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Human rights panel orders monthly inspections in P'kula

Panchkula, Dec. 19 -- Taking a stern view of rampant illegal mining and serious environmental violations in Panchkula district, the Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has issued strict directions ... Read More


Trio behind robberies with fake pistol in Mohali nabbed

Mohali, Dec. 19 -- Mohali police have arrested three men involved in a series of armed robberies across the city and recovered stolen items, including a dummy pistol, police said on Thursday. Accordin... Read More


Seven shops targeted in late-night burglary in Sector 22

Chandigarh, Dec. 19 -- Around seven shops in Sector 22 mobile market were broken into on Wednesday night and over Rs.10 lakh in cash and several phones were stolen, police said on Thursday. As per pol... Read More


SC junks 'luxury' plea over packaged water

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday disapproved of what it termed an "urban-centric approach" to public interest litigation, refusing to entertain a plea seeking fresh and stricter sta... Read More


'Consider pleas for extension of time for SIr sympathetically'

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Election Commission of India (ECI) to "sympathetically" consider the requests for extension of the enumeration period in states where the s... Read More


29.6 million marked for deletion from UP poll rolls, most from urban areas

Lucknow/Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Roughly 29.6 million names in Uttar Pradesh might get excised from the rolls after the special intensive revision, with the highest percentage of deletions likely to be seen ... Read More


Has a quest to evolve triggered split?

Mumbai, Dec. 19 -- The last time Carlos Alcaraz met Jannik Sinner in a tennis match, the Spaniard ended his post-match speech with a warning. "Hope you're going to be ready for next year," the world N... Read More


AAP dominates rural body polls, Cong runner-up

Chandigarh, Dec. 19 -- The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) registered an emphatic victory in the rural body elections in Punjab, winning 62% of the total 347 zones of zila parishads and 54% of the total ... Read More


Int'l student visa cuts trigger Canada's biggest population drop in 80 years

Toronto, Dec. 19 -- Between July and September this year, Canada recorded its largest quarterly decline in population in at least 80 years, with the falling population attributed to a decrease in temp... Read More


vb-g ram g bill

NEW DELHI, Dec. 19 -- The Lok Sabha on Thursday approved the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G, bill, which seeks to replace the two-decade-old Mahatma Gan... Read More