Chandigarh : Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has begun disconnecting power connections to 366 private gaushalas which were earlier given free power. On the directions of the Punjab Government, the power utility had stopped collecting charges from these gaushalas with effect from April 1 last year. Keemti Bhagat, chairman, Punjab Gau Sewa Commission, said […]
New Delhi, March 6 : The Supreme Court on Monday directed petitioner S. Gurland Singh Kahlon to file his suggestions in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. An apex court headed by Justice Dipak Misra asked petitioner Kahlon to file suggestions and also sought a report from the Special Investigation Team (SIT) regarding the […]
Chandigarh : With the rural indebtedness in Punjab’s predominant agrarian economy touching Rs 80,000 crore, each rural household in the state is under a debt of an average Rs8 lakh. Or simply put, 89 per cent of the 10.53 lakh households in Punjab are under debt. This also shows how rural indebtedness in the state […]
New Delhi, March 6 : Pakistan’s former national security adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani on Monday said the 26/11 Mumbai attacks were carried out by a terror group based in Pakistan and called it a “classic” example of cross-border terror. At the same time, he, however, said the Pakistani government had no role in the attack. […]
SYDNEY : Australia said on Friday it will offer the world’s first university course to train intelligence analysts to fight cyber crime, prompted by innovative methods of money transfer among organised crime and militant groups. The measure expands on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s attempts to ratchet up policing of money transfers amid concerns that organised […]