Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday presented a Rs 78,800 crore budget in the Delhi Assembly for the financial year 2023-24.The Delhi government’s budget size for 2022-23 was Rs 75,800 crore and Rs 69,000 crore in the previous year. This was the first time that Gahlot presented the budget after getting charge of the finance […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to constitute a special bench to hear a plea by Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped during the 2002 Gujarat riots, against the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the case.A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala assured Bano, represented through her […]
Strong earthquake tremors were felt in northern India including the Delhi-NCR region. Panic-stricken people rushed out of buildings as the earthquake struck around 10.20 pm and was also felt in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. People in Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh and towns across Punjab moved out of buildings after they felt tremors. According to reports, the earthquake […]
The Toyota Hilux Adventure Campaign ended at its last stop Kalpa, today. An adventurous and exciting journey, which started from Chandigarh, witnessed every moment full of possibilities and interesting situations. The Hilux has left the owners with the experience of a lifetime. As the temperature decreased, the spirits of the participants also increased. Each be […]
Radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s uncle Harjit Singh was brought to Assam by the Punjab Police on Tuesday morning, a senior official said.Harjit Singh, who was moved to the Dibrugarh jail by road from Guwahati, is the fifth person linked to Amritpal’s ‘Waris Punjab De’ (WPD) to be brought to the northeastern state, he said. A […]
The UK government will take the security of the Indian High Commission here “seriously”, top British officials have said as they condemned as “disgraceful” and “completely unacceptable” the vandalism at the mission by a group of protesters waving separatist Khalistani flags.The Tricolour flying atop the Indian High Commission was grabbed at by the protesters chanting […]
Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2pm on Monday amid ruckus in the House over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s democracy remarks.As soon as the proceedings started, members of the treasury benches began raising the issue. Opposition members, including those from the Congress, also began shouting slogans demanding a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the […]
The Punjab government has further extended the suspension of Internet services in the state till noon of March 21.Internet services were suspended in the state on March 18 till March 19 noon following police crackdown on ‘Waris Punjab De’ head Amritpal Singh and his supporters. The suspension was later extended till March 20 noon.
‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh’s uncle and driver have surrendered before the police in Jalandhar while Amritpal is still on the run, police said on Monday.Amritpal’s uncle Harjit Singh and driver Harpreet Singh surrendered near a gurdwara in Mehatpur area in Jalandhar on Sunday night, Jalandhar Senior Superintendent of Police (Rural) Swarandeep Singh said. […]
Congress leaders have criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government following Delhi Police’s arrival at Rahul Gandhi’s 12, Tughlaq Lane residence over a case related to his speech during Bharat Jodo Yatra. Delhi Police earlier sent notice to the Wayanad MP seeking information on the speech he made over ‘sexual harassment’ victims during the […]