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Ex-bureaucrat Goyal takes oath as CIC

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- Former IAS officer Raj Kumar Goyal assumed charge as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on Monday, while eight other information commissioners took the oath of office, brin... Read More


Global issues, terrorism, Gaza feature in India-Jordan talks

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- India and Jordan on Monday focused on ways to bolster cooperation in areas ranging from trade and investment to defence and security, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauding Jo... Read More


Goa fire accused Luthras to be deported to India today

PANAJI, Dec. 16 -- The Goa Police is expecting to secure by Tuesday evening the custody of fugitive entrepreneur brothers Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, who fled to Phuket in Thailand hours after a devast... Read More


EAM meets UAE's leadership ahead of visit to Israel

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar met the top leadership of the United Arab Emirates on Monday ahead of a visit to Israel, his first since the end of the conflict in Gaza. J... Read More


Pilots' body moves HC against DGCA's FTDL exemptions

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- The Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), a union of Air India pilots deployed on wide-bodied aircraft (Boeing 777 and 787), has moved the Delhi high court seeking initiation of contempt pr... Read More


Ram Vilas Vedanti - key figure of Ayodhya movement - dies at 67

Ayodhya, Dec. 16 -- Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Ram Vilas Vedanti, who also played a key role in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, died in a hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa on Monday. H... Read More


25-yr-old man gets 30-yr RI for raping his minor neighbour

Chandigarh, Dec. 16 -- Special POCSO court in Chandigarh has sentenced a 25-year-old man to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl whom he lured into his house under the p... Read More


Court to UT cops: Won't accept 'untraced' report

Chandigarh, Dec. 16 -- The chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court in Chandigarh has refused to accept the 'untraced report' filed by the UT police this year concerning Balraj Singh Randhawa, the main a... Read More


Kabaddi player shot dead by attackers posing as fans

Mohali, Dec. 16 -- A local kabaddi tournament in Mohali's Sohana area turned into a scene of deadly violence on Monday evening after unidentified assailants opened fire at the venue, killing kabaddi p... Read More


Anurag bags overall honours at CGA meet

Chandigarh, Dec. 16 -- The Chandigarh Golf Association (CGA) successfully hosted the Reddy, Azad and Cheema Memorial Pitch & Putt Golf Tournament 2025 at its course on Sunday. The keenly contested eve... Read More