CWG scam: PAC gives clean chit to Manmohan

CWG scam: PAC gives clean chit to Manmohan

New Delhi : Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today gave a clean chit to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the PMO in the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam. The PAC report will be tabled in the Lok Sabha tomorrow. This will come as a huge relief to the Congress as reports of the PMO’s negative […]

US experts question Pak’s decision to execute Kulbhushan Jadhav

US experts question Pak’s decision to execute Kulbhushan Jadhav

Washington, April 12 : Top US experts have expressed concern over Pakistan’s decision to give death penalty to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav as they warned that Islamabad wants to send a “strong message” to India against isolating it on the world stage. Jadhav, 46, was awarded the death sentence by military Field General Court Martial […]

Punjab mulls min education qualification for contesting Panchayat polls

Punjab mulls min education qualification for contesting Panchayat polls

Chandigarh : Taking a cue from neighbouring Haryana, the Punjab Government is mulling to fix various criteria, including fixing a minimum education qualification, for candidates contesting Panchayat polls. “We are thinking to have minimum education qualification for those contesting Panchayat polls, besides fixing other criteria,” Punjab’s Rural Development Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa said here […]

Hijacked Indian cargo ship rescued but 8 crew missing

Hijacked Indian cargo ship rescued but 8 crew missing

Mogadishu, April 11 : Somali security forces have liberated an Indian cargo ship from the pirates who hijacked it, but only two of the ten-man crew were rescued, authorities in central Somalia have said.Abdulahi Ahmed Ali, district commissioner for the pirate-hub region of Hobyo, told local press yesterday that the “Al Kauser” ship had been […]

PU protest turns violent, students holed up in gurdwara surrender

PU protest turns violent, students holed up in gurdwara surrender

Chandigarh : High drama prevailed on Panjab University campus on Tuesday as students protesting against fee hike, who were holed up inside a gurdwara after a clash, surrendered before police.Thirty-eight students who clashed with police earlier during a protest, were taken into police custody. Earlier, the bandh on the university turned violent as several students […]