- Navjot Sidhu posts tweet approving Prashant Kishor?s political plunge signal
In response to Prashant Kishor’s cryptic tweet, Congress leader Navjot Sidhu on Monday took to Twitter and wrote: “The first blow is half the battle my friend… A good beginning always makes a good ending… Best always in your sincere efforts to honour the spirit of our Const
- Nobody can be forced to undergo covid vaccinations: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday said that no person can be forced to get vaccinated against covid and asked the Centre to make public the effect of such an immunisation.
- Amit Shah chairs high - level meeting on power crisis
The PMO has called a meeting of Cabinet Secretary, Home Secretary, and Secretaries, Power, Coal and Agriculture, on the heat wave threat.
- Former petroleum secretary Tarun Kapoor appointed advisor to PM
Former petroleum secretary Tarun Kapoor has been appointed an advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Personnel Ministry said in an order issued on Monday.
- NCB arrests 1 more person in Shaheen Bagh drugs bust; total 5 caught till now
The NCB has arrested one more person in connection with its probe against an India-Afghan narcotics syndicate and seizure of about 50 kilogram of heroin from south Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area last week, officials said on Monday.
- Beant Singh assassination: SC asks Centre to decide Rajoana?s plea for commutation of death penalty
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to decide within two months Balwant Singh Rajoana’s plea that his death penalty in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh be commuted to life imprisonment on grounds of his long incarceration of nearly 26 years.
- Rs 9K cr spent on security in J&K: MHA
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said it has spent a little over Rs 9,000 crore as security-related expenditure in J&K from August 5, 2019, when special provisions under Article 370 were removed, till the end of the 2020-21 financial year.
- Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani dares Gujarat Bandh on June 1
Jignesh Mevani, an independent MLA from Gujarat on Monday alleged his recent arrest and jail in Assam over some anti-prime minister tweets were a pre-planned conspiracy.
- Uttarakhand mulls inclusion of Gita, Vedas, Upanishads in school syllabi: Minister
The BJP-ruled Uttarakhand is mulling introduction of the Bhagavad Gita, Vedas and Upanishads in school syllabus and will invite public feedback on the issue.
- Hindu - Sikh amity
Refer to ‘Curfew in Patiala as groups clash, leaving 4 injured’; it is unfortunate that communal clashes have taken place in Patiala. Those involved in the melee should know that the relationship between Hindus and Sikhs is seamless. Sikhs originated from a Hindu background and many Hind
- India's manufacturing sector PMI rises to 54.7 amid high inflation in April, says survey
India's manufacturing sector activities witnessed faster growth in April amid quicker increases in production as well as factory orders, and renewed expansion in international sales, a monthly survey said on Monday.
- Centre makes a push for speedy improvement of 351 polluted and contaminated river stretches
The Centre has made a push for speedy improvement of 351 polluted and contaminated river stretches, including two in Haryana, four in Punjab, seven in Himachal Pradesh and nine in UT of Jammu and Kashmir on 323 rivers in the country.
- Delhi High Court refuses to interfere in anti - encroachment drive, agrees to hear pleas against it
The Delhi High court on Wednesday agreed to hear during the course of the day pleas against the anti-encroachment drive in violence-hit Jahangirpuri, but refused to interfere in the process at this stage.
- After a public no - go with Congress, Prashant Kishor may announce political front from Bihar today
Amid the buzz of an announcement of his own political formation, all eyes are on the next move of political strategist Prashant Kishor from Bihar on Monday.
- War, invasion and creation of new maps
War (including civil war), invasion and conflict constitute the core factors which have shaped or re-shaped, made or unmade maps of the world since time immemorial. One instance will suffice. There have been 40 major invasions of India in the past 1,000 years which understandably changed the politic
- Khelo: GNDU lose in final of men's hockey competition
Guru Nanak Dev University lost 0-3 to defending champions Bangalore City University in the final of the men’s hockey competition in the Khelo India University Games. Meanwhile, 23-year-old recurve archer Sachin Gupta grabbed three gold medals for Kuruskshetra University.
- Fliers hassled due to baggage off - loading
Fliers hassled due to baggage off - loading
- Amritsar - Nanded flight suspended, yet again
Amritsar - Nanded flight suspended, yet again
- 'Rural IT model' by 34 - yr - old draws praise
'Rural IT model' by 34 - yr - old draws praise
- High operational readiness is top priority, says Army Chief General Manoj Pande
Army Chief General Manoj Pande today said his foremost priority would be to ensure very high standards of operational preparedness to face current, contemporary and future security challenges.
- Three Bishnoi aides arrested
The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of the Punjab Police on Sunday arrested three aides of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and Canada-based outlaw Goldy Brar from Bathinda.
- Fliers hassled due to baggage off - loading
As many as 55 passengers on the Alliance Air Delhi to Kullu flight today were a hassled lot after the entire baggage was off-loaded at Delhi airport due to load stipulations. Sources said the 70-seater flight came with maximum passengers and hence the entire luggage was off-loaded. They said now the
- 'Rural IT model' by 34 - yr - old draws praise
Nearly 25 km ahead of Amritsar, remote Tangra village-based entrepreneur Mandeep Kaur Sidhu ‘Tangra’ was surprised to receive an invite to be a part of the Sikh delegation to be hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his Delhi residence on Friday.
- Cabinet meeting today, may take up pact with Delhi
The Council of Ministers led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is likely to approve the finer details of the “Knowledge Sharing Agreement” with the Government of Delhi and NCR, signed recently by the CM and his Delhi counterpart and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal. The Cabinet meeting is sched
- Indian educational sector faces ?biggest cyber threats?
India’s educational institutions and other related-online platforms are facing the biggest cyber threats, which are followed by such organisations in the USA, the UK, Indonesia and Brazil, according to a global report.