Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 10,000 crore over the next five years in setting up city gas distribution networks in the cities for which it secured licences in the latest bidding round. BPCL won licences to retail CNG to automobiles and piped natural gas for cooking purposes in […]
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Punjab polls: All Cong candidates to accompany Rahul Gandhi to Golden Temple
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and all 117 party candidates in Punjab will pay obeisance at the Golden Temple and sit down for a langar on Thursday. Later in the day, Gandhi will address a virtual rally of the party from Jalandhar’s Mithapur.The Congress till now has announced 86 candidates and expected to declare other names […]
HC grants three-day protection to Majithia from arrest
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted a three-day protection from arrest to SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia for approaching the Supreme Court to challenge its order in which the anticipatory bail plea of the former minister had been dismissed. The court of Justice Lisa Gill on Monday had dismissed the anticipatory bail plea […]
Law & order: BJP leader demands red alert, central forces in Punjab
BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Tuesday demanded that a red alert should be sounded and central forces deployed in Punjab as he alleged that the state’s law and order has collapsed. The BJP leader said this pointing to the alleged sacrilege bids at the Kali temple in Patiala and Amritsar’s Golden Temple besides […]
Free power to households consuming 60 units per month in Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur announced free electricity to households who consume up to 60 units per month and slashed tariff for some other categories on 52nd Statehood Day on Tuesday. The decision has come in the election year as the state Assembly polls are scheduled to be held by year-end. Addressing a […]
Punjab polls: BSP declares remaining six candidates
The Bahujan Samaj Party on Tuesday released names of six remaining candidates for the February 20 Punjab Assembly polls. The Mayawati-led party has tied up with the Shiromani Akali Dal for the elections and contesting on 20 of 117 Assembly seats. According to the list of candidates released by the party, Dalbir Kaur will contest […]
Will quit politics if Channi govt gives any proof against Majithia: Sukhbir Badal
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday said he will quit politics if the Charanjit Singh Channi government brings any proof against his brother-in-law and Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia who has been booked in an NDPS case. Calling the case against Majithia as “false and highly politicised”, Badal warned that everyone responsible for implicating […]
Ex-CM of UP Kalyan Singh, Gen Rawat given Padma Vibhushan; Azad, Buddhadeb awarded Padma Bhushan
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Hindutva poster boy late Kalyan Singh, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and former West Bengal CM and CPI(M) leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee were selected on Tuesday for this year’s Padma awards.Singh and General Rawat who died in a helicopter crash […]
Pb polls: 12 nominations filed on first day
SAD candidates Jagmeet Singh Brar and Kanwarjit Singh and Congress nominee Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon were among 12 people who filed their nominations for the Punjab assembly polls on Tuesday. The process of the filling of papers began on Tuesday, Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju said. The nomination process will continue till February 1. The […]
Plea in SC seeks deferment of NEET-PG, 2022 scheduled on March 12
A plea was filed on Tuesday in the Supreme Court seeking postponement of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) scheduled on March 12 for admissions in post graduate medical courses, claiming that many MBBS graduates would not be able to take up the examination due to non-completion of mandatory internship period. The plea filed by six […]










