A court here discharged Punjab Chief minister Amarinder Singh and 17 others today in a decade-old case of alleged corruption in the transfer of land to a private developer, accepting the closure report filed by the probe agency. Mohali Special Judge Jaswinder Singh accepted the closure report filed by the state’s Vigilance Bureau (VB) while […]
Continue Reading
भारत द्वारा रूस के साइबेरिया में संचालित स्वर्ण खनन परियोजना की ब्रिक्स शिखर सम्मेलन में सराहना की गयी। यह ब्राजील , रूस , भारत , चीन और दक्षिण अफ्रीका समेत पूरे ब्रिक्स समूह के उद्देश्यों का पहला व्यावहारिक कार्यान्वयन है। भारत के सन गोल्ड लिमिटेड द्वारा शुरू की गयी क्लुचेवसकोय स्वर्ण खान परियोजना को पहली […]
Continue Reading
फ्रांस ने घोषणा की है कि देश से गुजरने के दौरान भारतीय पासपोर्ट धारकों को अब हवाई अड्डा पारगमन (ट्रांजिट) वीजा की आवश्यकता नहीं होगी। भारत में फ्रांस के राजदूत एलेक्जेंडर जेगलर ने पिछले सप्ताह ट्विटर पर कहा ,‘‘ मुझे यह घोषणा करने में प्रसन्नता हो रही है कि 23 जुलाई , 2018 से भारतीय […]
Continue Reading
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said the agent responsible for trafficking 39 Indians to Iraq, who were abducted and later killed, was still operating his business and urged state women commissions to crackdown against such illegal agents. Swaraj had told Parliament in March that the 39 Indians, who were were abducted by the ISIS […]
Continue Reading
A fresh batch of 782 pilgrims today left for the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The 60-day of yatra commenced from the twin routes of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district on June 28. Till yesterday, a total of 2.49 lakh pilgrims had paid their obeisance at […]
Continue Reading
Four people were arrested with 60 grams of heroin in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, police said today. A police team had setup a check post on Bhalla-Droundi link road in Bhaderwah when they intercepted a car. During its search, they recovered 60 grams of heroin from the four occupants, they said. “The driver tried […]
Continue Reading
A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale shook Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district this afternoon but there was no report of any casualty or damage to property, the Meteorological department said. The quake’s epicentre was at a depth of 10 km in Kangra district, the department said, adding that tremors were felt in […]
Continue Reading
Haryana Governor Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki awarded 96 police officers and officials from across the state for rendering distinguished and meritorious service at an investiture ceremony organised at the Raj Bhawan here today. The governor bestowed The Police Medal for Gallantry on two officers, the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service on eight officers and […]
Continue Reading
Actor Priyanka Chopra has thanked an online magazine for including her in its list of the 500 most influential people, saying it encourages her to tell important stories. Popular magazine Variety had recently unveiled its list of influential people and apart from Priyanka, it also featured the names of Indian celebrities such as Karan Johar, […]
Continue Reading
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that the financial condition of the state was “very good” and its borrowings were within the permissible limit for the current financial year. Responding to a cut motion moved by the opposition during the demand for grants of the Finance ministry, Parrikar said, “Goa’s financial condition, in spite […]
Continue Reading