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New Delhi, September 27 Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena tweeted “Satyameva Jayate” (truth alone triumphs), soon after the Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained the AAP and several of its leaders from levelling “false” allegations against him. The Delhi High Court also directed the Aam Aadmi Party leaders to remove…

New Delhi, September 27 More than 150 people allegedly linked with the Popular Front of India (PFI) were detained or arrested in raids across seven states on Tuesday, five days after a similar pan India crackdown against the group often accused of being linked to radical Islam. Conducted mostly by…

Chandigarh, September 27 The special session of the Punjab Assembly began here on Tuesday with obituary references. The House paid tributes to Nirmal Singh Kahlon, former speaker; ex-MLA Dharambir Agnihotri; progressive farmer Jagjit Singh Hara; Avtar Singh Hit; PS Kumedan; and social worker KD Khosla. The House was well-attended. Two…

Chandigarh, September 27 Pandemonium ensued in the Punjab Assembly session here on Tuesday as Congress MLAS protested when CM Bhagwant Mann tried to bring in a confidence motion. The House was repeatedly adjourned for short durations before the Congress MLAs were taken out and Mann brought the confidence motion. Earlier,…

New Delhi, September 27In a first, the Supreme Court on Tuesday began live-streaming its constitution bench proceedings.On September 27, 2018, the then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra had delivered the landmark judgement on the live telecast or webcast of important proceedings in matters of constitutional importance, saying “sunlight is…

New Delhi, September 27 An evacuation alert has been declared for people living in the low-lying areas near the Yamuna banks in Delhi with the water level in the river rising to 206.11 metres, well above the danger mark of 205.33 metres and the highest this year so far, following…

Ajay BanerjeeNew Delhi, September 27India and the US, on Monday night, committed to having a deeper defence cooperation to include sharing of emerging technologies and militaries on better information sharing and logistics.Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who is on visit to the US met US Defense Secretary Lloyd J….

Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, September 27 The US has advised Pakistan to improve its ties with India even as it sidestepped New Delhi’s concerns over an upgrade assistance for Islamabad’s F-16s. “In our discussions today, we talked about the importance of managing a responsible relationship with India,” said US Secretary…

Washington, September 27India and Pakistan are both partners of the US with different points of emphasis, the Biden administration said Monday, a day after visiting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar questioned the rationale behind the latest American F-16 security assistance to Islamabad.Referring to the argument made by the US that…

Cape Canaveral (US), September 27 A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 9.6 million kilometers away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the small…

Jammu, September 26 Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who had ended his more than five-decade-long association with the Congress on August 26, here today launched his own political outfit, Democratic Azad Party. “Democratic is for democracy and ‘Azad’ for independence…. The party will be democratic…

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, September 26 The BJP today said the ongoing tussle in the Rajasthan Congress was “an internal matter of the party in which it has no hand whatsoever”. However, party leaders said the “doors are not closed” for Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s becirc;te noire Sachin Pilot….

Aditi TandonNew Delhi, September 26The Congress on Monday plunged into deeper crisis in Rajasthan with pro-Ashok Gehlot MLAs setting three conditions for the high command for leadership change in the state.The top brass is mulling action against some ministers for holding an informal MLAs’ meeting in Jaipur on Sunday while…

Chandigarh, September 26 The Punjab Cabinet on Monday gave the approval to amend the Punjab Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, to enable ease of doing business in the state and facilitating the taxpayers. The amendment will also help in streamlining provisions relating to refunds and rationalising those related to…

Chandigarh, September 26Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Monday arrested IFS officer Parveen Kumar.Parveen Kumar, Principal Chief Conservator Forest ( PCCF) Wildlife, was arrested under Sections 409, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of the IPC and Sections 7,7(A), 13(1), 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act.During the ongoing investigation in the alleged…