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Two vessels with 22 Indians hijacked in separate incidents

Mumbai, Aug. 21 -- Two commercial vessels carrying a total of 22 Indian nationals have been hijacked in separate incidents off Yemen and Somalia, officials said Thursday, highlighting a renewed piracy... Read More


3 southern states to move SC against new mines law

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Three Congress-ruled states - Karnataka, Kerala and Telangana - are set to appeal in the Supreme Court against the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment law t... Read More


6-yr-old Vizag boy dies after teacher slaps him

Hyderabad, Aug. 21 -- A six-year-old boy died after allegedly being slapped by his teacher for not completing his homework at a private school in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, police said. The incident t... Read More


25-year-old woman killed after truck hits bike in Pinjore

Panchkula, Aug. 21 -- A 25-year-old Solan resident, on way to her workplace in Sector 10, Panchkula, was killed after a truck hit her motorcycle on Mallah Road in Pinjore around 9 am on Wednesday. The... Read More


After deluge, House sees stormy scenes

Chandigarh, Aug. 21 -- Two days after an unprecedented deluge laid bare the inadequacies inChandigarh's drainage system and disaster management plans, the municipal corporation (MC) General House meet... Read More


It's official: PU votes on August 31

Chandigarh, Aug. 21 -- The Panjab University Campus Students' Council (PUCSC) election will be held on August 31, varsity authorities announced on Thursday. With this, the election code of conduct, ba... Read More


Two killed as earth caves in at construction site

Mohali, Aug. 21 -- Two labourers were killed and another injured after a large portion of excavated earth collapsed at an ongoing construction site in Block A, Aerocity, on Thursday night. The decease... Read More


Heavy deployment of police at Mohali's borders with UT, P'kula

Mohali, Aug. 21 -- With the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha calling for a Punjab-wide bandh on Friday, Mohali police are preparing to deploy over 2,000 personnel to maintain law and order and regulate traffic. Se... Read More


House 'kept in dark' over scrapping of free water agenda

Chandigarh, Aug. 21 -- The proposal of providing 20,000 litres of water to every household, which topped the manifesto of the now dismantled Congress-Aam Aadmi Party alliance during 2024 Lok Sabha ele... Read More


4-yr jail to former govt official in bribe case

Chandigarh, Aug. 21 -- A Special CBI court has sentenced former senior assistant Shyam Singh Chauhan to four years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2017 bribery case, observing that corruption by public ... Read More