BJP drops sitting MP Kirron Kher from Chandigarh, fields Sanjay Tandon Chandigarh: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced former party’s Chandigarh unit chief Sanjay Tandon as its candidate from the Union Territory, dropping sitting MP and actor Kirron Kher from the contest. The party had opted for Kirron KherRead More

Shimla MC acts after NRI alleges anomaly in approved map Shimla: A non-resident Indian (NRI) has lodged a complaint with the Vigilance Department, alleging that the Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has wrongly approved a map for the construction of a building that extends into his plot, which is situated adjacentRead More

ACP Sandeep Singh, his gunman die as their car catches fire Ludhiana: In a fatal road mishap, Assistant Commissioner of Police (East) posted in Police Commissionerate Ludhiana Sandeep Singh (35) and his gunman Paramjot Singh (35) died while the driver suffered serious injuries after their Toyota Fortuner had a head-on collisionRead More

Irani versus Rahul: BJP says after Amethi Rahul now ‘cheating’ Wayanad Chandigarh: In Wayanad to support BJP candidate K Surendran , Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday spent a sizable portion of her time addressing media persons berating sitting MP Rahul Gandhi. She also claimed that after “cheating” the peopleRead More

Why are Indian international students in Canada rushing to learn French? Chandigarh: The pathway to Canadian permanent residency has become more difficult in recent years, despite the country admitting a historic high of 500,000 permanent residents annually. However, the widening pool of applicants hasn’t kept pace with demand. Canada issuesRead More

Patanjali advertisements: SC comes down hard on Ramdev, Acharya Balkrishna for ‘absolute defiance’ New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down hard on yoga guru Ramdev and managing director of Patanjali Ayurved Acharya Balkrishna for their “absolute defiance” in not filing proper affidavits of compliance in the misleading advertisement caseRead More

8 Naxalites killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur Raipur: In a major anti-insurgency operation, eight Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, police said. Bijapur district comes under the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, which will go to polls in theRead More

New Delhi: The 14-day bilateral tri-service exercise between India and the US, ‘Tiger Triumph-24’, has concluded, officials said on Sunday. The exercise that began on March 18 aimed at developing interoperability for conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations and refining standard operating procedures to enable rapid and smoothRead More

BJP declares candidates in Punjab, fields Preneet Kaur, Hans Raj Hans New Delhi:  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released another list of 11 Lok Sabha candidates for Odisha, Punjab, and West Bengal. In the latest list, the saffron party has announced three candidates from Odisha, five from PunjabRead More

Indian Tejas Mark 1A jet makes maiden flight New Delhi: The Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Mark 1A fighter jet, an upgraded version of the existing Tejas jet, completed its maiden flight today, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said. However, the expected schedule of deliveries of the plane to the Indian AirRead More