In a huge relief to the original cultivators of land in Kurukshetra and Kaithal districts, the Haryana Government will transfer ownership rights of over 38,000 acres to them, fulfilling their long-pending demand. Under the decision of the government, which will...

The district administration has asked the Delhi Police to remove barricades at Singhu border and open more lanes for commuters on the main flyover at Kundli on NH-44 for the smooth flow of vehicles as jams have become a source...

An over five-decades-old legal dispute stemming from a 1978 verdict by an Ambala court involving more than 259 kanal agricultural land has finally been resolved with Justice Vikas Bahl of the Punjab and Haryana High Court delivering the verdict following...

At least five Congress leaders, including state president Udai Bhan and former minister Karan Dalal, have filed election petitions in the high court, challenging the victory of BJP candidates in the recent Haryana Assembly elections. The Congress has been alleging...

It stayed direction of Himachal Pradesh High Court declaring power to appoint chief parliamentary secretaries and parliamentary secretaries in state as unconstitutional

Earlier, people used to walk for days and hours to visit religious places but now they travel on helicopters, he opined

Congress's legal heavyweights takes on Himachal CPS case

The tardy pace of the work to widen the Pinjore-Baddi-Nalagarh National Highway to four lanes has delayed its completion. Barely 40 per cent of the work has been executed in stipulated 30 months. The work to widen the 36-km road...

A Delhi court on Thursday recommended the transfer of the terror case against Lok Sabha member, Engineer Rashid to the MP/MLA court. Additional Sessions Judge, Chander Jit Singh was scheduled to pass the order on Engineer Rashid's regular bail application...

To curb the criminal activities in district Samba, J-K police on Thursday detained and lodged in jail a notorious criminal under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA). According to the police, the accused identified as Alam Din, alias...

In an outreach programme to study ground realities in the border region, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday visited Poonch along with his cabinet ministers and said the elected government has been making efforts to assess ground...

Kashmiris are bracing up for 40-day long period of harsh winter cold known locally as ‘Chillai Kalan' which starts on December 21 and ends on January 30

Directs Centre to depute police personnel at all 113 points to check entry of trucks in Delhi

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a Sub Inspector (SI) posted in the district police Cyber Cell for accepting Rs 12.5 lakh bribe from an accused involved in a cybercrime case. The bureau has also registered a case under various...

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay for now the proceedings against former CM and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to purported irregularities in the state Excise Policy 2021-22. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri...

‘Please Stop This’ campaign launched against e-cigarettes

Only 17 challans issued since enforcement of amended Act

A large number of farmers and labourers (mazdoors), under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), participated in ‘Sankalp Rally’ organised at Gurdwara Baba Sidhana, Sheron, here on Thursday. They vowed to participate in the march to Delhi...

Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) staff arrested a drug peddler, identified as Amritpal Singh of Gumanpura village falling under Gharinda police station, and confiscated Rs 8.30 lakh of drug money from his possession. His name had cropped up during a probe...

Taking a jibe at the AAP government in Punjab, Congress member of the Lok Sabha Gurjeet Singh Aujla said it was for the first time in the history of Guru Nanak Dev University that it was being run without a...

With the voting for bypoll at Chabbewal concluding on Thursday, the candidates and leaders of all three major political parties in fray — AAP, Congress and the BJP — claimed their victory by a big margin in the by-election....

The Jalandhar (Rural) police have arrested three individuals accused of robbing a motorcyclist in Adampur. The police recovered the stolen motorcycle, an iron chisel used in the crime and five smartphones from their possession. Those arrested have been identified as...

After receiving sewer and water-related complaints, officials of the municipal corporation (MC) today visited several areas of Gandhi Camp. Residents of the camp have been complaining of choked sewer and water shortage. The areas of Dol Wali Gali and Market...

Two days since three members of a family from Amritsar lost their lives after their Ertiga car collided with a truck at Lamma Pind Chowk, there is no check on the movement of such overloaded heavy vehicles in the day...

A man who came to settle a Rs 20,000 vehicle loan at an office of a recovery and collection agency after a minor argument with agency officials called his son. When the man’s son arrived with his aides, they allegedly...

The municipal corporation’s plan to recycle floral and coconut waste seems to have fizzled out for want of space. The Ludhiana civic body had planned to recycle floral and coconut waste and convert it into incense sticks and ropes, respectively....

For ensuring cleanliness and regular lifting of garbage across the city, Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal conducted surprise inspections during day and night time on Tuesday. These inspections were conducted to ensure regular lifting of garbage from static compactor...

The Ludhiana police yesterday arrested the fourth accused in the murderous attack on a shoe trader at Khud Mohalla. The arrested accused was identified as Gurkirat Singh, a resident of Mohalla Rarhi here. In a statement issued, ACP (Central) Anil...

Minister blames previous regime for incomplete works

The Millennium School (TMS) here recently celebrated its annual function with the theme, “Times Scape”. The chief guests were Dr Nanak Singh, SSP, Patiala, and Dr Rajvir Singh Gill, Deputy Director, NIS. The stage came alive with a bedazzling array...

Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian inaugurated a new fish market in Patiala (Ghalori) today. The market was built at a cost of Rs 4.5 crore. The minister was joined by Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr...

Local girl Kyna Chauhan, a student of The Millennium School, added yet another feather to her cap with the release of her ‘Blooming of Hearts’, a compilation of poems. The book was recently released by Punjab ADGP AS Rai here....

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I write this from a metropolis, Delhi, caught in the thick of smog. Each year, as winter sets in, a toxic cocktail spreads through the north Indian airshed, leaving residents of the region equally vulnerable and frustrated. A cacophony of...

IN recent years, scholars have shown a growing interest in exploring the roots of Indian indigenous modernity, often termed “vernacular modernity”, and how it has shaped, and sometimes challenged, Indian secular democracy. In this context, ‘So Says Jan Gopal: The...

The finest moment in Haroon Khalid’s new book is when Waris meets Bulleh Shah. Khalid’s imagination blazes, consuming and re-creating the fabled encounter. The writing is crystalline and dazzling, etching the encounter in a gem of an essay within the...

Past the middle of the 18th century, the East India Company had made a major stride at Plassey in its advent to the country when a king down the peninsula sought to check this imperialism. Thus, Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan...

We, in Chandigarh, claimed Prof BN Goswamy as our own, cheering him and basking in his achievements as he travelled and lectured around the world. We knew he would be back home, and we could interact with him, listen to...

On his first death anniversary, a tribute to Prof BN Goswamy

A passion and a vision in Kasauli November 12, 2023 (five days before he passed away aged 90) 19.4.76 (Moscow) Dear Vivan, we had been to Leningrad — fantastic place — remembered you quite a lot. Went to Hermitage and...

BN Goswamy was India’s most eminent art historian — distinguished with the highest honours by the Indian government and admired by his readers and listeners for his deep and traditional understanding of Hindu religiosity as well as Muslim Sufi culture;...

A 200-year-old house in Panjim serves as a space to celebrate iconic local musical genres, besides Indo-Portuguese arts

The elegant city is known for Georgian architecture and a range of eclectic museums, art galleries and bookshops

A century-old house, Alleppey’s tourist appeal and Punjabi ‘jugaad’ — a story of hope amid the sinking feeling

The Andamans, with their unique blend of history, culture and natural beauty, offer an enriching experience. Whether you’re exploring the remnants of British colonialism, snorkelling amid vibrant coral reefs, or catching the sunset on a secluded beach, the islands promise...

To be different each time is the USP of this creative duo, whose latest OTT series, ‘Citadel: Honey Bunny’, is breaking all records

A few careless words uttered in a film I was watching on the telly hit me hard. “Anyone can make a stew,” said Irina Asanova, female lead in ‘Gorky Park’, and got me all, please pardon the pun, stewed up....

Chingus Serai in Rajouri is a testament to palace intrigues

It would not be an exaggeration to suggest that dal — lentils and legumes — is the backbone or foundation of Indian foods. Dal-roti and dal-bhaat are the staple diets that sustain wheat and rice eaters. Dal is well known...

A few careless words uttered in a film I was watching on the telly hit me hard. “Anyone can make a stew,” said Irina Asanova, female lead in ‘Gorky Park’, and got me all, please pardon the pun, stewed up....

Biting into a mutton chop one pleasant evening, I got thinking about this delightful snack that eastern India revels in. A chop is not to be confused with the western lamb chop, or mutton chaap, or something indescribable called a...

There is an old saying, ‘Catch them young!’ This is the best way, we are told, to spot talent so that kids with promise can grow up to be stars. This is as true in the kitchen as on the...

Every year, when the Durga Puja season arrives, we are bewildered by the mouth-watering temptations at different pandals. Pujo is celebrated with great gusto in West Bengal, Odisha and Assam, and also wherever the probasi Bengalis are domiciled. There is...

He spared no effort to further the glory of 4th Gorkha Rifles, and become a historical fiction novelist, with bestsellers like ‘Bhowani Junction’ and ‘Bugles and a Tiger’

It is still too early to tell if this was a mistake or not. A few days back, after a gap of almost 50 years, I went inside a house that we had lived in when I was a child....

Nesting is one of the most intriguing facets of a bird’s life and is, perhaps, as diversified as the creatures themselves. From a scrape in the ground lined with straw (quail) to a hole drilled into a tree (woodpecker) to...

In the pre-Independence era, Sengodan, the great-grandfather of my colleague Kayal Kanni, saved a majestic tamarind tree from doom in Kokkalai village, Salem (Tamil Nadu). The unique way this gentleman safeguarded the tree from the axe reads like a scene...

Researchers have developed an AI-based tool that can predict episodes of mood disorder in patients using only sleep-wake data recorded by wearable devices such as smartwatches. People suffering from mood disorders, including bipolar disorder, experience long periods of sadness, depression,...

Researchers noted that while Parkinson's has no cure, early diagnosis, and intervention can improve quality of life and slow the progression of symptoms

Study shows gut and oropharyngeal microbiota are altered by chronic cigarette exposure in mice

The technology will help minimise the risks of misdiagnosis, errors that can lead to inadequate treatment