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Why ban only in NCR: SC seeks uniform policy on firecrackers

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the rationale behind having a firecracker ban exclusive to Delhi and the National Capital Region, emphasising that the Capital cannot rece... Read More


VP takes oath, chairs 1st meeting with RS leaders

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was sworn in as the 15th vice president of India on Friday, three days after he won the election to the second-highest constitutional post i... Read More


SC directs Rs.10L refund to city doctor, others in medical negligence case

Chandigarh, Sept. 13 -- The Supreme Court (SC) has directed a refund of Rs.10 lakh to a doctor and others, who were penalised by a consumer panel, in an alleged case of medical negligence filed by a C... Read More


Cong, AAP call recent House meet 'illegal'

Chandigarh, Sept. 13 -- The councillors and leaders of opposition parties-Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) met the municipal commissioner Amit Kumar on Friday and handed over a memorandum and termed... Read More


Vij fires fresh salvo, says 'Parallel BJP being run in Ambala Cantt'

Karnal, Sept. 13 -- Haryana cabinet minister Anil Vij has once again targeted his own party and accused some people of running a parallel BJP in Ambala Cantonment, a constituency he represents in Hary... Read More


No fresh protests, but security heightened in Doda; prohibitory orders still in place

JAMMU/srinagar, Sept. 13 -- Amid tight security arrangements and restrictions, Friday prayers passed off peacefully in Doda district where an uneasy calm prevailed since September 8 when the administr... Read More


Brazil's former president gets 27-year jail for coup attempt

BRASILIA, Sept. 13 -- A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison on Thursday after convicting him of attempting a coup... Read More


AAP MLA Lalpura sentenced to4-yr jail in 2013 molestation case

Tarn Taran, Sept. 13 -- A court in Tarn Taran on Friday sentenced Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from Khadoor Sahib Manjinder Singh Lalpura and six others to four years in prison, two days after the... Read More


BJP states step up relief as party aims to 'mend ties with farmers'

Chandigarh, Sept. 13 -- BJP-ruled states across the country have joined forces to provide relief to Punjab, which is facing its worst floods in nearly four decades and is reeling from widespread damag... Read More


CM should clear stance on disaster funds: BJP

Jalandhar, Sept. 13 -- The BJP state president Sunil Jakhar challenged chief minister Bhagwant Mann to clarify his stance on the Rs.12,000 crore available with the state for disaster relief. Addressin... Read More