Director of CLF Literati-2024 and Chairperson of CLS said, The musical evening was a precursor to the literary action which 'CLF Literati 2024' will showcase on November 23 -24 at Chandigarh Lake Club. The…

Mumbai | Co-founder Binny Bansal has resigned from the board of e-commerce giant Flipkart's payment company PhonePe. Binny Bansal has taken this decision almost 10 months after stepping down from the board of Flipkart. Binny Bansal left Flipkart in January this year citing conflict of interest after launching his new venture Oppador. He was on the PhonePe board since 2016, when Flipkart Group acquired the payments firm. I express my heartfelt gratitude to Binny Bansal: PhonePe CEO PhonePe Chief Executive Officer and Founder Sameer Nigam said, 'I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Binny Bansal for being one…

Barnala | It’s a definite win for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party at three of the four assembly seats in Punjab where bypolls were held on November 20. As the counting entered its final stage, the ruling party were already celebrating the leads in Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal and Gidderbaha, with Congress candidates in these former Congress strongholds trailing behind. The open support extended by Akali workers to the AAP candidates in both Dera Baba Nanak and Gidderbaha has helped the candidates lead in both places. However, the party seems set to lose its own citadel of Barnala, where Congress…

Barnala | Congress candidate Kuldeep Singh Dhillon won the Barnala assembly segment, defeating AAP’s Harinder Singh Dhaliwal by 2,157 votes, said officials. Congress candidate Kuldeep Singh Dhillon won the Barnala assembly segment on Saturday, defeating AAP’s Harinder Singh Dhaliwal by 2,157 votes. In the multi-cornered contest, Dhillon secured 28,254 votes, while Dhaliwal got 26,097 votes. BJP candidate Kewal Singh Dhillon secured 17,958 votes, while AAP rebel and Independent candidate Gurdeep Singh Batth secured 16,899 votes. Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) candidate Govind Singh Sandhu got 7,900 votes. Bypolls to Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal (SC) and Barnala took place on November…

Punjab | Aam Aadmi Party candidate Dr Ishank Kumar Chabbewal won the Chabbewal assembly seat in Punjab on Saturday, defeating his nearest rival and Congress nominee Ranjit Kumar by 28,690 votes, according to officials. AAP’ s victorious candidate Ishank Kumar getting the winner certificate from the returning officer at Chabbewal on Saturday. Dr Ishank Kumar polled 51,904 votes and Ranjit Kumar got 23,214 votes. The BJP’s Sohan Singh Thandal was a distant third with 8,692 votes, Election Commission data showed. The Chabbewal bypoll was necessitated after Dr Ishank Kumar’s father Raj Kumar Chabbewal, who was a Congress MLA but later…

Bathinda | Hundreds of farmers clashed with police personnel in Punjab's Bathinda over compensation for the land acquired by the government under the Bharatmala project. The Bharatmala is a highway development project aimed at improving the efficiency of freight and passenger movement across the country. The farmers gathered in Maisar Khana village of Bathinda under the leadership of Bharatiya Kisan Union Ekta Upagraha, alleging that they were not paid the right amount of compensation as promised in lieu of the land acquired by the government for the mega infrastructure project. A large group of farmers from Sangrur also broke down…

Imphal | The Centre dispatched 20 more companies of paramilitary forces to Manipur in the wake of the recent surge in violence in the state, officials said. The 20 companies comprising 20,000 additional paramilitary personnel have been dispatched to the strife-stricken state days after 50 such companies were sent to Manipur after a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Today, we had a security review meeting, and in this meeting, we reviewed the security of all the districts and Imphal city. During the meeting, Army, police, CRPF, BSF, ITBP officials were present. Whatever problems come up, we are all…