* Also directs to ensure peaceful environment for prayers and fasts Chandigarh, February 20: President Shiromani Akali Dal and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal today directed the Jails department to ensure requisite arrangements for Christian inmates lodged in various jails so that they could perform peaceful prayersRead More

Chandigarh, ThePunjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Badal today described Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal who talked of big ticket projects while the existing industry in the state was decaying with thestate governmenthaving turned a deaf to its plight.   In a statement, Mr Bajwa said it was perhaps forRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today supported the novel protest lodged by the Punjab Spinners’ Association, the apex yarn manufacturing body of the state, against the indifference of the state governmenttowards their plight that has led to massive exodus of the spinning industry fromRead More

Chandigarh,A delegation from Afghanistan, comprising of 49 civil services officers and professors of public administration from the universities of Balkh, Heart, Kabul, Kandahar and  Nangahar visited Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA), Chandigarh as part of an endeavor to strengthen public administration education in Afghanistan. The visit wasRead More

New Delhi, India batsman Rohit Sharma’s record breaking 264 against Sri Lanka has been named as the best ODI batting performance in 2014 by ESPNcricinfo awards that also honoured the likes of Lasith Malinga and Mitchell Johnson for their stand out bowling efforts. This is Rohit’s second award in theRead More

Patna, Ending suspense on its stand, BJP on Thursday announced it will back Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and vote in his favour if the trust vote is taken up in the Assembly on Friday. The BJP has issued whip to its MLAs to vote for Mr. Manjhi during theRead More

NEW DELHI: Amid the soul-searching within the BJP over its drubbing in the Delhi polls, a senior Union minister today said the controversial remarks made by Hindutva hardliners “damaged” the party’s prospects. In an interview to Karan Thapar in “To the Point” programme on Headlines Today, Parliamentary Affairs Minister MRead More

PATNA: Bihar legislative council followed the state assembly in recognising JD(U) as principal opposition party in the House and gave status of leader of opposition to Nitish Kumar today. Legislative council chairperson Awdesh Narayan Singh accepted plea of JD(U) that it be given status of opposition in the house. NitishRead More

NEW DELHI: An accused can be convicted on the basis of sole testimony of the victim if it is trustworthy, Delhi Police told a court here today. Advancing final arguments in the Uber cab rape case, the prosecutor representing the police argued that as per law if the statement ofRead More

NEW DELHI: Two Oil Ministry officials and three other persons were today arrested for allegedly leaking confidential government documents to certain independent consultants and energy companies in what could be a case of corporate espionage. Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi said the documents were photocopied and leaked in returnRead More