The Punjab government has told the high court that granting frequent parole to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two disciples, may lead to law and order problems in the state.The Punjab government’s response to a Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) petition against giving […]
India has slammed Pakistan on the issue of religious freedom of minorities at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Using its right to reply, India’s representative Seema Pujani slammed her Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar saying, “No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakistan today. The Ahmadiya community continues to […]
In a big boost for the local badminton players, the Chandigarh Badminton Association (CBA) and badminton clubs of Czech Republic signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for players’ trainning exchange programmes. Dufek Bohumil, forrmer president, Czech Republic Badminton Association, along with Bojan Sekereš, from Badminton Klub Mladost Lendava, Slovenisla, signed an MoU with Surinder Mahajan, […]
There was no twist in the tale as Australia turned the tables on India with an emphatic nine-wicket win in the third Test on a track that offered wicked turn and variable bounce, confirming their place in the World Test Championship (WTC) final, here Friday.Travis Head (49 not out) and Marnus Labuschagne (28 not out) […]
The Quad grouping of India, the US, Japan and Australia has decided to sharpen focus on counter-terrorism even as a joint statement avoided mentioning Russia and took no stand on the Ukraine conflict though it condemned North Korea’s ballistic missile launches. On its main remit of the Indo-Pacific maritime domain, a meeting of Quad Foreign […]
Monthly inflation jumped to 31.6% in February year-on-year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said. The monthly inflation is measured by a basket of products called the Consumer Price Index (CPI). In February, prices rose at the fastest pace ever in Pakistan’s history, data showed which comes as food and transport costs drove up inflation to a […]
A fresh row began over Rahul Gandhi’s speech at Cambridge University where he tore into the BJP government and PM Modi as he said Indian democracy is under attack. The lecture was delivered on Wednesday but the full video of the speech was uploaded on Friday following which BJP leaders condemned the Congress MP. As […]
The counting of votes for Assembly polls in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland has begun. BJP gained in Tripura and Nagaland in early trends. In Meghalaya, the BJPs estranged ally Conrad Sangma’s NPP is leading. Exit polls had predicted NDA win in Tripura and Nagaland and a hung Assembly in Meghalaya. CM Conrad Sangma-led NPP is […]
Artisans from all over India of the Gramin Hastkala Vikas Samiti have come to Chandigarh to exhibit their Traditional, Lifestyle, Summer : Silk & Cotton products in order to start off the Summer season, with the theme, ‘Silk & Cotton Fab of India’. The Gramin Hastkala Vikas Samiti founded by a group of artisans, designers, […]
Australia Live Score 3rd Test, Day 1: India find themselves in a spot of bother after opting to bat first in the third Test against Australia in Indore on Wednesday. The hosts lost seven wickets in the opening session and mustered 84 runs before umpires called for Lunch. The proceedings started with Matt Kuhnemann removing […]