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Chandigarh, August 8 Strongly opposing the Centre’s introduction of the Electricity Amendment Bill-2022 in Parliament without even consulting the states, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday termed the move as an “attack on the constitutional rights” of the states. “Through such nefarious designs the Centre is weakening the foundations…

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, August 8 The contentious Electricity Amendment Bill-2022 that enables the entry of private companies in the power distribution landscape was on Monday introduced in the Lok Sabha amid stiff opposition by a group of parties, and was referred to the parliamentary standing committee on energy for…

New Delhi, August 8 A Delhi court on Monday awarded three-year jail term to former coal secretary HC Gupta in a coal scam case related to irregularities in allocation of a coal block in Maharashtra, a lawyer associated with the case said. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj also awarded two-year imprisonment…

Jammu/Doda, August 8 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday carried out searches at multiple places in Jammu and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir against members of banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in a terror funding case, officials said. Simultaneous raids are under way at nearly a dozen places on the…

Jammu, August 8 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out raids at different locations in Doda and Jammu on Monday. According to sources, the raids are currently under way. Further details are awaited. Meanwhile, the NIA on Saturday had arrested a radicalised and active member of Islamic State (ISIS) from…

ANI Sikar, August 8 Three women were killed in a stampede outside a temple in Rajasthan’s Sikar district early on Monday, police said. Long queues were seen outside the Khatu Shyam temple as devotees had gathered on the occasion of ‘Gyaras’, an auspicious day as per Hindu calendar. As…

Sikar, August 8 Three women were killed in a stampede outside a temple in Rajasthan’s Sikar district early on Monday, police said. Long queues were seen outside the Khatu Shyam temple as devotees had gathered on the occasion of ‘Gyaras’, an auspicious day as per Hindu calendar. As soon…

Mukesh RanjanNew Delhi, August 7Even as the government today claimed that PM Narendra Modi heralded the collective efforts of all states in the spirit of cooperative federalism as the force that helped India tackle the Covid pandemic, the seventh governing council meeting of NITI Aayog was marked by a “boycott”…

Mukesh Ranjan New Delhi, August 7 Even as the government today claimed that PM Narendra Modi heralded the collective efforts of all states in the spirit of cooperative federalism as the force that helped India tackle the Covid pandemic, the seventh governing council meeting of NITI Aayog was marked by…

New Delhi, August 7Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today said he had demanded reconstitution of the committee on MSP and to help the state’s efforts in crop diversification in his presentation at the seventh Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog here, which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Lamenting that his…

Birmingham, August 7 World champions Australia beat India by nine runs in a thriller to win the gold medal in the women’s cricket event at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday. Batting first, Australia scored 161 for 8 in 20 overs with Beth Mooney scoring 61 off 41 balls while Renuka…

Chandigarh, August 8 Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu who has been serving year-long sentence in a 1988 road rage case involving a man’s death, has penned an emotional post on behalf of her husband, saying “it just gives me immense pain to see a…

New Delhi, August 7Facing criticism over cancellation of the common university entrance test (CUET) at some centres, UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar on Sunday said it was done in the best interests of students as there were indications of “sabotage”.The National Testing Agency announced that the test which was cancelled…

New Delhi, August 7More than 71,000 cases are pending with the Supreme Court where over 10,000 cases awaiting disposal are over 10-year-old, the Government has told Parliament.High courts and subordinate courts too have witnessed substantive increase in pending cases as the combined number of cases awaiting adjudication almost touched 4.84…

Ajay Banerjee New Delhi, August 7 Six years after India and the US signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA), an Indian shipyard on Sunday commenced the first-ever maintenance of a US warship at Chennai. The LEMOA allows either country to pick up fuel, supplies, spares and get repairs…