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New Delhi, September 28 The government on Wednesday extended by three months its programme to provide free rations to the poor at a cost of Rs 44,762 crore as it looked to ease pain from high inflation and make political gains in the upcoming Gujarat elections. The scheme to provide…

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, September 28 The BJP-led Union government today extended by three months the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)—the programme to provide free rations to the poor. Coming ahead of the critical Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections, the move has also been taken in mind high…

Aparna Banerji Khatkar Kalan, September 28 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today said state awards will be accorded to 46 youth achievers in the name of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and a chair in the name of Bhagat Singh will be established at the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. The CM…

Satya Prakash New Delhi, September 28 The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to spell out its stand within a day on the mercy petition of death-row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana in the former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh assassination case. “We can’t force you to take what decisionhellip;but…

Rajmeet SinghChandigarh, September 28Former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has said he was available 24×7 on his mobile phone, but he had not yet received any call from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann or his personal staff.Channi, who is Canada, said, “It was wrong on Mann’s part to say that…

Jaipur, September 28Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will meet the Congress high command in New Delhi on Wednesday amid suspense over whether he will file nomination for the post of party president, sources here said.Gehlot’s visit comes a day after the Congress issued show-cause notices to three of his loyalists—Rajasthan…

Tribune News Service New Delhi, September 28 In a massive pre-poll jolt to the Congress in Himachal Pradesh, party’s working president Harsh Mahajan joined the BJP in New Delhi on Wednesday, in a move that came as a surprise to the grand old organisation battling a massive crisis in Rajasthan….

ANI Kolkata (West Bengal), September 28 West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar made startling revelations against the Mamata Banerjee-led government and claimed that the TMC supremo may be arrested soon. “Mamata Banerjee may be arrested by December. 41 TMC people’s names are with top leadership. The government will fall in…

Lakhimpur Kheri, September 28 Eight people were killed and 14 others injured in a head-on collision between a private bus and a mini truck on Wednesday, police said. The bus was on its way from Dhaurhara to Lucknow when it collided with a mini truck coming from the opposite direction…

Gorakhpur, September 28 Actor-cum-politician Ravi Kishan has allegedly been duped of Rs 3.25 crore, police said. Kishan, who is the MP from Gorakhpur Sadar and a film actor, has filed a complaint at Gorakhpur Cantonment police station against a builder for duping him of Rs 3.25 crore. The police…

New Delhi, September 28The ED on Wednesday morning arrested liquor businessman Sameer Mahendru in connection with its money-laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy, official sources said.Mahendru is the managing director of a company called Indospirits.Sources said he was taken into custody under the criminal sections…

Dehradun, September 28Former Uttarakhand DGP Aloke B Lal has said that the hurry in the demolition of the resort in question in the Ankita Bhandari murder case must have destroyed crucial evidence.There have been allegations from various quarters about the destruction of evidence in the murder case by an overnight…

New Delhi, September 28 The Centre has imposed a ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and several of its associates for their alleged terror activities. The organisations which were also declared banned under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA include Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CF),…

Washington, September 28External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in his meeting with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday raised the issue of the backlog of visa applications from India to which the top American diplomat said he is sensitive to the matter and had a plan to address…

Sandeep DikshitNew Delhi, September 27India expressed its keenness to work with the US on a wide range of issues to “help shape the world” and pressed for more coordination in the Indian subcontinent. But it drew red lines on its diversified military relationship and imposing a price cap on Russian…