Chandigarh, September 22 : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered the release of all farmers taken into preventive detention ahead of the Kisan Unions’ protest starting in Patiala on Friday. The Chief Minister has also constituted a three-member committee, headed by senior party leader and Mandi Board chairman Lal Singh, to hear their […]
Beijing, September 22 : China on Friday said the Kashmir issue should be resolved bilaterally by India and Pakistan through talks, while dismissing calls by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for the implementation of the UN resolution on the dispute. Asked about the contact group of the OIC calling for the implementation of the UN […]
New Delhi, September 22 : Factional divisions continue to haunt the Congress in Punjab with former Gurdaspur MP Partap Singh Bajwa skipping the crucial first party rally in Gurdaspur ahead of the Lok Sabha bypoll on October 11. Bajwa and his wife Charanjit Kaur, former MLA from Qadian, are in Delhi after Congress president Sonia Gandhi […]
Mumbai, September 22 : The stock markets plunged sharply on Friday amidst concerns of a confrontation between North Korea and the United States, brokers and analysts said wiping out nearly Rs 2.73 lakh crore of investors’ wealth. The benchmark Sensex fell 447 points to close at 31922 points while the Nifty fell 157 points below the […]