One person was injured today in a mild explosion outside a Gurdwara at Kot Khalsa locality in the city, triggering panic among people. Confirming the incident, ADCP Punjab Police Mohan Lal said the incident occurred when a priest set a pile of dry leaves on fire. The priest, who was injured in the incident, was [...]
The Supreme Court said unattached members of a legislative assembly or Parliament are entitled to vote and cannot be prevented from voting. “Unattached members can vote. There is nothing which prevents them from voting”, a bench of justices Altamas Kabir and J Chelameshwar said while dealing with the Haryana Assembly Speaker’s petition challenging the High [...]
Four modules of Sikh separatist group Babbar Khalsa International, arrested for planning to target religious figures, were today sentenced to imprisonment already undergone after they pleaded guilty for being member of the banned outfit. A sessions court convicted Kulwinder Singh, Jaswant Singh, Bikkar Singh and Surender Singh under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention [...]
The Himachal Pradesh cabinet led by P K Dhumal would be expanded tomorrow with the induction of state BJP chief Khimi Ram to fill the lone vacant berth. Khimi Ram has already resigned as state party president after the BJP central leadership appointed Satpal Singh Satti as new party chief who would formally takeover on [...]
The Budget Session of the Haryana Assembly will begin here tomorrow with the Governor’s address. The session, which is likely to be of over two-week duration, will see presentation of the budget on March 5, official sources said. The Assembly, which has a total strength of 90 members, would discuss the Governor’s address on February [...]
An employee of a diary farm was today robbed of Rs 7 lakh by two motorcycle-borne men here, police said. The robbery took place at Dashmesh Nagar near Gill Road when Rajesh Kumar was returning to the dairy farm, where he was an employee, located in Dashmesh Nagar after withdrawing Rs 7 lakh cash from [...]
People in Central, South and East Delhi can now expect passport services in a comfortable environment as a swanky facility will be commissioned tomorrow near ITO aiming at timely, transparent and reliable delivery of services to the citizens. The Passport Seva Kendra (PSK), set up at the Herald House, will have a transparent and citizen-friendly [...]
The Haryana government today announced to increase the minimum wage of an unskilled worker to Rs 186 per day and that of highly skilled to Rs 211.42 per day in the state. The decision to increase the minimum wages would benefit about 7.5 lakh labourers working in about 11,500 small and big factories, Chief Minister [...]
Three persons were killed while one sustained critical injuries when a roadways bus crashed into an auto rickshaw near Ramnagar village in Bhiwani early this morning. As per witnesses the speeding bus hit into the rear side of the auto which overturned on the road leading to the death of three passengers on the spot. [...]
Landslides triggered by heavy rain in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir forced the 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway to be closed for vehicular traffic today. “The highway is closed for the vehicular traffic due to fresh landslides at three places enroute the highway in Ramban district,” police said here. The highway is the only surface [...]
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