Chandigarh : Taking a cue from neighbouring Haryana, the Punjab Government is mulling to fix various criteria, including fixing a minimum education qualification, for candidates contesting Panchayat polls. “We are thinking to have minimum education qualification for those contesting Panchayat polls, besides fixing other criteria,” Punjab’s Rural Development Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa said here […]
Mogadishu, April 11 : Somali security forces have liberated an Indian cargo ship from the pirates who hijacked it, but only two of the ten-man crew were rescued, authorities in central Somalia have said.Abdulahi Ahmed Ali, district commissioner for the pirate-hub region of Hobyo, told local press yesterday that the “Al Kauser” ship had been […]
Chandigarh : High drama prevailed on Panjab University campus on Tuesday as students protesting against fee hike, who were holed up inside a gurdwara after a clash, surrendered before police.Thirty-eight students who clashed with police earlier during a protest, were taken into police custody. Earlier, the bandh on the university turned violent as several students […]
Islamabad, April 11 : Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday said that Kulbhushan Jadhav has a right to appeal against his death sentence within 60 days, even as he justified the death penalty given to the Indian national. Jadhav, 46, was awarded death sentence by military Field General Court Martial under the army act […]
Diphu (Assam), April 11 : A court here has issued a bailable arrest warrant against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a defamation case arising out of his tweet on the Prime Minister’s educational qualification.First class Magistrate, Diphu, Naba Kumar Deka Baruah, issued the warrant of Rs 10,000 on Monday and summoned the AAP leader […]