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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


Fast-track Sengar's appeal in custodial death case: SC to HC

New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi High Court to fast-track the hearing of expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar's plea challenging his convi... Read More


Eight women die of cancer daily in Punjab

Patiala, Feb. 10 -- Punjab sees nearly eight women dying of cancer every day, with around 2,700 fatalities annually, according to the data shared by the Union health ministry in the Rajya Sabha during... 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 deficit... Read More


SC shaves off relief for 'bad haircut' 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