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Tewari asks Centre to create clear plan to prevent pollution

Chandigarh, Feb. 10 -- Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari on Monday raised the issue of air quality and the government's strategy to prevent air pollution in the Lok Sabha. MP Tewari asked the Union minister... Read More


RS member Satnam Sandhu introduces 3 Bills in House

Chandigarh, Feb. 10 -- Rajya Sabha member Satnam Singh Sandhu has introduced three private member's bills in Parliament proposing three statutory authorities - National Agricultural Risk Insurance Aut... Read More


5-time Prez gallantry medal awardee Brar promoted as SP

Chandigarh, Feb. 10 -- Punjab Police encounter specialist and anti-gangster task force (AGTF) officer Bikramjit Singh Brar, PPS, was on Monday promoted to the rank of superintendent of police (SP). A ... Read More


Punjab in wait-and-watch mode

Chandigarh, Feb. 10 -- The Supreme Court directive empowering the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to take action against states delaying the appointment of full-time directors general of police... Read More


Finance dept terms HP govt's poll guarantee OPS unviable

Shimla, Feb. 10 -- The Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government's flagship poll promise, the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), has hit a fiscal wall. Following the discontinuation of the revenue defici... Read More


Rise above party lines on issues vital to state: Speaker to MLAs

Shimla, Feb. 10 -- Amid sparring between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over discontinuation of RDG, Himachal speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said that all political parties and legislators ... Read More


Bombay HC grants bail to accused in Baba Siddique murder case

chandigarh, Feb. 10 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to Akashdeep Karaj Singh, an accused in the murder of Congress leader and former MLA Baba Siddique, making him the first person to g... Read More


SC snips 'bad haircut' relief at 5-star hotel

New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- From scissors to the Supreme Court, a seven-year-old dispute over a haircut at a five-star hotel ended with the apex court trimming a Rs.2-crore compensation award to Rs.25 lakh.... Read More


Congress puts up banners in Lehra warning of 'unfit' drinking water

Sangrur, Feb. 10 -- Congress has put up banners in Lehragaga, the assembly constituency of water resources minister, Barinder Kumar Goyal, claiming that the water in Lehra town is unfit for drinking. ... Read More


HC quashes FIR, summoning order against Pathanmajra

Chandigarh, Feb. 10 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed a first information report (FIR) registered against AAP legislator from Sanour, Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, along with all subsequen... Read More