Every year in the month of January, India celebrates the Lohri. In addition to celebrating the crop harvest, Lohri marks the end of the winter season. The nation as a whole, but especially Punjab and Northern India, celebrate Lohri with great fervour and happiness.
The New Year has ushered in a glut of festivals, topping them is the popular harvest festival of Lohri. Celebrated across North India, particularly in Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi it is a joyous symbol of new energy in life, increasing mutual brotherhood, and the defeat of oppressors. Women we
Santokh Singh Chaudhary was walking along with Rahul Gandhi in the Bharat Jodo Yatra when he collapsed after suffering a heart attack this morning. The Yatra has been suspended for now.
Lohri brought the Deols, across different generations, together as veteran actor Dharmendra celebrated the harvest festival with his son Bobby Deol and grandsons at home.
On Thursday, Punjab CM Parvez Elahi signed the summary for the dissolution of the provincial assembly. "I Parvez Elahi, chief minister of Punjab, hereby advise you to dissolve the provincial assembly," he said in a brief one-line advice addressed to Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman, as quoted
The tender document, which the BCCI made available for purchase starting on January 3, has been purchased by a number of organisations besides the IPL clubs.
"We want to ask Punjab and the central governments why we farmers have to protest whenever there is a festival. Why are our demands not being met yet?, asked KMSC leader Sarwan Singh Pandayer.
According to a notification by the state government, all government and non-government offices, boards, corporations and government and private educational institutions of Sri Muktsar Sahib district will be closed on Saturday.
The ambulance drivers have threatened to go on a 72 hours strike demanding increment, starting of insurance cover and reducing the working hours of the emergency response team and reinstating the objectors.
SC directed that the order of the High Court, which held that a Muslim girl aged 15 years can enter into legal and valid marriage as per personal law, should not be relied on as a precedent in any other case.