Japanese delegation visits Varanasi to make it ‘smart’ city

Varanasi : A delegation from Japan visited holy city of Varanasi on Monday as part of a partnership agreement focusing on how to preserve heritage while building smart cities. Last year, Kyoto and Varanasi signed an agreement to cooperate in the fields of culture, arts, academics, heritage conservation and city modernisation. Varanasi plans to adopt Kyoto’s […]

CBI don’t want to take action against Tytler, says H.S. Phoolka

New Delhi : Senior lawyer H.S. Phoolka on Tuesday slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) over the handling of the 1984 Sikh Riots case, saying that the top investigating agency had refrained from taking serious action against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, who is the prime accused in the case. He said that the CBI had not […]

SAD makes Simranjit Singh Mann tool to attack Congress on Sarbat Khalsa

CHANDIGARH: The statement made by radical Sikh leader Simranjit Singh Mann that Sarbat Khalsa was a Khalistan platform and everybody knew it, has given an opportunity to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to attack Congress party, blaming it for supporting anti-national elements. Mann had not addressed the Sarbat Khalsa himself probably to avoid sedition […]

CBI registers FIR in Sikh holy book sacrilege cases in Punjab

CHANDIGARH: In pursuance of Punjab Government notification No.7/551/13-2H4/619055/1 dated 9-11-2015, the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India issued notification No. 228/52/2015-AVD-II dated 5-11-2015 transferring to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation of cases in FIR No. 63 dated 2-6-2015, FIR No. 117 dated 25-9-2015 and FIR No. 128 dated 12-10-2015 of Police […]