Chandigarh:Four people were killed in a firing incident at Bathinda military station in Punjab on Wednesday morning, with the state police terming it as a “fratricidal incident”. Punjab’s Additional Director General of Police, SPS Parmar told PTI over phone, “It is not a terrorist attack, it is not an attack from outside. It is a […]
New Delhi: The Central government on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that the new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will be introduced in the coming Monsoon Session of Parliament commencing in July. As Attorney General R Venkataramani informed that new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will be introduced during the Monsoon Session of Parliament and […]
In significant decisions, the Election Commission on Monday recognised Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a national party and withdrew this recognition given to the Nationalist Congress Party, CPI and Trinamool Congress. In other decisions, the poll panel gave recognition to Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) as a state party in Nagaland and Tipra Motha Party […]
During a drive against evasion of GST, by the State Taxes and Excise Department, a consignment of approximately 2 kg gold ornaments worth Rs 1.10 crore was seized in Hamirpur on Tuesday. Informing this here on Wednesday, State Excise Commissioner Yunus said a penalty of Rs 6.55 lakh has been imposed for the violations. The […]
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Congress will organise more than 300 ‘sammelans’ (conventions) across the state this month to highlight what it calls the failure of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, and has invited party leader Rahul Gandhi to be a part of the same, a senior party functionary said on Saturday. Talking to reporters, state […]
New Delhi: The global security landscape is faced with several challenges on account of development in recent years, affecting the SCO region as well, said Ajit Doval on Wednesday at the National Security Advisors’ meeting in Delhi. “The global security landscape is faced with several challenges on account of development in recent years. The SCO […]
New Delhi, Mar 24: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was on Friday disqualified from Lok Sabha following his conviction by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case, an action the party termed an attempt to “silence” his voice as it vowed to fight the battle legally and politically. The BJP dismissed the charges […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a high-level meeting to assess the Covid-19 and Influenza situation in the country at which he asked people to follow respiratory hygiene and to adhere to Covid appropriate behaviour in crowded public places. Observing that the Covid-19 pandemic was far from over and there was a need to […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central government to collect/furnish information on whether execution of death sentence by hanging was cruel and offending to human dignity along with information on alternate methods of carrying out death sentence by lethal injunctions, or through electrocution. Seeking information on different methods of execution of death sentence, a […]
NEW DELHI, Mar 18: India’s single-day tally of COVID-19 cases crossed 800 after 126 days on March 18, while the number of active cases climbed to 5,389, according to Union Health Ministry data. With 843 fresh infections, the country’s caseload increased to 4.46 crore (4,46,94,349). The death toll rose to 5,30,799 with four fatalities, the […]