Gurdaspur, October 11 : Polling to the Gurdaspur parliamentary constituency began amid sporadic incidents of violence with SAD-BJP leaders blaming Congress MLAs for inciting locals. The constituency has nine assembly seats of which seven are represented by ruling party legislators. Five SAD workers, including Happy Pahra, a former Akali sarpanch of Pahra village, the native place […]
New Delhi, October 11 : Film actor Anupam Kher has been appointed chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Information and Broadcasting officials said here. The 62-year-old Kher will succeed Gajendra Chauhan, whose appointment had led to protests. His term had ended in March. A notification regarding this had been issued, officials […]
New Delhi, October 11 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that sexual intercourse with a minor wife would amount to rape. A Bench of Justice Madan Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta read down exception under Section 375 of the IPC that defines rape. The Bench said the age of consent (which is 18 years) […]
Muktsar : Farmers of waterlogged villages in Muktsar district are in a spot as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a ban on burning crop stubble, but they don’t have any alternative. They claim that due to moist land it was impossible for them to plough the fields to remove stubble and sow the […]
Chandigarh : The Justice Ranjit Singh (retd) Commission, set up to probe cases of sacrilege, today made scathing observations after SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar didn’t appear before it. SGPC chief Kirpal Singh Badungar failed to appear before the Congress government-appointed commission on Monday. The SGPC has already rejected the panel, claiming that it is […]