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India and France sign Rs.63K-cr Rafale M deal

New Delhi, April 29 -- India on Monday signed a Rs.63,000 crore deal with France to buy 26 Rafale Marine aircraft for the navy which will operate them from its two aircraft carriers, with deliveries e... Read More


Admn to finally start work on auditorium, convention centre

Chandigarh, April 29 -- Six years after the plan was approved, the UT administration is finally set to begin work on the auditorium block and convention centre at Beant Singh Memorial Centre in Sector... Read More


corruption case: CHB staffer gets 4-year jail

Chandigarh, April 29 -- The court of additional district judge Ashwini Kumar on Monday sentenced a former senior assistant of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) to four years imprisonment in a corrupt... Read More


Tourists behind Morni fire to face action under Forest Act

Panchkula, April 29 -- A day after a forest fire was triggered after some tourists tossed a burning cigarette into dry pine needles in the Morni protected forest area, the forest department has decide... Read More


MC proposes new Act to bring more buildings under fire safety regulations

Chandigarh, April 29 -- In a move to bring more buildings under fire safety regulations, the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) is proposing the adoption of a new Fire Safety Act, making fire safet... Read More


India adds to military might since 2019 Balakot airstrikes

Srinagar, April 29 -- India has multiplied its offensive capabilities since the 2019 Balakot airstrikes in Pakistan, and during the border standoff with China, and the new weapons and systems it has m... Read More


India outspends Pak 9:1 as arms race speeds up

New Delhi, April 29 -- India's military spending in 2024 was nearly nine times that of Pakistan and the fifth highest in the world in a year that saw global spending on arms register the fastest incre... Read More


Row as farmer leader Naresh Tikait flays suspension of Indus treaty

Meerut, April 29 -- Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) president Naresh Tikait on Monday criticised the Centre's decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, saying it would affect the common p... Read More


Op Black Thunder-1: Power of persistent persuasion

India, April 29 -- April 29, 1986, was a defining day in the volcanic decade of the '80s in Punjab. After the death of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a five-member Panthic Committee, an underground milit... Read More


Attari-Wagah closure to hit dry fruit imports from Afghanistan

Amritsar, April 29 -- The closure of Attari border amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack is likely to affect imports of dry fruits, including almonds... Read More