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Col Bath assault: SC upholds high court order on CBI probe

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday told four Punjab Police cops accused of assaulting a serving army colonel to show some respect for the force which defends the borders in tough terrain... Read More


SC: Pollution boards can impose damages

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Pollution control boards are constitutionally empowered to impose and collect restitutionary or compensatory damages under the Water and Air Acts for actual or potential harm to t... Read More


U.S. may require visa applicants to post a bond of up to $15,000

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process... Read More


Tribal icon with legacy of resistance, empowerment

Ranchi, Aug. 5 -- Shibu Soren was 13 when his father, Shobaran Soren, was killed by goons employed by a local moneylender (or Mahajan as they were called). In Bihar's tribal badlands, some tribals wer... Read More


KEY MEETINGS FAN BUZZ AHEAD OF J&K BIFURCATION ANNIVERSARY

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- High-level meetings on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the reorganisation of Jammu & Kashmir that led to the bifurcation of the erstwhile state into two Union territories set ... Read More


'Abducted' from jalandhar, 11-yr-old found in Kashmir

Kapurthala, Aug. 5 -- An 11-year-old boy, a US citizen, who was allegedly abducted by his Jalandhar-based caretakers, has been recovered from Kulgam in J&K on Monday, officials said. Superintendent of... Read More


Farmers being misledby govt, says Dallewal

Ludhiana, Aug. 5 -- Flaying the state government's land pooling policy, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Sidhupur) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal on Monday said farmers were ready to go to any extent to prot... Read More


Satwant Kaur, Giani Harpreet among contenders for top post

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- Bibi Satwant Kaur and former Akal Takht jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh have emerged as frontrunners for the top post as the five-member committee, constituted by the Akal Takht on... Read More


SGPC puts ball in Takht's court

AMRITSAR, Aug. 5 -- In a fix over the Takht-appointed panel's request to hold a delegate session at its headquarters, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has asked jathedar Giani Kuldee... Read More


Govt to set up special detection unit to tackle GST violations

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- To institutionalise tax enforcement, finance and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday announced the decision to establish a state-level special fraud detection unit (S... Read More