Rana fallout: Cabinet expansion delayed

Rana fallout: Cabinet expansion delayed

Chandigarh : With the Congress government busy working out a strategy to counter the Opposition on the mine auction row, the expansion of the Cabinet is likely to be held after the forthcoming Budget session. Speculation was rife in the political circles regarding the cabinet expansion before the Budget, there are no signs of expansion […]

Govt notifies terms for probe into mining row

Govt notifies terms for probe into mining row

Chandigarh : The state government today notified the terms and conditions for the commission of inquiry constituted to probe irregularities, if any, in the sand mining auction allegedly involving “benami” transactions by Cabinet minister Rana Gurjit Singh. The one-man commission of retired Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice JS Narang will probe all aspects of […]

Govt trying to divert attention from GDP failure: Rahul

Govt trying to divert attention from GDP failure: Rahul

New Delhi, June 1 : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday criticised the government for the decline in GDP growth and said it was manufacturing other issues to deflect the country’s attention from its failures. “Falling GDP.Rising unemployment. Every other issue is manufactured to distract us from this fundamental failure,” he tweeted.He also tagged […]

Amritsar boy 2nd in UPSC

Amritsar boy 2nd in UPSC

New Delhi : Nandini KR, an officer of the Indian Revenue Service, has topped the civil services examination, the result of which was declared today by the Union Public Service Commission. Amritsar’s Anmol Sher Singh Bedi, 23, a graduate in computer science from BITS, Pilani, secured the second rank. G Ronanki secured the third position. Bilal […]

Modi to meet Putin today; all eyes on nuclear power deal

Modi to meet Putin today; all eyes on nuclear power deal

St Petersburg (Russia), June 1 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet on Thursday for an annual summit, the highlight of which is expected to be the signing of an agreement to build the last two units of the Kundankulam nuclear power plant with Moscow’s help. The two countries are also […]