Chandigarh : The newly elected Punjab Cabinet, that meets here tomorrow under Capt Amarinder Singh, will look into the issue of agriculture loans. Having won the elections on the promise of a debt waiver, it will be setting up a committee comprising experts to assess the total agriculture loan that the government proposes to waive […]
Washington, March 18 : Fired US Attorney Preet Bharara was investigating a key member of President Donald Trumps cabinet, a new report has revealed. Bharara was looking into allegations that Tom Price, the Health and Human Services Secretary and the administration’s point man on efforts to repeal and replace ObamaCare, improperly traded healthcare stocks while […]
Washington, March 18 : An American man has been charged with hate crime for assaulting an Indian-origin man and hurling racial slurs, mistaking him for a Muslim. Jeffrey Allen Burgess, 54, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, has been accused of intentionally harming a man named Ankur Mehta on November 22 because of his “perceived race, colour […]
Chandigarh : The newly formed Congress government is all set to prune the security provided to VIPs, with 6,000 policemen attached with politicians and police officers likely to be sent back to field duty by next week. Also, the 60 police escort vehicles will now be used for general policing. A state-level review committee under […]
New Delhi : Suspense remained on BJP’s chief ministerial pick in Uttar Pradesh as newly elected MLAs are all set to meet here on Saturday to elect their leader with Union Minister Manoj Sinha among the front runners. Besides Sinha, Home Minister and former state chief minister Rajnath Singh and state party chief Keshav Prasad […]