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Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, February 3 The Punjab government took major decisions in its Cabinet meeting held today. The Council of Ministers headed by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has imposed a cess of 90 paise per litre on petrol and diesel. This is the first tax imposed on the public…

Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, February 3 The Punjab government took major decisions in its Cabinet meeting held today. The Council of Ministers headed by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has imposed a cess of 90 paise per litre on petrol and diesel. This is the first tax imposed on the public…

Chandigarh, February 3 About an year after the Congress party issued a show cause notice to Patiala MP Preneet Kaur, wife of former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, she has been suspended from the party. She has been asked to reply within three days as to why she…

Mansa, February 3 Late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala always projected himself as a farmer who was attached to the Punjab soil. He was more at ease living in his native village in Mansa driving tractors rather than living abroad and travelling in upscale SUVs. Sidhu Moosewala’s father Balkaur Singh…

New Delhi, February 3 The Centre on Friday assured the Supreme Court that the Collegium’s recommendation for the appointment of five judges in the apex court would be cleared soon. Attorney General R Venkataramani told a bench of Justices SK Kaul and AS Oka that the warrant of appointments of…

Satya Prakash New Delhi, February 3 Signalling a thaw in the ongoing stand-off over appointment of judges, the Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that the new appointments of judges to the top court would be notified soon. The assurance was given by Attorney General R Venkataramani to…

Nikhil Bhardwaj Ludhiana, February 3 A major fire broke out at two spinning mills at Jandiali on Chandigarh road on Friday morning. Machinery and goods worth lakhs were gutted. A video grab of the gutted machinery and goods. Fire tenders from Ludhiana and Samrala were rushed to…

New Delhi, February 3 The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to produce original records relating to its decision to block a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh issued notices to the government and others on pleas filed by…

New Delhi, February 3 Logjam in Parliament over the issue of the Hindenburg report on the Adani Group and over “exposure of LIC, SBI and other state-owned financial institutions” continued on Friday with opposition members again pressing their demand for discussions on the issue in both Houses by suspending business…

New Delhi, February 3 The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day on Friday following ruckus over the Adani issue. Earlier, logjam in Parliament over the issue of the Hindenburg report on the Adani Group and over “exposure of LIC, SBI and other state-owned financial institutions” continued…

New Delhi, February 3 At least 16 Opposition parties met on Friday morning to coordinate their strategy in Parliament and decided to step up their attack on the government, demanding an immediate discussion on the issue of Adani stock rout. The meeting came a day after they unitedly led the…

Vijay Mohan Chandigarh, February 3 The Border Security Force shot down a drone that was smuggling in contraband from Pakistan in the Amritsar sector in the wee hours of Friday. “On the intervening night of February 2-3 at about 2.30am, alert BSF troops shot down a Pakistani drone which had…

New Delhi, February 3 As many as three Adani group companies, including Adani Enterprises, have come under short-term additional surveillance measure (ASM) framework of the BSE and NSE, according to the latest data available with the exchanges on Thursday. Apart from Adani Enterprises, the other two firms listed by the…

Washington, February 3 The US has said that it was closely monitoring a Chinese spy balloon that is said to be the size of three passenger buses wafting across the sky and it has considered shooting it down but has hesitated so far fearing falling debris on civilian populations…