Islamabad : Pakistan is willing to improve its ties with India, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan said on Thursday, asserting that the blame game between the two neighbours, detrimental to the sub-continent, should stop. “If they take one step towards us, we will take two, but at least need a start,” 65-year-old Khan said in […]
Chandigarh : Envisioned to be operational by 2015, the Shahpur Kandi dam project, which was meant to boost irrigation and power generation, remains far from complete with the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) flagging deficiencies in the execution of the project. There is a shortfall of 63 per cent in physical progress in the construction of […]
Chandigarh : Taking cognisance of marriages being performed by self-styled granthis, pandits, purohits and other “fake institutions” after charging “huge” amounts without following the legal procedure, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered clampdown on all such bogus bodies. “If need be or found guilty, such granthis, pandits and purohits be taken to task by […]
New Delhi, July 24 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the Centre’s affidavit on appointment of Lokpal after it found that the document didn’t give any timeframe for installing India’s first anti-corruption ombudsman. “We are not satisfied with your affidavit,” a Bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi told Attorney General KK Venugopal […]
Washington, July 24 : The US authorities refused to comment on media reports that Pakistani-American convict in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case David Coleman Headley was battling for his life after being attacked by inmates at a detention centre. “We are not able to locate information about this individual,” the Metropolitan Correctional Center in […]