New Delhi,  CBI has got a jolt in the Coal blocks allocation scam probe as a special court has “returned” its charge sheet in a case involving a Kolkata-based company, saying it has failed to give any plausible explanation on its queries and reasons for dropping four accused from it.Read More

New Delhi, It seems social media is too impressed with PM Narendra Modi as he has been rated as the world’s second-most followed politician on Twitter after Barack Obama. After being appointed as the Prime Minister of the country, he has added more than 2 million followers in the firstRead More

New Delhi -The Board of United Spirits Ltd, now controlled by Diageo, has ordered a probe into the loans given by United Spirits to UB Group companies as it posted a whopping net loss of Rs 4,488.77 crore for the financial year ended March 31, 2014. The company had reported netRead More

New York, About 77 percent of girls aged between 15 and 19 in India have been subjected to sexual violence by their spouses, according to a report by UNICEF which also said more than half of the girls in the age group faced physical abuse at the hands of theirRead More

New Delhi – In a hard hitting attack on Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, Delhi Congress questioned his move to invite BJP to form government in the city, accusing him of acting at the behest of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and a section of BJP leaders. Reacting sharply to Lt Governor’s move,Read More

Chandigarh,  With union finance minister Arun Jaitley categorically rejecting higher financial assistance to Punjab and arguing that its devolution was already high, the state government’s claims stand exposed, opposition Congress party said Friday. Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa in a statement here said the tall claims of the ParkashRead More

Administrative complex to be completed by January Amritsar,  Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today set the deadline to complete the Bus Rapid Transit System project till March 3, 2015 at the cost of 333 crore  which would include 7 corridors at important geographical points in the city.Read More

Chandigarh,  The Punjab Government has issued the posting/transfer orders of 5 IPS officers of 2012 batch as ASPs, besides shifting 22 PPS officers of DSP rank. According to an official spokesman Harjinder Singh PPS has been posted as DSP/SD Khanna, Ranjit Singh as DSP/Dharkalan, Harjit Singh as ACP/Crime, Amritsar, RavinderpalRead More

Chandigarh,  The first phase of   protest action programme launched by  Four Left Parties – CPI, CPI(M), CPM Punjab & CPI(ML) Liberation against the draconian black law “  Punjab Protection Of Government And Private Properties Damage Act  – 2014 “ enacted by the Badal  government and for settlement of other burning demands ofRead More

* Step aimed at ensuring quality control of all civil works Chandigarh,   The Punjab government today constituted a special team to conduct thorough technical audit and physical verification of works of Municipal Corporation and Municipal Councils, Improvement Trusts, Panchayats, Water Supply department, Sewerage Boards in district Amritsar in otherRead More