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Towards the end of the 1971 India-Pakistan war, as our battalion formed up to march back, a sense of pride filled our hearts. Spring was in the air in the first week of March 1972 when we withdrew our forces from Pakistan after almost three months. The first week of December 1971 saw us on the outskirts of Shakargarh in Pakistan. For more than 24 […]

Given the frightening situation regarding the surging pandemic, it is difficult to think or write of anything else. News comes daily about close family and friends who have been infected and their nightmarish experiences in locating a hospital bed, or even a clinic to get their Covid tests done. Worse, the mutant strains in this round sometimes […]

Tribune News ServiceShimla, April 17 Anil Kumar Khachi, Chief Secretary (CS), today instructed the agriculture, horticulture and allied departments to prepare district-level action plans to tackle the drought-like situation in the state. At a video-conference with DCs, he instructed the Agriculture Department to prepare a database on weather and […]

Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, April 17 The country's cyber security agency CERT-In has cautioned WhatsApp users about certain vulnerabilities detected in the popular instant messaging app that could lead to breach of sensitive information. A "high" severity rating advisory issued by the CERT-In or the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team […]

Galsi (WB), April 17 A day after a purported audio tape in which she is heard proposing a rally with the bodies of Cooch Behar firing victims surfaced, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleged her phone was being tapped. Addressing a rally, she accused the BJP of being involved in the conspiracy as it "cannot match" the ruling Trinamool's […]

Mukesh TandonTribune News ServiceSonepat, April 17 The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) is likely to defer by a month its march to Parliament that the umbrella body comprising protesting farm unions from Punjab and Haryana had planned in the first half of May. The SKM, spearheading the protests against the three central farm laws, held discussions on […]

Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, April 17 Four Sikhs, including three women, were among eight people killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis in Indiana. This was the worst attack on Indian-origin people in the US since the Oak Creek Gurdwara shooting in Wisconsin on August 5, 2012. The victims were identified as Amarjeet […]

Chandigarh, April 17 Amid an increase in Covid-19 cases and reports of Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha testing positive for the virus, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today suspended physical hearing of cases. The High Court also made it clear that the District and Sessions Judges across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh would take a call on the […]

Tribune News ServiceChandigarh, April 17 The second Covid wave seems to be proving worst for Punjab, which witnessed nearly 1,600 virus-related deaths in the last one month. Besides, 87,658 cases have been reported since March 17. Despite such a large number of cases, the number of deaths is almost half as compare to September last year when the […]

New Delhi, April 17 The Congress Working Committee today charged the Centre with "colossal mismanagement of the pandemic" and sought the lowering of eligibility age for vaccinations from 45 to 25 years. Leading the offensive, Congress president Sonia Gandhi accused the Centre of "preferential treatment to some states". She said the Centre must […]