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Investment boost, defence ties focus of India-Saudi discussions

Jaipur, April 23 -- India and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday unveiled a range of measures to boost defence cooperation and to bolster investments, including the setting of two oil refineries as joint venture... Read More


'Parl supreme': VP amid row over judicial powers

NEW DELHI, April 23 -- The Constitution is for the people and the electedrepresentatives are its repositories and the ultimate masters as to what its content will be, vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar s... Read More


Jail termfor caste discriminationin draftVemula Bill

Bengaluru, April 23 -- The Karnataka government has prepared the draft of the Rohith Vemula bill, which aims at preventing discrimination against students belonging to Scheduled castes (SC), Scheduled... Read More


EC dismisses Gandhi's allegations

New Delhi, April 23 -- The Election Commission of India on Tuesday rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's allegations of abnormal voter turnout in the last two hours of the assembly polls in Maharash... Read More


SC to hear contempt petition against BJP MP Dubey next week

New Delhi, April 23 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear next week a petition seeking contempt of court action against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nishikant Dubey for his recent comm... Read More


IAF officer booked in attempt to murder case

Bengaluru, April 23 -- A case of attempt to murder was registered against a 40-year-old Indian Air Force (IAF) officer on Tuesday based on a counter-complaint by a call centre employee, who was arrest... Read More


PRTC contractual staff strike today

Ludhiana, April 23 -- Contractual workers of the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) have announced a two-hour shutdown from 10 am to 12 pm on April 24 across all nine PRTC depots in Punjab. The a... Read More


Two RTOs among 3 booked by VB on graft charges

Chandigarh, April 23 -- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has arrested the SBS Nagar assistant transport officer and booked two regional transport officers (RTOs), including a PCS officer, in the Prevention... Read More


SAD to hold dharnas against AAP govt's 'tax terror'

Chandigarh, April 23 -- The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday said the party will visit every city in Punjab to expose the 'tax terror' unleashed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government against sma... Read More


76 peddlers arrested, 3.5kg heroin seized on Day 53

CHANDIGARH, April 23 -- As many as 76 drug smugglers were arrested on Day 53 of the 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' campaign on Tuesday, police officials said. During the operations, 3.5kg of heroin, 1kg of op... Read More