New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the breach of privilege motion notice issued against author Shobhaa De by Maharashtra Assembly Speaker for her tweets on the state government’s decision to make it mandatory for multiplexes to screen Marathi movies during prime time. A bench of justices Dipak Misra andRead More

New Delhi, A Lok Sabha debate on education sector allocations turned acrimonious today with HRD Minister Smriti Irani ending up offending the Opposition with her hyper combative defence. As she fielded accusations of academic interference and saffronisation of education hitting back at MPs, the Trinamool Congress demanded that she apologiseRead More

New Delhi, The Supreme Court today held that Tamil Nadu government has no right to appoint advocate Bhawani Singh as special public prosecutor(SPP) to appear in Karnataka HC for J Jayalalithaa’s disproportionate assets case. A three-judge Bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra, however said, though the appointment of the SPPRead More

New Delhi, Rains and hailstorm affected 189 lakh hectares of crop area in the country, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today said in Rajya Sabha, revising his earlier figure of 94 lakh hectares. Replying to a debate on the ‘Agrarian Crisis’ in the country, he said the figure of 94Read More

New Delhi, The Congress today condemned the statement of BJP Member Sakshi Maharaj who said that the Nepal earthquake was the result of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s Kedarnath yatra. Slamming Sakshi Maharaj for politicising the devastation caused by a natural calamity, Congress spokesperson Sushmita Deb said: “Sometimes we feel these statementsRead More

Chandigarh,  Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today lashed out at the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for resorting to his characteristic ways of political blackmail. “It is so characteristic of Mr Badal to rake up Panthic issues for personal vested interests”, he remarked, while referringRead More

* Jail mimnister reviews the security arrangement of jails in a meeting with jail superintendents * Yoga and meditation classes for inmates in all jails Chandigarh, Mr. Sohan Singh Thandal, Jail Minister Punjab today issued directions to beef up security in the jails besides accelerating welfare activities to channelize theRead More

* Ddo powers issued permanently Chandigarh, The Punjab Education Department today found a permanent solution to a 67 year old problem that resulted in delay in release of salary to thousands of teaching staff in the month of April. The Accountant General (AG) Office today issued permanent Drawing and DisbursingRead More

* Asks officers to ensure smooth, timely and hassle free lifting of grains * Kairon apprises the cm about the ongoing procurement of the wheat Chandigarh,  Reiterating the firm commitment of the state government to lift every single grain of the farmers from the market during the ongoing procurement season,Read More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government today dismissed Mr. Purshotam Singh Sodhi, PCS working as Deputy Secretary Agriculture from government service with immediate effect after his conviction in case regarding recruitment during the tenure of Mr. Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu former Chairman, PPSC , in a vigilance FIR dated 30th April,2002 underRead More