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Kurukshetra, September 24 Following assurance given by the government of starting the procurement process from Saturday, BKU Charuni has agreed to lift the blockade in Haryana’s Shahbad. BKU (Charuni) spokesman Rakesh Bains said the government had assured them to start the weighing process; the J forms will be issued from…

Kurukshetra, September 24 Farmers on Saturday morning lifted their 20-hour blockade of the National Highway-44 at Shahabad here after the government assured them of procuring more kharif crops per acre than usual. Farmers under Haryana Bhartiya Kisan Union (Chaduni) had on Friday blocked the national highway connecting Delhi and Chandigarh,…

Chandigarh, September 24 After Ankita Bhandari’s murder snowballed into a major controversy, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami gave instructions to District Magistrates to investigate all the resorts of the state. He also ordered action against resorts operating illegally in the hill state. “It is unfortunate. Police are working,…

New Delhi, September 24 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against an accused in a case related to the conspiracy by Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) terrorists to kill a Hindu priest in Punjab’s Jalandhar last year. Gagandeep Singh alias Gaggu, a resident of Sangatpura Mohalla in…

Saurabh Malik Chandigarh, September 24 In a midnight hearing on blockade by farmers deploying tractor-trailers and other vehicles at Shahbad in Kurukshetra, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the State of Haryana, its functionaries and other respondents to ensure that the National Highway-44 was kept open for free flow…

Saurabh Malik Chandigarh, September 24 In a midnight hearing on blockade by farmers deploying tractor-trailers and other vehicles at Shahbad in Kurukshetra, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the State of Haryana, its functionaries and other respondents to ensure that the National Highway-44 was kept open for free flow…

Chandigarh, September 23A letter from Governor Banwarilal Purohit’s office to the Secretary of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha has sought details of the legislative business to be conducted during the proposed Assembly session on September 27, official sources said.The AAP government had on Thursday sought the Governor’s permission for the same,…

New Delhi, September 23In an escalation of its tiff with Canada, the Foreign Office here has advised Indians in Canada and those travelling to that country to exercise “due caution and remain vigilant in view of the sharp increase in incidents of hate crime, sectarian violence and anti-India activities” there.Culprits…

Aditi TandonNew Delhi, September 23Veteran leader Ashok Gehlot is all set to file his nomination for the election of Congress president with Rahul Gandhi categorically telling the Rajasthan Chief Minister that neither he nor anyone from his family would contest.Ahead of the commencement of filing of nomination on Saturday, Gehlot…

New Delhi, September 23 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped a penalty of over Rs 2,000 crore on the Punjab Government for its failure to treat solid and liquid waste, leading to a huge gap in waste generation and treatment. Can’t take too long to act Corrective…

Chandigarh, September 23 There seems to be no end to the ongoing hostility between the Punjab Governor and state’s Aam Aadmi Party Government, with the former on Friday asking the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Secretary to give details of the legislative business to be taken up in the Assembly session on…

Nagpur, September 23 Skipper Rohit Sharma blazed away to an unbeaten 46 as India registered a series-levelling six-wicket win over Australia in the second T20I here on Friday. Chasing 91, Rohit scored 46 off 20 balls which included four boundaries and as many sixes to take India over the line…

Pauri (Uttarakhand), September 23 A BJP leader’s son who owns a resort in Yamkeshwar block of Pauri district and his two employees were arrested on Friday allegedly for killing a 19-year-old girl who had been missing for the last few days, police said. The girl worked as a receptionist at…

Chandigarh, September 23 In view of the movement of VVIP scheduled to Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, transiting through Chandigarh on September 24, District Magistrate Vinay Pratap Singh has ordered that the whole of Union Territory shall be a ‘No Flying Zone’ for the purpose of flying of drones and unmanned aerial…

Panaji, September 23 A court in Goa on Friday extended the judicial custody of two persons arrested in connection with the death of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sonali Phogat. Phogat (43) was brought dead to a private hospital in Anjuna on August 23, with police claiming she was given an…