New Delhi, National Health Assurance Mission, which the Centre plans to roll out next year, will be accountable to people for deficiencies in delivery and a regulatory authority will be formed to oversee enforcement of the norms, the government announced today. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the Centre would institutionaliseRead More

Bangkok, A New Delhi-Kuala Lumpur bound Malindo Air plane with 129 people on board on Monday made an emergency landing at Thailand’s Don Mueng Airport here after experiencing a technical problem while flying over Myanmar, the budget airlines said. The Malaysia-based airline confirmed that the technical problem on Flight OD206,Read More

New Delhi /Lahore,An improvised explosive device (IED) was found from parking area of the Wagah border on Monday, a day after at least 61 people were killed following the flag- lowering ceremony at the main Indo-Pak land border crossing. The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) was called to the site forRead More

Chennai, Former union minister GK Vasan on Monday to quit the Congress party and will relaunch his father GK Moopanar’s outfit Tamil Manila Congress. Addressing a press conference, Vasan told his supporters that a new path will be set. “There should be no factions. On the path of Kamaraj andRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa today strongly condemned the Parkash Singh Badal government for the stalemate in the mandis resulting in non-payment to thousands of farmers. Holding the Badal government directly responsible for the situation, he said it betrayed the inefficiency and indifference of the stateRead More

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been chosen for one of Japan’s top national awards for his contribution to India-Japan ties, becoming the first Indian to receive the rare honour. Singh will be awarded ‘The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers’ for his “significant contributionRead More

Chandigarh, The Induction of renowned industrialist Rajinder Gupta of the Trident group as the party General Secretary of the Shiromani Akali Dal is a master stroke and part of the strategic planning by Deputy Chief Minister and party President Sukhbir Singh Badal who has the reputation of moving several stepsRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Amarinder Singh today condemned the bomb blast across the border at Wagah which killed more than 60 people and injured over 100 others. He said it was high time that india and Pakistan cooperate with each other to fight terrorism and expressed hopeRead More

Amritsar, Border Security Force (BSF) troopers recovered 22 kg of heroin valued at Rs 110 crore in the international market in Punjab’s Freozepur district along the India-Pakistan border, an officer said on Monday. This is the second major seizure of heroin by the BSF in Punjab in the past 24Read More

* Pyrolytic units to come up in notified industrial focal points or designated industrial lands only * Import of raw material even from other states not allowed Chandigarh, With a view to provide big relief to pyrolytic industry, state government on the directions of Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. SukhbirRead More