Braving their own tragedy, the family expressed willingness to donate organs of Captain Kumar. His wife, Gurmeet Kaur, consented for organ donation, following which, his kidneys and cornea were harvested for transplantation.

They are among 282 athletes from India, who will take part in games such as roller skating, judo, athletics, basketball and cycling.

Once famous for hosting protests, Matka Chowk fell on hard times over past two years as was evident from its shabby state.

The route will be elevated and include three stations: Chinchwad, Akurdi and Nigdi. The estimated cost of the extension of the route is Rs 1,048.22 crore.

It will be the 25th ODI to be hosted by the Punjab Cricket Association and while Punjab has put six border districts in the state on high alert since Tuesday, PCA officials say they will adhere to what the state government and central government decide in the coming days.

The policy suggests introducing the “concept of congestion pricing” in “sector 17, 22, 35, 43, high density commercial markets along V1, V2, V3, V4 roads, Industrial area phase I and II.”

Over Forty-seven years ago, on December 13, 1971, an announcement was made on a Pakistani radio channel that they had “captured” his brother IAF Wing Commander Hersern Singh Gill (38) during the then ongoing war. Wing Commander Gill never came back.

At the time of booking of the cab, Ravi Kumar’s Ola mobile application showed that after discount, he has to pay Rs 22 for the ride. However, the company charged a sum of Rs 77.55 instead.

Sidharth Vashisht has recently celebrated the birthday of his 2-yr-old son at his family home in Chandigarh; most of his family members served in the armed forces, including his wife and father.

Though back then, Jalandhar’s Mangal Singh — who was Naik in Indian Army in 1971 — and Amritsar’s Sepoy Ram Das had been declared martyrs by Indian government, after 41 years in 2012, the families came to know that both of them are alive and lodged in Kot Lakhpat jail in Pakistan.

The former Army chief had entered politics in 2017 and contested Assembly polls from Patiala on a Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) ticket against Capt Amarinder Singh.

Cabinet Ministers Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria said that a 7-km long channel would be constructed to carry through this water to put it put in Kalanaur-Ramdas Canal System to further utilize to irrigate 1 lakh acre of land already devoid of irrigation facilities.

This meeting is held alternately at BSF and Pak rangers’ checkposts. BSF sources said Pak rangers had sent information late Tuesday evening that the meeting, to be held by them this time, had been cancelled.

The Basic Siksha Adhikari (BSA) has setup a three-member inquiry committee to investigate the matter.

Two deaths each were reported in Bareilly, Saharanpur and Baghpat, while on case each has been reported in Lucknow, Prayagraj, Rae Bareli, Rampur and Kushinagar.

An official of Health Department said that all government-run hospitals and medical colleges have been asked to be brace up for an eventuality and ensure availability of all medicines and surgical equipments.

The men from Jasaipur village of Banda district were working as fishermen in Gujarat and were arrested for crossing over to Pakistan’s waters in 2017

Sources said that apart from their local issues, both the allies were looking for a decent share of seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The award ceremony will be conducted on Thursday, as part of the inauguration of Swarasagar Cultural Festival, organised by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Social Trust.

Flights operations were declared as ‘resumed’ in the afternoon, but on the ground the last flight that take off from Amritsar was of an Air India flight for Delhi at 11 am, and after that no flight landed or took off from Amritsar through the day.

While a decision on seat-sharing between the political party and the opposition alliance would be taken late on Wednesday, it is almost certain that they will contest the elections together, said sources.

Tenders for the parking policy will be floated in the next three to four days, but it will be opened only after the election code of conduct is lifted, Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar said.

Before leaving for Jalandhar, Amarinder also reviewed security arrangements with officials of the Chief Minister’s Office, Home Department and the DGP. A decision was taken that the government would not order evacuation of villages at the border yet.

“We need more surveys to understand what fraction of trained scientific women power we are losing and why,” Prof Godbole tells The Indian Express in an interview