Chandigarh,  The passing year is being labelled as the year of state’s fight against drugs. The matter gained prominence with Opposition parties taking on the government on its alleged failure to contain the menace. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too had made it part of his election campaign and had recentlyRead More

Jalandhar, The BJP’s youth wing ABVP as well as the Opposition Congress here yesterday held demonstrations even as Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia was being interrogated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for his alleged involvement in the Bhola drug racket. The protesters demanded Majithia’s resignation to ensure a “fair probe” intoRead More

Hawaii, President Barack Obama in a Christmas Day speech to US troops stationed in Hawaii hailed their “extraordinary dedication and sacrifices,” as NATO prepares to wrap up its combat mission in Afghanistan. After a morning of exchanging gifts with family members during their annual year-end vacation in his birth state,Read More

Ranchi: The BJP’s legislature party on Friday held a meeting and elected Raghubar Das as the party’s new leader before staking claim to form its fifth and the 10th government of Jharkhand. The party will make an official announcement in this regard soon. It is the first time that aRead More

New Delhi,Central ministers today held events to observe the government’s new initiative — Good Governance Day — on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.The move by the Modi government to celebrate Good Governance Day on a holiday received widespread criticism from Opposition parties, who called itRead More

Jalandhar, Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia on Friday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for investigations into the Rs 6,000 crore Bhola drug racket. He was served summons a few days ago.Choosing not to put up any show of strength, the minister came with his lawyers at 10:23 am in hisRead More

New Delhi, Punjab MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warring was yesterday declared as the new president of the Indian Youth Congress. He comes in place of Rajiv Satav, Congress MP from Maharashtra, whose term ended some time ago. “Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved the name of Amarinder Singh Raja Warring as presidentRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress plans to gherao BJP national president Amit Shah on January 12 when he is scheduled to launch an anti-drug campaign in the state.Congress MLAs Gurkirat Kotli, Lal Singh, Parminder Pinki, Sukhjinder Randhawa, Tript Rajinder Bajwa and Ravneet Bittu (MP) today said the move was aimed at exposingRead More

Chandigarh, State Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa today alleged Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia was misleading people by saying that he had been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate as a witness and not accused. He claimed the ED had summoned the minister on the basis of statements furnished by various accused inRead More

Patiala, Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal has dubbed the winter session of the Vidhan Sabha as a “wasteful exercise”. On a private visit to the city, Bhattal said “the SAD-BJP government did not allow the Opposition to raise major issues of common interest in the Assembly”.Read More