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SAD shifts event to college after grain market allotment row

Sangrur, Aug. 20 -- After both the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and SAD (Punar Surjit) were allotted the same venue for events to mark the 41st death anniversary of former Akali leader Sant Harchand Sing... Read More


Rs.13-lakh graft case: CBI court denies bail to Punjab VB chief's ex-reader

Chandigarh, Aug. 20 -- A special CBI court here on Wednesday dismissed the regular bail plea of OP Rana, former reader to DGP, Punjab Vigilance Bureau, in a Rs.13-lakh bribery case. Holding that the c... Read More


Leh and Kargil bodies submit non-negotiable points to MHA officials

Srinagar, Aug. 20 -- The leaders from Ladakh held fresh round of talks with the Union home ministry officials on Wednesday and handed a list of "non-negotiable" demands, including constitutional safeg... Read More


HC rejects bail pleas by Pauri receptionist murder convicts

Dehradun, Aug. 20 -- The Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday rejected the bail applications of the three men convicted of killing a 19-year-old receptionist in Pauri Garhwal in September 2022, includi... Read More


Three die after truck's CNG tank explodes at Delhi pump

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Three people were killed and three injured when a truck's gas tank exploded while being refilled at a CNG pump in Tikri Kalan on Delhi's northwestern fringes on Wednesday, said p... Read More


Process underway for GI tag for Amritsar shawls: Centre in LS

Chandigarh, Aug. 20 -- The Centre has initiated the process to secure Geographical Indication (GI) registration for the traditional Amritsar shawl, offering the city's Rs.1,700-crore shawl industry a ... Read More


August showers cut Haryana's kharif deficit from 35% to 14%, revive crop prospects

Rohtak, Aug. 20 -- Widespread and above-normal rainfall in August has significantly improved Haryana's rainfall position for the ongoing kharif season, bringing the cumulative deficit down to 14% from... Read More


3 of family killed, two injured as SUV plunges into gorge in Reasi

India, Aug. 20 -- Three members of a family were killed, and two others injured after a vehicle skidded off a hilly road and plunged into a gorge in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said... Read More


HC puts forest clearance proposals for roads in abeyance

Shimla, Aug. 20 -- Taking suo motu cognisance of environmental degradation in fragile and eco-sensitive areas of the state, the Himachal Pradesh high court has expressed serious concern over indiscrim... Read More


Nabin to meet new team; rejigs likely in apex bodies

NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to recast its Parliamentary Board, the party's highest decision-making body, and the Central Election Committee (CEC), which takes a ca... Read More