Chandigarh : Conceding a long pending demand, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday approved a policy change allowing cash grants instead of land for war widows. The policy change will be applicable to dependents of martyred soldiers, besides permanently disabled soldiers of 1962 Indo-China War, 1965 Indo-Pak War and widows of 1971 Indo-Pak War. An official […]
Chandigarh : Questioning the logic of the central government and the GST Council imposing a tax on religious and social service done for common people, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which manages Sikh shrines in Punjab and runs a “langar” (free community kitchen) for hundreds of thousands of people on a daily basis, has […]
Gurdaspur, July 18 : Two Gurdaspur girls who had concocted a story to show they had drowned in a canal while clicking selfies, but had actually run away from home allegedly “in search of big money”, have returned home. The duo, Nisha and Lovepreet, had to sell their mobile phone to pay for their return […]
New Delhi, July 18 : Do citizens have a fundamental right to privacy? A Five-Judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of of India JS Khehar on Tuesday referred the issue to a Nine-Judge Constitution Bench for an authoritative determination. Commencing its hearing on Wednesday, the Nine-Judge Bench will review the top court’s earlier verdicts that […]
New Delhi, July 18 : Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati on Tuesday tendered her resignation as a Rajya Sabha member, hours after the Chair asked her to restrict her impromptu speech on anti-Dalit violence in Saharanpur of Uttar Pradesh. Mayawati met Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari this evening and handed over her resignation letter.”I met […]