Jalandhar : Leader of Opposition Sukhpal Singh Khaira today offered monetary help to the families of farmers who had committed suicide due to debt. Addressing the media here, Khaira said with the help of NRIs, seven families were given Rs 50,000 each as a one-time help and 20 families would be given a monthly pension […]
Chandigarh : For all the tall talk of doing away with stubble burning on two million hectares in Punjab, an investment of just Rs 484 crore is needed with potential benefits of Rs 1,470 crore in two years plus the priceless advantage of a clean environment.Sounds like fiction, but this is what has been calculated […]
United Nations, September 17 : India has said that the UN reforms need to be “broad-based and all-encompassing” and the changes should not be restricted to its Secretariat only. “We feel that reforms need to be much more broad-based. “You cannot have reform only of the Secretariat. Reforms cannot side step issues related to governance of […]
New Delhi, September 17 : A state funeral will be accorded to Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh and the national flag will fly at half mast in all government buildings here tomorrow in his honour, the Home Ministry said on Sunday. The last rites of Singh, who passed away at the Army’s […]