Chandigarh, Nov 7 (IANS) Eight people, including four women, were booked for taking a loan of Rs.2.5 crore (Rs.25 million) from a bank by providing fake documents, police said Saturday. "We have received ...

New Delhi, Nov. 7 (ANI): CPI (M) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Saturday asked the Union Government to withdraw the new ordinance, which requires the State Government to bear the expenses if ...

Bhopal, Nov 6 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Friday clarified that he had never said people of other states should not come to Madhya Pradesh, and stressed that all ...

Guwahati, Nov 6 (IANS) Assam captain and Mumbai discard Amol Muzumdar became the highest scorer in Ranji Trophy, surpassing Punjab's Amarjeet Kaypee, when he scored nine runs in the second innings against ...

Islamabad, Nov 6 (IANS) The string of recent terror strikes in the country has affected development work and hampered revenue generation for the government, a Pakistani official has said. The terror attacks ...

Wrestler Ghulam Muhammad is about to get a film made on his life by filmmaker Bharat Bala. Ghulam Muhammad was also known as Gama Pehlwan and Lion of the Punjab. Bharat Bala was ...

Chandigarh, Nov 3 (IANS) Over three million tonnes of paddy have been procured in Haryana this season since Oct 1, officials said here Tuesday. The 30.88 lakh tonnes sold in the state is ...

New Delhi, Nov 1(ANI): Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Sunday said that the Supreme Court Collegium has withdrawn the name of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran ...

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan Sunday denied that Karnataka High Court's Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran's name has been dropped from the list of judges being considered ...

Chandigarh, Oct 31 (IANS) A case has been registered against a couple for duping two men of over Rs.10 million by promising to sell the same piece of land to them, police ...

Chandigarh, Oct 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's alma mater Panjab University here has received a Rs.20 crore grant for the expansion of higher education and infrastructure development in 2009-10, an ...

By Maitreyee Boruah Bangalore, Oct 30 (IANS) Garden city could soon become concrete city. Bangalore has lost around 50,000 trees in recent years to infrastructure development and nearly 300 more will soon go ...

Islamabad, Oct 30 (AINS) An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Punjab and North West Frontier Province in Pakistan Thursday night, a TV report said. The quake occurred ...

Ambala, Oct 29 (IANS) French retailer Carrefour Thursday organised a farmer empowerment camp in Mithapur village in this Haryana district with an objective to train them for improving the yield and quality ...

Abohar, Oct.29 (ANI): Radio Pakistan in its latest broadcast has expressed concern on adulteration of food in Punjab. The allegation is that all traders are Hindus and they are doing so to ...

Chandigarh, Oct 28 (IANS) An immigration company here has been asked by the consumer forum to refund, along with the cost of litigation, the processing fees it charged a customer for securing ...

Lahore, Oct.28 (ANI): Pakistani security agencies have nabbed the alleged mastermind of the audacious October 10 terror attack on the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. Qari Ishtiaq, a key commander of the Punjab ...

Chandigarh, Oct 26 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Monday urged the central government to release a bonus of Rs.100 per quintal for paddy over the minimum support price (MSP). Hooda said ...

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Thirteen new swine flu deaths were reported Sunday, taking the total toll in India due to Influenza A(H1N1) virus to 444, health authorities said here. For the first ...

Chandigarh, Oct 25 (IANS) A resident doctor of the leading Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) virus, a health official said Sunday. The 27-year-old ...

Ghaziabad, Oct 24 (IANS) Two men were killed and over 20 students of the Delhi Public School, Indirapuram, including nine Germans, suffered minor injuries in a head-on collision between a jeep and ...

Chandigarh, Oct 23 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Friday said the central government would decide on giving bonus to farmers on the minimum support price of paddy next week and will ...

Lucknow, Oct 23 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Friday hiked by Rs.25 a quintal the state advised price (SAP) of sugarcane in the state for the forthcoming crushing season, commencing early ...

Haridaspur BOP (West Bengal), Oct 23 (ANI): The first ever women contingent of the Border Security Force (BSF) has been deployed along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal. These women BSF constables are ...

Jalpaiguri, Oct 23 (ANI): An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG 27 aircraft crashed near New Jalpaiguri about 16 kilometers West of the Hashimara Air Force Base on Friday. According to a Defence Ministry ...

Islamabad, Oct.23 (ANI): Several parts of Pakistan including capital Islamabad, Peshawar, and Lahore was jolted late Thursday night by a strong earth quake measuring 6.4 on the richter scale. Strong tremors were also ...

Chandigarh, Oct 22 (IANS) Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Thursday scored its first electoral win in Haryana with its candidate Charanjeet Singh getting elected from the Kalanwali (reserved) assembly seat. Charanjeet Singh ...

Abohar, Oct.22 (ANI): Pakistan is in turmoil; fighting the Taliban. Everyone in India hopes that it will succeed in putting down terrorism in the country. One also wishes that better sense ...

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Wednesday dismissed as "baseless and false" Punjab Governor S.F. Rodrigues' allegations linking her and her family to the land allotted ...

Patiala (Punjab), Oct 21 (IANS) Technology in the hands of god proved to be the nemesis for a 'religious-minded' criminal in Punjab when he was caught with the help of CCTV cameras, ...