Shimla summer Festival to begin tomorrow
The annual Shimla Summer festival will be start from Monday in Shimla. V.S. Kokje the Himachal Governor V.S. Kokje will inaugurate the festival at the historic Ridge Maidan.
Bollywood singer Javed Ali & Punjabi singers Hans Raj Hans & Mohit Chauhan would enthrall the audience during the five-day carnival.
Tarlochan Bawa hockey Olympian passes away
Tarlochan Bawa a hockey Olympian has passed away at his daughter’s residence at Ambala in Haryana on Thursday. He was 85 years old. Bawa, who was a member of the team under Balbir Singh which went on to win the gold Medal in the Olympics, held at London in 1948, had gone to Ambala to visit his daughter where he breathed his last.
He was born on February 12, 1923, at Lahore (Pakistan), he joined the Punjab Police as Assistant Sub-Inspector ….
UK introduced new points-based visa system on Tuesday
The persons who were willing to migrate to Britain will have to apply for visa under the new points-based system which comes into force in India from Tuesday. The point-based system-Tier 1 (PBS-TO), which covers highly skilled migrants, investors & graduate students, replaces the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme, the Entrepreneur & Investor schemes & the International Graduates.
The initial visa will be granted for three years. India, Britain’s most important market for highly skilled migrants, will be the first country where ….
Rajpal Singh out from Olympic qualifiers
Rajpal Singh & Prabhjot Singh
The surces said that the Olympic hockey team’s top forward player Rajpal Singh has decided to not to play in the tournament to be held at Santiago (Chile) from March 1. The Rajpal Singh said, “I have taken the decision to skip the Olympic qualifiers as I feel nothing was above
self respect”.
According to sources, the forward player Rajpal Singh had some differences with chief coach Joaquim Carvalho. The team returns ….