Mumbai, The Indian Premier League auctions being held in Bengaluru today saw fierce action as teams bid for Indian and foreign players. In an action replay of last year’s bidding war, Yuvraj Singh was the costliest player, bagging Rs 16 crore from Delhi Daredevils. This is the highest any teamRead More

* Punjab also signs mou for five bio ethanol plants worth Rs 6,000 crore *Urges entrepreneurs to use 22,000 acre Ranjit Sagar reservoir to produce 2,000 mw solar energy * Urges centre to come up with a revised tariff for bio mass power New Delhi, Punjab New and Renewable EnergyRead More

Toronto, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the government will appeal a Federal Court ruling that would allow someone to take the oath of citizenship with their faces covered. A federal judge ruled in Ottawa last week that a portion of the law requiring citizenship candidates to remove their face coveringsRead More

New Delhi, Taking oath as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi along with six Cabinet ministers at Ramlila Ground here, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal today said his party was just the medium and ‘God wants us to do something big’.Kejriwal was administered the oath of office and secrecy by DelhiRead More

NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal who was sworn-in as eighth Delhi Chief Minister will have six Cabinet Ministers including Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. In a first, Kejriwal will not keep any portfolio and will look after overall functioning of the government.             Sisodia has been given key portfolios of FinanceRead More

Montreal, The Canadian police has said they had foiled a plot that would have seen an armed duo carry out a shooting spree in the city of Halifax on Valentine’s Day before killing themselves. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Nova Scotia yesterday said a 19-year-old man from the rural townRead More

Chandigarh, Strongly condemning the unabashed goondaism unleashed by the Akalis, the Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa today demanded that the election process for the nagar council election should be restarted in Guru Harsahai by declaring the present nominations as null and void. In a statement, Mr Bajwa tookRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government has effected complete ban on the transfers of the officers/employees in view of the General Election of 8 Municipal Corporations and 123 MunicipalCouncils/Nagar Panchayats. Disclosing this an official spokesman said that the Municipal Corporations election of Phagwara, Pathankot, SAS Nagar, Hoshiarpur,Moga& Bathinda and bye-election of wardRead More

* Dr. Cheema and Tikshan Sud exhort party workers to ensure victory of coalition candidates Chandigarh, The state level Coordination Committee of SAD-BJP alliance today held a meeting in view of ensuing civic polls to ensure better coordination between party workers to witness unprecedented victory in the elections. Secretary ofRead More

Chandigarh, Taking the blame game over scoring a duck in the Delhi assembly elections to the top, an all-India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary has put the onus on party president Sonia Gandhi. Media reports quoted the AICC secretary in charge of Punjab Harish Chaudhary, who is considered close to partyRead More