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New Delhi, March 29 Voicing concern over the accidental firing of a missile that landed in Pakistan, Congress leader Manish Tewari on Tuesday called for an institutionalised dialogue on nuclear issues. Raising the matter during Zero Hour, he said facts suggested that Pakistan had prepared a retaliatory strike when…

Chandigarh, March 29 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent visit to Delhi concluded without any progress. But it was not Wang’s visit, but Arnab Goswami who became a major trend on Chinese social media. The trend was based on a clip of Goswami exchanging angry barbs with a US professor…

Shubhadeep Choudhury New Delhi, March 29 Expressing “deep concern” over the ruling BJP’s use of “Central agencies such as the ED, CBI, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and Income Tax Department to target, harass and corner political opponents across the country”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a…

Aditi TandonNew Delhi, March 29Amid a raging debate over gross mismatch between the demand and supply of medical education in India, the government on Tuesday informed the Parliament that there had been a massive 75 per cent rise in the number of MBBS seats in the country and a 93…

Chandigarh, March 29 Public transport services were affected in Haryana for the second day on Tuesday, as roadways employees came in support of the two-day nationwide strike called by central trade unions to protest against the Centre’s alleged wrong policies. The Haryana Roadways bus services remained suspended as its employees…

New Delhi, January 24The minimum temperatures in northwest and central India are likely to drop by three to five degrees Celsius over the next five days, leading to cold day conditions in Delhi and a cold wave in parts of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.Cold day to…

Chandigarh, January 24 The Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed anticipatory bail plea of senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia. The order was passed by Justice Lisa Gill after hearing final arguments on his bail plea. Majithia was earlier granted interim anticipatory bail and directed to join investigation. Punjab…

New York, January 24 A 27-year-old Indian-origin “super rookie” NYPD officer is being hailed as a hero after he shot a convicted felon who killed his colleague and seriously injured another while investigating a domestic-violence call in the Harlem neighbourhood of New York City. Sumit Sulan is still struggling…

New Delhi, January 24 The BJP in Punjab will contest on 65 assembly seats, the Punjab Lok Congress on 37 seats and the SAD (Sanyukt) on 17 seats, BJP chief JP Nadda said on Monday as he announced the seat sharing agreement between his party and its allies for the…

Islamabad, December 2 Pakistan on Thursday summoned a senior diplomat from the Indian High Commission here to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to convey its view that a model’s “bareheaded” photoshoot at the revered Gurdwara Darbar Sahib was an “isolated incident”. On Tuesday, India had summoned the Charge d’Affaires at…

New Delhi, October 22 Fed up with ad-hocism in appointments to consumer commissions, the Supreme Court on Friday said it was time to have permanent consumer courts. Hearing a suo motu PIL, a Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said instead of consumer commissions manned by retired judicial officers…

New Delhi, October 22 Fed up with ad-hocism in appointments to consumer commissions, the Supreme Court on Friday said it was time to have permanent consumer courts. Hearing a suo motu PIL, a Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said instead of consumer commissions manned by retired judicial officers…

Srinagar, October 16 Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Umar Mushtaq Khandey is trapped in an encounter with security forces in the Pampore area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior police official said on Saturday. Khandey is among the top militants whom the security forces are targeting since a hitlist was…

Srinagar, October 16 Two militants, including Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Umar Mushtaq Khandey, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pampore area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday, a senior police officer said. Khandey was allegedly involved in the killing of two policemen here earlier this year. “LeT…