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CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu has welcomed the reopening of the Kartarpur Corridor from Wednesday. “The opening of the Kartarpur Corridor is in itself a historic, rare and priceless gift,” said Sidhu while addressing mediapersons here in Chandigarh, adding that he would appeal to the government at the Centre to keep this corridor […]

SHIMLA: Following the devastating defeat of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently held by-elections, Bikram Thakur, a senior cabinet minister in the Jairam Thakur Government, brushed aside rumours that a change in the state leadership is being considered. “We cannot stop rumours from spreading, but we are definitely detailing strategies to rectify causes that […]

LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: BSP supremo and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati’s mother Ramrati (92) passed away on Saturday after battling prolonged illness. BSP general secretary Satish Mishra told reporters that the Dalit czarina’s mother was undergoing treatment at a Delhi hospital and died following a cardiac arrest. Her mother’s cremation is scheduled to take place in […]

CHANDIGARH: In a setback to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) just before Vidhan Sabha elections, the AAP MLA from Bathinda Rural (reserved) Rupinder Kaur Ruby quit the party on Tuesday and joined Congress. 33-year-old first time MLA Ruby tweeted her resignation which was addressed to AAP national convener ad Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab […]

NEW DELHI: In what spells out more trouble for Sushen Mohan Gupta, the alleged middleman in the French aviation company Dassault’s alleged agreement with a Chandigarh based software firm IDS Infotech, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has found bills for his vacation in Thailand in December 2010 on New Year eve. The CBI chargesheet, […]

CHANDIGARH: Ahead of the 2022 Punjab elections, it was advantage Sidhu as Punjab chief minister, Charanjit Singh Channi formally announced the acceptance of resignation of APS Deol, Advocate General (AG) post a cabinet meeting at Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh on Tuesday. With the acceptance of Deol’s resignation, speculations doing the rounds point towards the end […]

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its dissatisfaction over the probe into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case on October 3, in which four farmers, a journalist and three BJP workers were killed and also proposed to appoint a retired High Court judge to oversee the probe till the charge sheet is filed. The […]

ROHTAK: BJP MP Arvind Kumar Sharma on Saturday issued a threat to farmers who held party leader Manish Grover captive for over 9 hours in ‎Kilo village yesterday. Addressing a public gathering, the Rohtak parliamentarian said, “will gouge out eyes, chop off hands of those trying to look or raise their hands at him (Manish […]

ROHTAK: In a dramatic turn of events, BJP leader Manish Grover and other party leaders were held hostage by farmers in Kiloi village of Rohtak district on Friday. The agitated farmers held them captive while he was watching PM Narendra Modi’s Kedarnath visit live on television in a temple along with others. Also Read & […]

CHANDIGARH: The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Abhay Singh Chautala scored his fifth victory from Ellenabad in Haryana assembly by-elections. He beat BJP-JJP candidate Gobind Kanda and Congress candidate Pawan Beniwal. With this win, Chautala remains undefeated from this rural Jat-dominated seat since the 2010 by-elections. The bypoll was necessitated after Abhay Singh Chautala, […]