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January 17, 2025

Punjab Cops Add Attempt to Murder Charge in FIR

Three years after there was a major breach in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security, en route a rally in Ferozepur in Punjab – his convoy was blocked on a flyover for around half an hour – it emerges that the state police booked the accused under an attempt to murder charge eleven months after the incident, but kept this under wraps out of fear of antagonising farmers, whose protests had held up the PM, and who constitute an important vote bank.

1 min

Govt to set up 8th pay commission for staff

What the 7th commission had suggested

2 mins

State govt misleading SC on Dallewal's health: Farmers

SAY THAT FASTING LEADER LOST 20KG SINCE NOV 26, WHEN HE STARTED HUNGER STRIKE

1 min

Gangster Wanted in 2 Murder Cases Killed

A gangster, who was wanted in two murder cases, was killed in an encounter with the police at Pul Sua village falling under the Rangar Nangal police station in Batala on Wednesday late night.

1 min

Hoshiarpur: 3 of family killed as car, truck collide

Three members of a family, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed when the car they were travelling in collided with a truck on the Chandigarh Road near Noorpur Jattan on Thursday.

1 min

Group of 101 farmers to make 4th bid to reach Delhi on Jan 21

The jatha will start marching from Shambhu border

3 mins

Guard at Jalandhar Civil Hospital Held for Graft

The vigilance bureau (VB) has arrested a private security guard deployed at the Jalandhar civil hospital for allegedly seeking a ₹10,000 bribe in the name of a doctor.

1 min

HC Seeks Action Plan From DGP To Complete Probe Into 79,000 FIRs

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the director general of police (DGP), Punjab, to submit an action plan on early completion of probe into 79,000 criminal cases, where investigation is still pending despite lapse of the statutory period for the same.

1 min

State Govt to Set Up Security Ops Centre to Bolster Cyber Safety

The Punjab government has decided to set up a Security Operations Centre (SOC) to ensure the protection of critical IT infrastructure, including various applications and websites of the state government.

1 min

173 Detained During Search Operation Ahead of R-Day

Punjab Police on Thursday conducted cordon and search operations at and around all railway stations in the state ahead of Republic Day, and detained 173 suspicious people for questioning, a senior police officer said.

1 min

Positive step: Garcetti on India's probe panel report

An Indian enquiry committee's report on the foiled plot to kill US-based pro-Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is a \"very positive first step\" but doesn't mark a \"closed chapter\" for both countries as action remains to be taken, outgoing US ambassador Eric Garcetti said on Thursday.

4 mins

SAD leaders 'misleading' community, says rebel group after meeting jathedar

Rebel Akalis on Thursday claimed that the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders had made a \"false\" statement that Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh was convinced by their viewpoint that the implementation of the seven-member panel to supervise party's recruitment drive and hold elections of the president and other office-bearers within six months will lead the party into legal trouble and he allowed them to act as per the party constitution.

2 mins

Power consumers to shell out extra 47 paise/unit till March '26

Unless the state government decides to provide subsidy support to the two energy distribution companies to cover the FPPAS, the consumers will have to pay for it

2 mins

Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao: Women Sarpanches To Be Brand Ambassadors

Haryana chief minister Nayab Saini announced on Thursday that all women sarpanches of the state will be appointed as brand ambassadors of their respective villages under the Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign.

1 min

Ban Emergency movie in Punjab: SGPC to CM

A day before its release, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami on Thursday wrote to Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann seeking a ban on the screening of Mandi BJP MP Kangana Ranaut's movie, Emergency, in the state.

1 min

Wife, aide arrested for killing 31-yr-old man

The Kapurthala police have arrested the wife and her aide for killing a 31-year-old man in Kapurthala's Fullewal village on Thursday.

1 min

With a blast, fear of illegal mining in Aravalli returns

Despite a Supreme Court ban on mining in the ecologically critical Aravalli range, such activities persist unabated

2 mins

Robbers Flee With Cash Bag After Shooting At Petrol Pump Manager

Three unidentified motorcycle-borne youths opened fire at a petrol pump manager and robbed him of his cash bag in Jalandhar's busy Workshop Chowk on Thursday.

1 min

Hand Grenade Lobbed at Cong Leader's House Was Smuggled From Pak: Cops

A day after a hand grenade was lobbed at the house of Congress leader Amandeep Kumar, son of late politician and businessman Rajinder Kumar aka Pappu Jaintipuria, in Amritsar's Jaintipur village, police said on Thursday that the explosive had been smuggled from Pakistan.

1 min

Man Sentenced To Death For Killing Disabled Younger Brother

A local court in Haryana's Fatehabad on Thursday sentenced a man to death for brutally killing his brother with disability over property dispute in 2020.

1 min

Narcotics task force files challan against Punjab cop, 8 others

Task Force Had Arrested Two Persons, Including a Cop, With 440-gm Heroin on July 17 at a Village in Mohali

1 min

IMD Issues Orange Alert for Dense Fog in Punjab, Haryana

At 7.2 degree Celsius, Amritsar was the coldest place in two states

2 mins

31% MD, MS Seats Vacant in Nine Punjab Colleges

The Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Has Announced the Schedule for the Third Round of Counselling to Fill the Vacant PG Seats

2 mins

BJP Leader Says Met Badoli, Mittal in Kasauli Hotel

Sonepat-based Bharatiya Janata party leader Amit Bindal, a witness in the gangrape case involving BJP state chief Mohan Lal Badoli and singer Rocky Mittal, on Thursday claimed that he, along with the complainant, had met the duo at a hotel in Himachal Pradesh's Kasauli in 2023.

1 min

20K Indian students skipped Canadian colleges last year: IRCC

NON-COMPLIANCE RATES FOR STUDENTS FROM INDIA WAS BELOW THE AVERAGE IN THE REPORT

1 min

Congress Promises Free Power, Ration, Subsidy on LPG in Sops

The Congress on Thursday announced two new guarantees: free power, and subsidized LPG cylinders for cooking and free ration, which it promised to fulfill if it forms the government in Delhi.

1 min

Returning from Kasol, two killed in car crash

Two men died in a fatal crash after their car hit a divider and overturned on GT Karnal Road near north west Delhi's Alipur early on Wednesday, police said.

1 min

HRY CM Reviews Govt's 100-Day Performance

Asking officers to focus on people-centric governance, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini on Thursday emphasised the importance of implementing the Citizens Charter in their respective departments.

1 min

Snowfall disrupts rail, road traffic

VALLEY CONTINUES TO SHIVER

2 mins

Delhi Congress Names 2 More Candidates In Its Final List

The Congress on Thursday released its fifth and final list of two more candidates from Timarpur and Rohtas Nagar seats for the Delhi Assembly elections, completing its tally of 70 candidates.

1 min

CBI Gets ED Officer's Production Warrant

A day after the CBI court of judge Alka Malik denied anticipatory bail to Vishaldeep, who is lodged in Ambala jail, the investigating agency has obtained his production warrant.

1 min

No safety under BJP: Kejriwal on Saif attack

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party over what he alleged was the \"worsening law-and-order situation\" in Delhi and in other BJP-governed states, citing the grievous attack on actor Saif Ali Khan at his Mumbai apartment in the early hours of the day.

1 min

Govt: Deaths not due to communicable disease

CSIR-IITR ANALYSIS DETECTS TOXINS IN BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS

2 mins

BJP's final list out; JD(U), LJP get 1 seat each

The BJP on Thursday released its fourth list of nine candidates for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, while its ally, the Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), announced its candidate for one seat.

1 min

6 Expelled From Sonepat Medical College Over Ragging Allegations

Six senior MBBS students were expelled from Bhagat Phool Singh medical college for women at Khanpur Kalan in Sonepat after first-year girl students raised ragging allegations.

1 min

Dairy Farm Owner Held For Assaulting Three GGM MC Staffers

A dairy farm owner in Rajendra Park allegedly assaulted three Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) employees who were tasked with impounding stray cattle on the city's roads after they picked up some cows that he had left loose on the streets, police officers said on Thursday.

1 min

Man Gets to 20-Year Jail for Raping Teen in 2021

A local court here has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl, police said on Thursday.

1 min

Mob Thrashes Two Men in Delhi, 19-Year-Old Succumbs

Two men, who were watching videos on their phones at a park in Rohini were brutally assaulted, allegedly by two girls and their friends who thought that the victims were laughing at the two girls, police officers said.

1 min

Man Murders Doctor at South Delhi House After He Was 'Molested'

A 52-year-old doctor was strangled to death, and had his throat slit at his house in Chattarpur Enclave, south Delhi on Wednesday night after he allegedly molested a 23-year-old man, police said.

1 min

Rats in residence, a battle for supremacy

‘Rats at away’ says the washing machine in the corner of my laundry room, but that does not bother the rodents in my nearly 200-year-old house as became evident when one of them bared its teeth at me in an apparent sneer as it passed by.

2 mins

12 Bengal Doctors Suspended For Negligence Over Maternal Death

The West Bengal government on Thursday suspended 12 doctors of Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, including its medical superintendent and vice-principal (MSVP), for negligence following the death of a woman and four others falling ill after childbirth due to alleged administration of \"defective\" intravenous fluid at the state-run hospital last week.

1 min

Cong moves SC to defend '91 Places of Worship Act

The Congress has filed an application in the Supreme Court to oppose petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, contending that the Act is a cornerstone of the country's secular framework and that the challenges against it are malicious attempts to undermine established principles of secularism.

2 mins

Saif sustains multiple wounds in knife attack at residence, stable

An as-yet unidentified man broke into the Bandra home of actors Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor-Khan in the early hours of Thursday, and inflicted multiple stab wounds on Saif Ali Khan, and also injured a member of their household staff.

3 mins

Justice Chandran Takes Oath as a Top Court Judge

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna administered the oath of office to Justice K Vinod Chandran as a judge of the Supreme Court on Thursday morning.

1 min

Cabinet Approves Setting Up of Third Launchpad at Sriharikota

The Third Launchpad at Sriharikota Will Be Capable of Putting Spacecraft Weighing 30,000 Tonnes in Low Earth Orbit

1 min

Eyeing new economic areas, says Singapore prez

Singapore is eyeing new opportunities in India in sectors such as logistics, connectivity, petro-chemicals and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) for aerospace, Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Thursday.

2 mins

India hails Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal

India on Thursday welcomed the ceasefire deal reached between Israel and Hamas and reiterated its call for a return to a path of dialogue and diplomacy.

1 min

17 Maoists shot dead in Bijapur encounter

A huge posse of 3,000 security personnel gunned down at least 17 Maoists in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, officers familiar with the matter said on Thursday evening, marking the first big anti-insurgency success in the state since the rebels blew up a vehicle and killed nine people.

1 min

NEET-UG to stay offline

DESPITE PANEL SUGGESTION

2 mins

Indonesian Prez To Be Chief Guest On R-Day, Says Mea

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will be the chief guest at India's 76th Republic Day celebrations on January 26, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday.

1 min

Good Samaritans to get ₹25k for helping victims of accidents

Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday announced the reward for good Samaritans who help save road crash victims will be increased to ₹25,000.

1 min

What EC data on women participation in polls says

While democracy calls for diverse representation, traditional gender roles continue to restrict women's participation in political spaces.

3 mins

The prospect of peace in Gaza

World should help firewall fragile ceasefire deal from churn in Israel politics, restart rehabilitation of Palestinians

2 mins

Why defence industry needs an urgent rehaul

A ministry of defence tech and production, that will subsume the departments of defence production and R&D and implement a time-bound strategy for production, is needed

4 mins

Congress's legacy of unease with legacies

On Wednesday, the Congress party shifted to a new address in the national Capital.

1 min

Chasing the monsoon, IMD in mission mode

With advancements in infrastructure and computing, it is equally important to continue to enhance satellite-based observations to improve weather and climate services

3 mins

Jio, retail boost Reliance's profit by 12% in Dec qtr

CONSUMER BUSINESSES PERFORM WELL; OIL TO CHEMICALS SHOWS SIGNS OF REVIVAL

2 mins

RBI Eases Rules for NRIs to Open Overseas Rupee Accounts

Non-residents will now be able to open rupee accounts in the overseas branches of India-registered authorised dealer banks and conduct cross-border transactions in rupees as the central bank eased rules in a move aimed at internationalisation of the local currency.

1 min

Adani's US tormentor Hindenburg Research shuts shop after 7 yrs

Hindenburg Research, which set off a firestorm in India with withering allegations against the Adani Group, is being disbanded, marking the end of the American short-seller feared for successfully targeting dozens of corporations.

1 min

Trump sees in Modi a bit of himself; India has opportunity of a century: Former NSA O'Brien

President-elect Donald Trump sees in Prime Minister Narendra Modi a reflection of himself and greatly respects his political acumen.

4 mins

Both Trump, Biden Claim Credit for Gaza Ceasefire

US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump are both claiming credit for Israel and Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire deal in Gaza on Wednesday after the White House brought Trump's Middle East envoy into negotiations that have dragged on for months.

2 mins

Biden: Oligarchy of wealth, power now threatens US

Biden's speech comes as his party lacks national leverage, while Trump's cabinet nominees vow to disrupt traditional alliances and norms

2 mins

Modi urges use of Indian goods

In his address to the nation on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the ‘Make in India’ initiative is not just a private sector policy but a national necessity.

1 min

Next phase of vaccine drive kick-starts today

How self-registration will work

1 min

India Open: Ray of hope from late entrant Kiran; Sindhu in quarters

Kiran George didn't even know if he would be playing at the $950,000 India Open.

2 mins

Mandaviya Chairs CSR Roundtable for Sport Development

With the objective of boosting the country's sports ecosystem in order to host the 2036 Olympics, sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya urged corporates to adopt a sport each during the first-ever corporate roundtable here on Thursday.

1 min

Unity and discipline: A 10-point plan to get India back on track

Clearly, the Indian cricket board believes the fault lines are outside the field

3 mins

Kho Kho World Cup: India men, women in last 8

HAVING PREVIOUSLY DEFEATED NEPAL, INDIA LOOKS WELL-POSITIONED HEADING INTO THE KNOCKOUT STAGES

2 mins

2 Held for 17-Year-Old's Gangrape

The Salem Tabri police arrested two accused for allegedly gang-raping a 17-year-old girl, officials said, adding that two accused were yet to be nabbed.

1 min

Hosiery Unit Owner Loses ₹38L to Fraud

A hosiery unit owner allegedly lost ₹38 lakh to an investment fraud, officials said.

1 min

Civic body in HC: City has 'adequate' parking

OFFICIALS SAID 20 HOTELS HAVE BEEN SEALED FOR VIOLATIONS OF BUILDING BY-LAWS

1 min

80-Year-Old Retired Principal Falls Prey to 'Digital Arrest', Duped of ₹47L

Cops say modus operandi similar to SP Oswal case, same mastermind likely behind both crimes

3 mins

Locals irked by 'poor' state of Lohara bridge

Locals raised concern over what they said was the 'deteriorating' condition of the Lohara bridge in the Ishwar Nagar locality.

1 min

Primary teachers to hold protest on January 19

THE UNION HAS ALLEGED THAT THE STATE GOVT HAS NEGLECTED TEACHERS' GRIEVANCES

1 min

Trident Group To Hire 3,000 Skilled Workers

Trident Group has launched its Karamyogi Recruitment Drive, with plans to hire 3,000 skilled workers across India.

1 min

Halwara Airport Infra Works Completed: DC

Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal on Thursday said that 100 percent of the civil works at the terminal site of the upcoming Halwara airport have been completed.

1 min

Union minister releases book on pollution, health at DMCH

Union minister of science and technology Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday released a book on 'Pollution & Health'.

1 min

MC Challans 52 for Illegal Slaughtering

In a bid to curb illegal slaughtering of meat, the Municipal Corporation (MC) launched a drive across all four zones of the city on Thursday, officials said.

1 min

Contractual Linemen to Hold Statewide Strike Today

Over 100 contractual linemen and assistant linemen from Ludhiana will join a statewide strike, called by the Powercom and Transco Contractual Employees Union in Patiala on Friday, demanding permanent jobs, pensions, insurance for injuries, improved safety measures, and enforcement of minimum wages.

1 min

Man, parents booked for dowry harassment

A man and his parents have been booked on charges of dowry harassment and causing multiple miscarriages without the consent of his wife.

1 min

City's 220 KV power substation to start operations next month

Officials say facility to benefit more than 10,000 industries

1 min

Science Exhibition Begins at Govt School

A two-day district-level science exhibition on the theme \"Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future\" began on Thursday at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Cemetery Road.

1 min

My heart is so heavy: Priyanka Chopra on LA wildfires

The wildfires tearing through Los Angeles (US) have forced many local residents to evacuate.

1 min

Healthy competition is good for actors, says Rasika

As she turns a year older today, the actor talks about her birthday plans

1 min

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