The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday opposed in the Supreme Court the bail plea of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son, who is one of the accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.Additional Advocate General for Uttar Pradesh Garima Prashad told a bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice JK Maheshwari that the crime is […]
Punjab Congress leader and former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal quit the party on Wednesday and blamed its top brass for factionalism. The development came a day after Rahul Gandhi’s-led Bharat Jodo Yatra crossed Punjab yesterday and entered Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday morning.In a letter addressed to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Manpreet Badal wrote that […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on the vexatious Centre-Delhi government row over control of services in the national capital. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud heard Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advocate AM Singhvi for the central and the Delhi government respectively for almost four-and-a-half days before […]
The Election Commission will announce the schedule of assembly polls in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland on Wednesday afternoon.The poll panel has convened a press conference at 2.30pm here for the purpose. The term of the three assemblies is ending on different dates in March.While the term of the Nagaland assembly ends on March 12, the […]
Punjab Chief Minister on Tuesday ordered closing of Zira factory in Ferozepur. Bhagwant Mann said: “No one will be allowed to spoil the air of Punjab… Therefore, after consulting legal experts, a big decision has been taken in public interest… I have issued orders to close the Zeera Liquor Factory and in the future even […]
Panjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Raj Kumar has resigned from the office.The Chancellor and Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankar has appointed Renu Vig, DUI, to discharge the functions of the VC from January 16, 2023 onwards, till further orders. The VC had a tumultuous tenure that saw several run-ins with Panjab University Teachers Association as […]
A 72-seater passenger aircraft crashed on the runway at Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, news agency ANI reported. The Yeti Airlines which flew to Pokhara from Kathmandu crashed in Pokhara of Kaski district, Kathmandu Post reported. A total of 68 passengers and four crew members were on board the aircraft. It crashed crashed between the […]
Congress MP from Jalandhar Santokh Singh Chaudhary died on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest during Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab. He was 76. Leader of Opposition in the Punjab assembly Partap Singh Bajwa said that Chaudhary was walking along with a fellow MP from Kerala and suddenly collapsed. Cremation of MP Chaudhary […]
Officials of the Ropar wildlife department have nabbed four people for allegedly hunting down a barking deer around 3 am near Anandpur Sahib. The suspects include Angad Singh, a resident of Sector 9, Chandigarh, and a hunter Balraj Ghumman from Patiala, confirmed various reports. The divisional forest officer, Kulraj Singh, said their two guns would […]
The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released satellite images of Joshimath and a preliminary report on land subsidence which shows that the entire town may sink.The pictures are taken from the Cartosat-2S satellite. Hyderabad-based NRSC has released the satellite images of areas that are sinking.In images, the […]