Centre wields Art 355 against Hooda
Separate gurdwara panel row: Home Ministry sends its ‘advice’, CM says unaware
New Delhi, July 22
Days after the Attorney General conveyed to the Centre the Haryana Governor should not have assented to the state Government's Bill creating a separate gurdwara panel, the Home Ministry on Tuesday sent a communication to the Hooda government under Article 355 of the Constitution to ensure that the government functions in accordance with the Constitution.

HSGPC supporters take out a peace march in Ambala

Will lead ‘morcha’ against HSGPC if needed: Badal
Chandigarh, July 22
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said he was ready to lead any movement if the need arises to defeat the nefarious designs to divide and weaken the Sikh community.

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Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal with SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal at a meeting in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Parvesh Chauhan

row over appointment of ‘tainted’ judge
Katju shoots posers to ex-CJI; furore in House
New Delhi, July 22
The controversy over the alleged political pressure behind the appointment of a tainted judge in Madras High Court turned murkier today as former Supreme Court Judge Markandey Katju raised further questions on the role of ex-Chief Justice of India RC Lahoti.

Govt okays 4 rail links along China frontier
New Delhi, July 22
India has decided to start work on militarily crucial strategic railway lines in the Himalayas to connect areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), dividing India and China, with the mainland India.

Central agencies going soft on cartels, says Punjab’s White Paper on drugs
Chandigarh, July 22
The Punjab government today came out with a White Paper on the drug scenario in the state and released a detailed report on the steps taken by Punjab to deal with the drug menace.

Lord’s drubbing: British Press wants Cook’s scalp
What the Indian team did to England at Lord’s, and what England did to themselves, has left cricket writers in England choking and spluttering in rage.

Infiltration bids in J&K; Armyman, intruder killed
Jammu, July 22
Pakistan-backed terrorists struck 700 meters inside the Indian territory along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Pallanwala area of the Akhnoor sector today killing an Armyman in exchange of fire.

Delay in upgrading AN-32 grounded half of fleet: CAG Chandigarh, July 22 The IAF’s tactical airlift capability was seriously compromised for several years, with more than half of the AN-32 fleet being grounded after 2009 because of delays in setting up upgradation facilities despite Rs 272 crore being spent on the project. The IAF had acquired the AN-32 from the erstwhile Soviet Union between 1984 and 1991 and, depending upon the year of induction, its total technical life began expiring from 2009. A file photo