New Delhi, Undeterred by attack from within the Congress for her comments on government formation in Delhi, Sheila Dikshit on Sunday stuck to her position, saying she did not back BJP’s bid to power and was only explaining the “factual and constitutional” provision on the issue. The former Delhi ChiefRead More

New Delhi,  The Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued show-cause notices to BJP President Amit Shah and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi along with the heads of four other political parties asking why an inquiry should not be instituted in the matter of non-compliance of its order to implement the RTIRead More

New Delhi, With peak energy demand projected to double in three years, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite pooling of natural gas prices to make available affordable fuel to power plants. Naidu last week wrote to Modi supporting the plan toRead More

Chandigarh,  The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, today flayed the decision of the Narendra Modi government fixing new norms about paddy procurement and milling  as yet another big set back to the state after the rejection of the demand of the  Akali Dal-BJP government  for special package as anti-Punjab,Read More

Chandigarh, Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday asked Irrigation department to upgrade drainage system to check water logging in south western districts of the state. Badal, who talked to affected people in the villages of Sri Muktsar Sahib district, emphasised the need for upgrading, widening and strengthening theRead More

 Chandigarh, When the Pakistan government is preserving the memory of Shaheed Bhagat Singh by renovating not only the house where he was born but also his entire village for huge money, the Punjab government has betrayed a martyr who went to the gallows with him in the freedom struggle.   TheRead More

Washington, President Barack Obama is distinguishing the military campaign against Islamic State militants from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He says the new fight must avoid what he calls mistakes of the past. Obama says more nations are joining a coalition against the extremists. In his weekly radio andRead More

Jammu,  Over 1,42,000 people have been rescued from the flood-ravaged parts of Jammu and Kashmir so far, as the relief operations launched by Armed forces entered the 12th day today. “Armed Forces and NDRF have so far rescued over 1,42,000 persons from different parts of J&K in the ongoing rescueRead More

New Delhi,  Communication and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Saturday said the central government would focus on three points – digital infrastructure, governance and services – to drive its ‘Digital India’ scheme. The minister said: “Digital infrastructure, governance and services on demand and digital empowerment of citizens are the threeRead More

Chandigarh, State finance minister Parminder Dhindsa slammed his cabinet colleague and industries minister Madan Mohan Mittal for his comments over the special package issue. Mittal on Thursday had told that Punjab had failed to get assistance as the state finance minister had failed to plead its case at the CentreRead More