Madrassa in Roorkee bans social media, mobile phones

Roorkee : With four suspected terrorists being nabbed by the security agencies from Haridwar recently, a Madrassa in Roorkee has banned the use of social media and mobile phones to check extremism from spreading.The Madrassa, Imamdul Islam, has also imposed restrictions on the use of internet in its premises and also put up pamphlets on […]

Prime Minister calls on Punjab CM in PGI

CHANDIGARH: Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi today called on Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal to enquire about his health at PGIMER this evening, where the latter was convalescing from chest congestion and asthmatic attack.Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that Mr. Modi stayed there almost for twenty […]

Chandigarh, Puducherry, Nagpur on France’s smart city radar

CHANDIGARH : French President Francois Hollande on Sunday began the economic leg of his three-day visit to India, offering his country’s assistance in the development of at least three smart cities — Chandigarh, Puducherry and Nagpur. The announcement came during two back-to-back meetings which the visiting head of state, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, held […]

President’s rule in Arunachal ‘against Constitution’: AAP

NEW DELHI : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the union cabinet recommendation for imposing President’s rule in Arunachal Pradesh, suspending an elected government, was “against the Constitution”.”Constitution doesn’t allow you to suspend an elected government and enforce the President’s rule in any state. It is against the Constitution,” the Aam Aadmi Party […]