India save their fighting best for last

Dharamsala : The series against Australia, which ended the long, 13-Test home season, was the toughest challenge India faced this winter. India had eight wins from nine Tests — against New Zealand, England and Bangladesh — before Australia arrived.  A 4-0 whitewash of the Aussies was forecast; but India had to fight very hard against […]

Rs1 lakh cr debt, state in fiscal mess: CAG

Chandigarh : The last five years of the SAD-BJP government saw public debt increase by almost Rs10,000 crore every year. This was the time when then Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal made claims about ‘Progressive Punjab’. The outcome of the financial mess is that Punjab is now under debt of more than Rs1 lakh […]

MCI allots 46 more PG seats to Faridkot medical college

Faridkot, March 30 : The Medical Council of India (MCI) has allotted 46 more postgraduate (PG) seats to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, the highest ever to a medical college in the region in one go. The MCI has allotted a total of 51 new PG seats to Punjab as five seats […]

Hawaii judge indefinitely extends order blocking Trump’s travel ban

Honolulu, March 30 : A federal judge in Hawaii indefinitely extended on Wednesday an order blocking enforcement of President Donald Trump’s revised ban on travel to the United States from six predominantly Muslim countries. US District Judge Derrick Watson turned an earlier temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by the […]

Open to suggestions on liquor vends’ ban: SC

New Delhi : Noting that it had an open mind towards modifying its December 15 order banning liquor vends within 500 m of state and national highways across the country from April 1, 2017, the Supreme Court today asked states to suggest a way out to balance conflicting rights involved in the matter. “We are […]