Sheila Dikshit, three-time Delhi CM, passes away
Agencies New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and three-time former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit passed away Saturday afternoon at a private hospital here, her family and the party said. She was 81. Dikshit breathed her last at 3.55 pm at Fortis Escorts hospital, doctors said. She was president of Delhi Congress. She served as Delhi’s […]
36 held for consuming liquor on Noida roads
Noida (UP): Three dozen people have been arrested here for consuming liquor at public place and creating nuisance, police said Saturday. The arrests were made from 9 pm on wards on Friday during an inspection by teams of the Sector 20 and Sector 39 police stations, a senior official said “Thirty-six people were arrested […]
Punjab CM accepts Sidhu’s resignation
Agency: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday accepted Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation, an official said here. He further said Sidhu’s resignation has been forwarded to Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore. The acceptance of the resignation came days after Sidhu resigned from Punjab Cabinet. Singh, who was in Delhi earlier this week, had said Tuesday […]
LS begins discussion on amendments to human rights act
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Friday began a discussion on a bill to amend the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, which, the government said, will make the National Human Rights Commission and state human rights commission more representative and powerful. Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the Protection of Human Rights […]
Ayodhya Land Dispute Case: SC Allows Mediation Process To Continue
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court Thursday allowed mediation process in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case to continue and sought a report on its outcome by August 1.A five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said that after perusing the report filed by the mediation panel, it will take a call on […]
India, China respecting bilateral pacts for peace at border: Rajnath Singh
Agencies New Delhi: India and China are respecting bilateral pacts to ensure peace and tranquillity along the border, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Making a statement on the prevailing situation along the Sino-Indian border, Singh said there is complete restraint by the armed forces of India and China at Doklam, which […]
Over 2.5 million affected due to floods in Bihar
Agencies Patna : The flood situation in Bihar continued to remain grim on Tuesday with over 2.5 million people affected by it across the 12 districts of the state, officials said. In the last 24 hours, all the major rivers were flowing above the danger level, leading to embankment breaches. There were reports of fresh […]
Pakistan opens airspace for all civilian traffic; Indian flights to operate soon
Agencies New Delhi: Pakistan opened its airspace for all civilian traffic on Tuesday morning, sources said, effectively removing the ban on Indian flights that were not allowed to use majority of its airspace since February 26. The move is expected to give a major relief to Air India, which suffered a huge financial loss of around […]
12 Army men among 13 killed in Himachal building collapse
SHIMLA: At least 13 people were killed in a building collapse in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district, officials said. Twenty-eight people were injured after the four-storey building, which housed a restaurant, collapsed on the Nahan-Kumarhatti Road on Sunday evening following heavy rains, they said. The bodies of 12 Army personnel and a civilian were extricated from […]
Babri Masjid demolition case: Special judge seeks 6 months’ from SC to conclude trial
Agencies New Delhi : A special judge holding trial in Babri Masjid demolition case, involving BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and others, Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking six more months to conclude the trial in the case. The special judge, in a letter written in May, has informed the top […]
