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Gurdaspur, July 16 Former speaker and senior SAD leader Nirmal Singh Kahlon (79) dies in sleep. He was a minister of Rural Development and Panchayats state of Punjab from 1997 to 2002 and Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2012. He was charged in a recruitment…

New Delhi, July 16 The Centre plans to introduce a bill to replace the 155-year-old ‘Press and Registration of Books Act’ with a simplified version that decriminalises various provisions and brings digital media under its ambit. The government plans to introduce the ‘Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2022’ during…

New Delhi, July 16 A BJP parliamentary board meeting is underway here to pick the party’s candidate for the vice presidential poll. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, besides BJP chief JP Nadda are among those attending…

New Delhi, July 17 Setting aside buzz over Vice-Predential candidate, BJP president JP Nadda has announced West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as BJP-led NDA candidate for the post. Jagdeep Dhankhar is a “kisan putra” (son of farmer) who established himself as “people’s governor”, BJP chief J P Nadda said….

New Delhi, July 16 The BJP parliamentary board will meet on Saturday evening to pick the party’s candidate for the post of Vice President of the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders of the party will attend the meeting, which will be followed by an all-party MPs’…

NEW DELHI, JULY 15 Sri Lanka will kick off the process to elect its next President on Saturday after Gotabaya Rajapaksa sent in his resignation from Singapore while Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court barred two of his brothers — former PM Mahinda and former Finance Minister Basil — from leaving the…

Jupinderjit Singh Chandigarh, July 15 Sidhu Moosewala murder mastermind Goldy Brar, who is said to be in Canada, released a video on Friday claiming that they had spurned a Rs 2 crore compromise offer made by the singer following the Vicky Middukhera case. Can’t be called a martyr In…

Sanjeev Singh BarianaChandigarh, July 15 Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was an accused in the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing case, may have paid the price for Prime Minister Narender Modi earlier this year. The Intelligence Bureau has hinted that “the act could be part of ‘concerted efforts’ to use ‘unfair’…

Ajay Banerjee New Delhi, July 15 With the US House of Representatives amending its law on CAATSA to accommodate India, the India-US military ties are set for an upswing. Much at stake Imposition of sanctions could have led to the collapse of Quad Would have ended the growing…

New Delhi, July 15The US House of Representatives has passed by voice vote a legislative amendment seeking to exempt India from a law that sanctions nations for purchasing military hardware from Russia.Editorial: No US sanctionsAuthored and introduced by Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, the amendment wants the Biden administration to use…

New Delhi, July 15Over 13.3 lakh precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered to beneficiaries in the age group of 18-59 years till 10 pm on Friday, with a majority of those being free under a special 75-day drive launched by the government.The “COVID Vaccination Amrit Mahotsav” to provide free…

Mumbai, July 15 Not married and unconditionally surrounded by love, Sushmita Sen said in a cryptic Instagram post on Friday, a day after former Indian Premier League chairperson Lalit Modi set social media abuzz with a tweet on his relationship with the Bollywood star. The ‘Aarya’ star, who did not…

Chandigarh, July 15 It’s been almost two months since Sidhu Moosewala was killed. His family, friends and fans are still recovering from the loss. There is a prayer or a kind word for the late singer-politician surfacing on the internet every day. Now, there is a throwback photos of…

New Delhi, July 15 A class 10 student was allegedly gang-raped in a car in Mahipalpur after being kidnapped from a market in Vasant Vihar in south Delhi, police said on Friday. The incident took place on July 6 inside a parked car in southwest Delhi’s Mahipalpur and all the…

New Delhi, July 15 Sri Lanka will kick off the process to elect its next President on Saturday after Gotabaya Rajapaksa sent in his resignation from Singapore, while Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court barred two of his brothers—former PM Mahinda and former Finance Minister Basil—from leaving the country till July 28….