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Centre tightens sugar stock limits for dealers amid festive demand

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- With sugar prices having surged earlier this year, the Centre has further tightened stockholding limits for dealers as the new sugar season begins and India enters its peak festiv... Read More


A plumber, dentist and others praised as heroes in flydubai near-disaster

JERUSALEM, Oct. 2 -- A dentist and other passengers wrestled with a violent co-pilot. A plumber seized the controls of the plane as it plunged toward the desert. And that's after the captain managed t... Read More


Eight-week slide in Indian equities puts focus on RBI

mumbai, Oct. 2 -- Cheaper oil failed to bring much comfort for Indian equities as the markets slid for the eighth consecutive week. Nifty 50 recorded its longest weekly losing streak since 2001 in a h... Read More


Warring steps down as PPCC chief, suspense over successor

Chandigarh, Oct. 2 -- Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday updated his bio on social media platform X to describe himself as the "former president, Punjab Congress", signalling his exit from the p... Read More


LPU arson: 5 held,20 named in FIRs

Jalandhar, Oct. 2 -- Four days after violent protests at Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Phagwara, the Kapurthala police on Thursday arrested five persons in connection with incidents of arson... Read More


British Sikh national Jaggi Johal released on bail from Tihar jail

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- British Sikh national Jagtar Singh Johal (Jaggi Johl), detained since November 2017 over an alleged plot to kill right-wing Hindu leaders, was released on bail on Thursday. Johal,... Read More


SC orders states to freeze vehicle services over traffic fines

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- The Supreme Court has directed states and Union territories (UTs) to freeze online and other vehicle-related services, including renewal of registration, issuance of fitness and p... Read More


5 arrested, 20 named in FIRsover violence on LPU campus

Jalandhar, Oct. 2 -- Four days after violent protests at Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Phagwara, the Kapurthala police on Thursday arrested five persons in connection with incidents of arson... Read More


7-member panel to discuss anti-sacrilege law on October 6

Chandigarh, Oct. 2 -- The seven-member coordination committee constituted by the Punjab government on Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act has convened a meeting here on October 6 f... Read More


Second instalment of Rs.1,262 cr transferred to 36L women under Satkar Yojana: Mann

Tarn Taran, Oct. 2 -- Three months after launching the Mukh Mantri Mawan Dheeyan Satkar Yojana on July 1, the Punjab government on Thursday released the second instalment of Rs.1,262.54 crore to 36.87... Read More