Chandigarh : An astounding 81.52 per cent of the free farm electricity beneficiaries in Punjab are medium and large farmers, and only 18.48 per cent are small and marginal farmers (having landholding of less than 5 acres), a study has revealed. Conducted by eminent economist RS Ghumman, professor at the Centre for Research in Rural […]
New Delhi, December 15 : The government on Friday approved a draft law under which the practice of giving instant triple talaq would be made illegal and void and would attract a jail term of three years for the husband, a government functionary has said. The draft ‘Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill’ was […]
Washington : The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees benefits in the medium-term from the demonetisation exercise which India carried out about a year ago. “We see salutary benefits from the demonetisation that took place a year ago. And there are potential benefits going forward,” William Murray of the IMF told reporters at the fortnightly IMF […]
Washington, December 15 : An Indian-origin man has been killed during a robbery by two hooded attackers in Ohio, becoming one of the latest victims of gun violence in the US. Karunakar Karengle, 53, was working last Monday at the Jiffy Convenience Mart on Camelot Drive when two men came in with a firearm around 10 […]
New Delhi, December 15 : The Supreme Court on Friday refused to lift the ban on bursting of firecrackers in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. A bench of Justice AK Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan said it would hear the case on January 5 against the ban ordered by the high court. Earlier this month, the […]