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CJP calls for nationwide stir today

New Delhi, July 24 -- Protests demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan intensified in Delhi on Thursday as agitators called for a nationwide peaceful stir in every dis... Read More


PM promises new law

New Delhi, July 24 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday promised a new law to tackle examination question paper leaks and fast-track courts to deal with those accused of the crime as the govern... Read More


higher edu gets new secretary as centre rejigs top bureaucracy

New Delhi, July 24 -- The Centre late on Thursday transferred higher education secretary Vineet Joshi to the ministry of panchayati raj and appointed Naresh Pal Gangwar as his successor as part of a m... Read More


gangsters with global links

India, July 24 -- A coordinated international law-enforcement initiative by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), codenamed Operation H... Read More


Cops seize 7.5kg heroin, six pistols

AMRITSAR, July 24 -- In a crackdown on cross-border smuggling, Punjab Police on Thursday busted three modules involved in trafficking of narcotics and illegal arms, arresting five persons and recoveri... Read More


High court stalls construction in 16 New Chandigarh villages

Chandigarh, July 24 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed construction and development activity in 16 villages falling in Mohali district's New Chandigarh, located in the Shivalik foothills ... Read More


3 held for Hoshiarpur sarpanch's murder

Hoshiarpur, July 24 -- Two days after an Aam Aadmi Party sarpanch was stabbed and mowed down outside his residence in Hoshiarpur's Anandgarh village on Tuesday night, police arrested three accused on ... Read More


Accused 'forced to pick punishment slip', rights panel writes to DGP, seeks probe

CHANDIGARH, July 24 -- In a chilling revelation of alleged custodial torture, police officers in Gurugram forced a blindfolded attempt-to-murder suspect to pick a folded slip of paper to decide his "p... Read More


Saini accuses Congress of misleading youth

ROHTAK, July 24 -- Chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday accused the Congress leaders of attempting to mislead the youth over paper leaks, asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's is commi... Read More


Another soaking day for Amritsar

India, July 24 -- Amritsar continued to be battered by heavy rain for the second consecutive day, recording83.5 mm rain in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Thursday after 184.6 mm the day before. Gur... Read More