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Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, July 19 The exclusion of the Punjab Government and premiere state institutions from the Central Government committee on agriculture issues, including an effective minimum support price mechanism, has raised Punjab’s hackles. Editorial: Row over MSP panel While officers from Karnataka, Odisha, Sikkim and Andhra…

Sumedha SharmaGurugram, July 19The recent orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), mandating month-long inspection of the Aravallis for mining, reportedly escalated the police and mining mafia friction.Repeated raids, arrests, closure of sites and impounding of vehicles had reportedly left the mafia upset over losing their business.Ikkar, the cleaner.The murder…

Sumedha Sharma Gurugram, July 19 The recent orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), mandating month-long inspection of the Aravallis for mining, reportedly escalated the police and mining mafia friction. Repeated raids, arrests, closure of sites and impounding of vehicles had reportedly left the mafia upset over losing their business….

Geetanjali Gayatri Chandigarh, July 19 The rising instances of illegal mining at Taoru in Nuh district were flagged at the monthly meeting of the district-level task force (DLTF) held in June following which efforts to check it had been intensified. Action taken in Haryana in 2022-23 FIRs registered 138…

ANI Mumbai, July 19 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday recognised Rahul Shewale as the floor leader of the party in the lower house. This came after 12 of the 19 Shiv Sena Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Lok Sabha including Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s son Shrikant…

Chandigarh, July 19 Four days after a pro-Khalistan poster was found pasted on the wall of the Kali Mata temple in Patiala, the Punjab Police on Tuesday cracked the case with the arrest of two people linked to the proscribed Sikhs for Justice. Patiala Range Inspector General of Police MS…

Wilmington (US), July 19 An epic legal fight between Elon Musk and Twitter began in earnest in a Delaware court on Tuesday as lawyers for both sides fought over how soon the trial should begin. Twitter is trying to force the billionaire to make good on his April promise to…

New Delhi, July 19 The Samyukta Kisan Morcha has rejected the committee formed by the Government on MSP and other issues, and decided not to nominate its representative in the committee. “There is no rationale for sending representatives to such anti-farmer and meaningless committee,” said SKM leaders Darshan Pal, Hannan…

New Delhi, July 19 Opposition parties protested in both Houses of Parliament on Tuesday to press for urgent discussions on issues like price rise, GST and the Agnipath scheme, disrupting proceedings for the second consecutive day of the Monsoon session. Outside Parliament, the government and the opposition accused each other…

Kollam (Kerala), July 19Five women, who were on NEET exam duty held in an educational institute in Kerala, were arrested on Tuesday here for allegedly asking girl students to remove their innerwear for appearing for the test held on Sunday, police said.Police told PTI that they were arrested after hours-long…

Sanjay Yadav Gurugram, July 19 “The dumper driver Mittar and cleaner Ikkar asked each other not to stop but teach us a lesson for issuing mining challans,” said ASI Sanjay Kumar, reader of slain Tauru DSP Surender Singh. ASI Kumar filed a complaint with Tauru Sadar police station following…

New Delhi, July 19 The Ministry of Health on Tuesday debarred five doctors of Safdarjung Hospital from duty after a pregnant woman delivered a newborn outside the hospital today. Safdarjung Hospital is a premiere central government hospital in Delhi. “Our team visited the hospital today for fact finding in the…

New Delhi, July 19 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested former Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey in National Stock Exchange (NSE) co-location scam case. Pandey was arrested under provisions of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after his day-long questioning at the agency’s headquarters here, an official said. Pandey, who…

New Delhi, July 19A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered the release of real estate tycoons Sushil and Gopal Ansal against the jail term already undergone by them in a case of tampering with evidence in the case related to the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire, which had claimed 59 lives.A magisterial…

Chandigarh, July 19 Punjabi lyricist and music composer Jaani Johan and two others were injured when the SUV they were travelling in hit another car at the traffic lights near Sector 88 today evening. Both the vehicles flipped twice before turning turtle. Cops said apparently the vehicles did not stop…