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New Delhi, January 11Stressing the need for a “perfect balance” among the three organs of the government with neither of them breaching the other’s domain, Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today lamented the striking down of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)…

Ruchika M KhannaChandigarh, January 11PCS officers withdrew their protest and resumed duties after a meeting with top officers of the Punjab Government today. The issue of the officers proceeding on mass casual leave in protest had put the government functioning in a limbo and its resolution was an acid test…

Shimla, January 11Three days after the Himachal Cabinet expansion, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today allotted portfolios among his ministers.While Sukhu has kept Finance, Home, General Administration, Personnel and other departments not allotted to anyone, the most sought-after Industries and PWD have gone to six-time legislator Harshwardhan Chauhan and two-time…

IANS New Delhi, January 11 The CBI has filed a murder case against the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Amrapali Group, Anil Sharma, and eight others in connection with the killing of Sharad Chandra, then secretary of Balika Vidyapeeth in Lakhisarai, Bihar, who was shot dead at his home on the campus…

Shimla, January 11 Three days after the Cabinet expansion, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday distributed departments among his ministers. While Sukhu has kept Finance, Home, General Administration, Planning, Personnel, General Administration and other departments not allotted to anyone, the sought-after departments of Industries and PWD have…

Shimla, January 11 Three days after the Cabinet expansion, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday distributed departments among his ministers. While Sukhu has kept Finance, Home, General Administration, Planning, Personnel, General Administration and other departments not allotted to anyone, the sought-after departments of Industries and PWD have…

Karam Prakash New Delhi, January 11 In a much-needed reliefto the people of north India, who have been left shivering due to biting cold, minimum temperatures have already risen by 3 to 5 degrees Celsius over the northwest region ndash; including Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. Cold day and cold…

New Delhi, January 11 A Delhi court on Wednesday denied bail to Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on an elderly woman co-passenger on an Air India flight, calling the act “utterly disgusting and repulsive”. Metropolitan Magistrate Komal Garg said the act has shocked the civic consciousness of people and needed…

New Delhi, January 11 A Delhi court on Wednesday denied bail to Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on an elderly woman co-passenger on an Air India flight, calling the act “utterly disgusting and repulsive”. Metropolitan Magistrate Komal Garg said the act has shocked the civic consciousness of people and needed…

New Delhi, January 11 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the world’s longest river cruise, MV Ganga Vilas, and inaugurate a ‘Tent City’ on the banks of the Ganga river in Varanasi on January 13 via video conferencing. His office said in a statement that he will also inaugurate…

PTI Palghar, January 11 Actor Tunisha Sharma had called up her mother before allegedly committing suicide and asked her to book tickets for Chandigarh, a court hearing the bail plea of actor Sheezan Khan, arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of Sharma, was told on Wednesday. Additional sessions court judge…

Jaipur, January 11Virtually censuring the judiciary, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said “one-upmanship and public posturing” from judicial platforms is not good and these institutions must know how to conduct themselves, while pointing to the apex court’s remarks on the issue of the collegium system.Dhankar, who is the Rajya…

Washington/Chicago, January 11 US flights were slowly resuming departures and a ground stop was lifted after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) scrambled to fix a system outage overnight that had forced a halt to all US departing flights. More than 6,000 flights were delayed and nearly 1,000 cancelled, according to…

New York, January 11 Flights are being delayed at multiple locations across the United States after a computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration. The agency said in a tweet that it was working on restoring its Notice to Air Missions System. The FAA is working to restore its…

Washington, January 11 US flights were slowly beginning to resume departures and a ground stop was lifted after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) scrambled to fix a system outage overnight that forced a halt to all US departing flights. “Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the US following…