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New Delhi, July 6Union ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Ram Chandra Prasad Singh on Wednesday resigned from the Cabinet a day ahead of their Rajya Sabha term gets over.Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded contribution of Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Ram Chandra Prasad Singh to the country and the people….

Chandigarh/Tarn Taran, July 6 Reaffirming the firm commitment of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to make Punjab a corruption-free state, Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Faridkot Lakhvir Singh for accepting Rs 10 lakh as a bribe from a drug supplier for not nominating him in the…

London, July 6 A British Sikh historian, author and art collector has loaned his extensive personal collection for a major exhibition on Maharajah Duleep Singh, the last ruler of Punjab who was exiled to Britain during colonial rule. Peter Bance, the UK-based author of ‘Sovereign, Squire and Rebel: Maharajah Duleep…

New Delhi, July 6 Aviation regulator DGCA issued a show-cause notice Wednesday to SpiceJet after its planes reported eight technical malfunctions over the past 18 days, as airline chief Ajay Singh said a lot of these incidents are “minor” in nature but assured the carrier will be “doubly careful” and…

New Delhi, July 6 Aviation regulator DGCA on Wednesday issued a showcause notice to SpiceJet following eight technical malfunction incidents in the last 18 days. “The review (of incidents) transpires that poor internal safety oversight and inadequate maintenance actions (as most of the incidents are related to either component failure…

New Delhi, July 6 Aviation regulator DGCA issued a show-cause notice Wednesday to SpiceJet after its planes reported eight technical malfunctions over the past 18 days, as airline chief Ajay Singh said a lot of these incidents are “minor” in nature but assured the carrier will be “doubly careful” and…

New Delhi, July 6 Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said he is “taken aback by the attack” on Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra for her comments on Goddess Kaali, and urged people to “lighten up and leave religion” to individuals to practice privately. Moitra on Tuesday stirred a controversy…

Chandigarh, July 6 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will get married on Thursday, July 7, at a private ceremony, sources in the Aam Aadmi Party said here on Wednesday. Mann is getting married to Dr Gurpreet Kaur. It is his second marriage. The 48-year-old Mann is getting married…

Chandiagrh, July 6 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will get married on Thursday, July 7, at a private ceremony, highly places sources in the Aam Admi Party said here on Wednesday. Mann is getting married to Dr Gurpreet Kaur. It is his second marriage. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind…

Raipur, July 6A day after a face-off between Chhattisgarh police and their Uttar Pradesh counterparts to arrest TV news anchor Rohit Ranjan for playing a doctored clip of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, a team of Raipur cops went to his house in Ghaziabad again on Wednesday, but he was not…

Gaurav Kanthwal Zirakpur, July 6 Fifteen students had a narrow escape when the school bus they were travelling in fell in a ditch alongside the road near Daulat Singhwala village in Zirakpur on Wednesday. The bus of Blue Bird High School, Panchkula, was making way for another school bus to…

New Delhi, July 6 The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Thursday the plea of a TV news anchor, facing several FIRs in some states for playing a doctored clip of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, seeking protection from coercive action for the alleged offence. “List it tomorrow,” a vacation bench…

New Delhi, July 6 The price of domestic liquid petroleum gas cylinders on Wednesday was hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder, the third increase in rates since May. Non-subsidised LPG will now cost Rs 1,053 per 14.2-kg cylinder, according to a price notification of oil companies. Non-subsidised LPG rate is…

Nashik, July 6 A refugee cleric from Afghanistan was sprayed with bullets in Yeola town of Maharashtra’s Nashik district late last evening, police said here on Wednesday. According to an Investigation Officer, the incident occurred around 7.15 p.m. in an open deserted plot near the MIDC industrial zone in Yeola….

Amritsar, July 6 The police have got a five-day remand of Lawrence Bishnoi, a gangster and the prime suspect in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case. He was produced in a local court amid heavy police security on Wednesday morning. He was taken on police remand in connection with the killing…