- Panchkula all set for Khelo India youth games
With over 4,700 athletes expected to participate in the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG), which begin tomorrow, the Tau Devi Lal Stadium here is preparing to host perhaps its biggest-ever sporting event. The event will see a total of 8,500 participants across five venues. The other venues are Ambala,
- 'Vote politics': MEA slams US report on religious freedom in India
India has strongly pushed back at criticism from the West that it is not doing enough to promote religious freedom and for failing to condemn the Russian aggression in Ukraine.
- Hundreds of Pandit families flee Kashmir in dead of night; Amit Shah holds high - level meet
Shaken by a spate of targeted civilian killings, hundreds of Kashmiri Pandit families left transit camps in the Valley in the dead of night on Thursday while a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi today reviewed the security situation in Kashmir.
- Reaching out to Taliban
The Indian delegation’s visit to Afghanistan has demonstrated New Delhi’s eagerness to engage with the Taliban regime, which awaits international recognition even over nine months after it took charge of the war-torn country. The Afghan foreign ministry has termed the visit ‘a good
- Kashmiri Pandits write to High Court of J&K and Ladakh on shifting employees from Kashmir
In the wake of the recent targeted killings, Kashmir Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS) has sought the high court's intervention to direct the government to relocate all religious minorities from Kashmir. KPSS chief Sanjay K Tickoo said he had petitioned the Chief Justice of the the High Court of J&
- Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij reviews security at Panchkula stadium
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij has said strict security arrangements should be ensured during Khelo India Youth Games which is being held in the city. Vij stated this during a meeting held with the officials to review the arrangements for Khelo India Youth Games starting at Tau Devilal Sports Comple
- Dhami wins bypoll with record margin
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday won the bypoll to the Champawat Assembly seat, defeating Congress’ Nirmala Gahtori by a record margin of over 55,000 votes to retain his office.
- Wake - up call for power corporation in panchkula
The accompanying photograph of the main dividing road between Sector 5 (near Cactus Garden) and Sector-9 market area in Panchkula speaks volumes about the indifferent and lackadaisical attitude of the city’s power corporation. What else could explain such scant respect even to such a risk pron
- Shah to open Khelo India Games today
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will officially launch “Khelo India Youth Games 2021” in Panchkula on June 4. Around 8,500 players, coaches and support staff from across the country will participate in the fourth edition of the games. Players will prove their mettle for a total of 1,866 me
- Sibal, Chidambaram among 41 elected to RS unopposed
In all, 41 candidates in 11 states were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha on Friday, with a contest to be held for the remaining 16 seats in four states — Rajasthan, Karnataka (four seats each), Haryana (two seats) and Maharashtra (six seats) on June 10
- Troop recruitment: Nod for new system any time now
The system of recruiting troops in the Indian Army, IAF and Navy is set to change with several new alterations in the recruiting pattern set to be announced any time now.
- No letter, but won't accept 'Z' cover: Jathedar
Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Friday refused to accept ‘Z’ security offered by the Centre.
- Land of 6.5K Kashmiri Pandits restored in Kashmir
The J&K administration has restored 2,414 kanals of land belonging to Kashmiri Pandits which had been encroached upon after their exodus during the peak of militancy starting 1990.
- India has all it takes to be a reliable partner, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that India was the fastest growing economy among G-20 nations and had the capability to prove it was the “reliable partner” the world was looking for.
- SC refuses to stay Jagannath Temple Corridor Project
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL alleging illegal construction and excavation undertaken by the Odisha Government at Shri Jagannath Temple in Puri, terming it an abuse of process of law.
- President: Modi's firmness adds to India's global might
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s firm resolve was establishing India on the world stage.
- Haryana Congress MLAs kept at Raipur resort, police keep a watch
With 27 Haryana Congress MLAs lodged at Mayfair Lake Resort in Raipur for the next few days, the Chhattisgarh Police are keeping them “safe”, not allowing any outsider to meet them.
- IAF spares land for Chd, Leh airports
The Indian Air Force (IAF) will part with its land to allow expansion of civil airport infrastructure at 13 locations, including Srinagar, Chandigarh, Leh, Adampur (near Jalandhar) and Barmer (Rajasthan).
- Covid cases up, government writes to five states
New Delhi: As India saw more than 4,000 new Covid cases after 84 days, the Health Ministry shot off letters to Kerala, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, asking for devising a strategy to contain the surge. Cases have risen from 15,708 on May 27 to 21,055 on June 3, with positivity go
- Amritsar ex - DC pens book on Operation Bluestar
Thirtyeight years after Operation Bluestar, the then Amritsar Deputy Commissioner Ramesh Inder Singh has announced to release a tell-all book, “Turmoil in Punjab: Before and After Blue Star An Insider’s Story”.
- RS nominations
Reference to ‘RS poll muddle’; the Upper House members play a crucial role in the legislation of laws for the states. Political parties have been using these nominations to adjust their leaders who lost elections, were not given ticket or to keep them with the party. Leaders have been no
- Congress, BJP and the christening culture
Notwithstanding last month’s Chintan Shivir in Udaipur, sycophancy refuses to leave the company of the Indian National Congress. Days after this event, the Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan government came out with full-page advertisements in major Indian newspapers about an urban employment scheme &
- Lowest in 40 yrs: Centre approves 8.1% EPF rate
The Centre on Friday approved 8.1 per cent rate of interest on employees’ provident fund (EPF) deposits for 2021-22.