Panaji: Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who was handpicked as Defence Minister by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today said taking over the key portfolio was nothing less than an adventure for him and it took him three months to get familiar with ranks in the armed forces. “My adventureRead More

New Delhi: Under fire for using the word “presstitutes” for the media, Union minister V K Singh on Saturday said he apologises to journalists barring a small section of media persons who were carrying out a “motivated campaign” against him. Arguing that he never used the word for the entireRead More

New Delhi, A political storm has erupted over archival material suggesting the Intelligence Bureau kept relatives of Subhas Chandra Bose under close surveillance for two decades, most of which was during Jawaharlal Nehru’s tenure as Prime Minister. The Intelligence Bureau (IB) files declassified recently said Bose’s close relatives, including hisRead More

Lucknow, A non-bailable warrant has been issued against an Uttar Pradesh minister accused of taking policemen hostage in 2007. According to officials, Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Barabanki Sarvajeet Singh issued the non-bailable warrant against Minister of State for power Yaseer Shah. The warrant was issued after the minister refusedRead More

Raipur: Seven policemen were today killed and ten persons injured in a gun-battle with Naxals in the Maoist hotbed of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh. The encounter took place in the worst-affected Pidmel-Polampalli area of the district when a squad of state police STF was out on operations around noon. “SevenRead More

Ranchi: Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah today said the taint of corruption would not touch the BJP-led NDA government in Jharkhand. Addressing the ‘Karyakarta Samagam’ organised by the party’s state unit here, Shah said that the Raghubar Das government has got an absolute majority in the elections andRead More

New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced a compensation of Rs 20,000 for per acre of damaged crops to farmers of the national capital and said his government will fulfill all the promises made by AAP in the run up to Delhi assembly polls. Addressing a rally at MundkaRead More

Chandigarh, April 10: Leading Health provider of United Kingdom ,Healthcare UK today evinced its interest to set up knee implant manufacturing facility, first of its own kind in Country in the Shivalik foothills of Punjab with knee transplantation facility in upcoming Medicity in New Chandigarh. The Industries and Commerce Minister,Read More

Chandigarh April 10: The Punjab Mandi Board has set up 1814 procurement centres for the procurement of wheat and if required, more such centres could also be established. Chairman Punjab Mandi Board Mr. Ajmer Singh Lakhowal said that the Punjab government had asked the Centre for movement of 68 lakhRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Vigilance Bureau, in its anti corruption campaign during the month of March has been successful in nabbing 9 officers red handed while receiving the bribe whereas fresh vigilance inquiries in 7 different cases has also been initiated. Disclosing this here, an official spokesperson of the Vigilance BureauRead More