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December 21, 2024

Protest vs protest on last day as House session ends

A bitter winter session of Parliament, marked by acrimony between the government and Opposition, protests and counter protests over Union home minister Amit Shah's comment on BR Ambedkar, the first attempt in Independent India to remove the vice-president, a landmark debate on 75 years of the Constitution, and ugly scenes that led to a flurry of police complaints and privilege notices, closed on Friday.

1 min

8 pending devp projects and a long list of unfulfilled promises

PATIALA CITY'S CANAL-BASED POTABLE WATER SUPPLY PROJECT HAS ALREADY MISSED ITS DEADLINE OF OCTOBER 12, 2023

1 min

Voting today, over 3k candidates in fray

With AAP, Congress, BJP and the Shiromani Akali Dal vying to outdo each other, the municipal elections in Punjab are set to witness a multi-cornered contest, the polling for which will take place on Saturday.

4 mins

Fasting has impacted liver, kidney functions: Med board

Makeshift hospital set up to monitor Dallewal's health

2 mins

Land transfer: FIR against ex-minister Arora quashed

The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) on Friday quashed an FIR pertaining to an alleged illegal transfer case of an industrial plot to a real estate company, involving former Congress industries minister Sunder Sham Arora and 11 others, said senior advocate APS Deol.

1 min

Land transfer: FIR against ex-minister Arora quashed

FIRs were registered against ex-minister in Ludhiana and Jalandhar by Punjab vigilance bureau on August 16 and Sept 22, 2022, respectively

2 mins

Biting cold prevails in Punjab, Haryana

Cold weather conditions continued in several areas of Punjab and Haryana on Friday, the MeT department said.

1 min

TEACHERS' FAST BEGINS ON DEC 22

Teachers, under the banner of the computer teacher sangarsh committee will start fast-unto-death protest from December 22 to press the Punjab government to resolve their long-standing demands.

1 min

HC QUASHES CBI COURT ORDER TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS TO RAM RAHIM

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday quashed a 2019 order of a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Panchkula directing the CBI to provide certain documents to Dera Sacha Sauda head, Gurmeet Ram Rahim in an alleged case of mass castration of followers at the dera.

1 min

MLA pulls out over '16 desecration case

The Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) MLA from the Mehrauli assembly constituency, Naresh Yadav, on Friday announced that he will not contest the 2025 Delhi assembly election unless he is acquitted in a 2016 desecration case in Punjab.

1 min

NIA CONDUCTS RAIDS IN PUNJAB, HARYANA, 3 OTHER STATES

The National Investigation Agency on Friday searched multiple locations in five states in connection with a case relating to attempts at revival of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit, according to an official statement.

1 min

PPSC CHAIRMAN AD CHALLENGED IN HIGH COURT

An advertisement put out by the state government to select new Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) chairman has been challenged before the high court.

1 min

Gangster, aide shot dead while trying to flee from police custody

The Fatehabad police on Friday gunned down two members of the Kala Jatheri gang, who along with two other accomplices opened fire at a police team near Badopal toll plaza.

1 min

Retd ASI shot dead

A retired assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Om Prakash was shot dead by an unidentified person in Bathinda's busy Multania road locality on Saturday evening, on the eve of the Bathinda municipal corporation bypoll.

1 min

PM Modi to inaugurate Jewar airport in April

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Noida International Airport in Jewar, and reiterated that the airport will be ready for operations by April 2025.

2 mins

SC directs Centre to file fresh report on status of trials

Counsel for one of the petitioners submitted that there were instances wherein 500 cases were clubbed into one FIR

2 mins

Legal opinion to form basis of Akali Dal's reply to Takht

LEADERS ARE SAID TO HAVE RAISED FEAR THAT TAKING DIRECTIONS FROM RELIGIOUS BODY MAY INVITE ACTION FROM POLL PANEL

2 mins

PCS PRELIMS: CSAT SOLELY TO BE QUALIFYING PAPER

The civil services aptitude test (CSAT) will now be treated solely as a qualifying paper in the Punjab Civil Services (PCS) preliminary examination, the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) has announced.

1 min

SFJ's threat to envoy Kwatra: India takes up matter with US

Canada has alleged India's involvement in killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, New Delhi has rubbished these charges as baseless

2 mins

SFJ's threat to envoy Kwatra: India takes up matter with US

India on Friday asked the US to take New Delhi's security concerns seriously after separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun issued threats to India's Ambassador to the United States Vinay Mohan Kwatra.

1 min

Sikh groups, experts flay SGPC move

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's (SGPC) move to constitute a three-member panel to probe the charges levelled by a person against Takht Damdama Sahib jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh has not gone down well with the section of the Sikh community.

2 mins

Bill denying key benefits to contract staff cleared

WHILE OPPN CRITICISED IT, CM SUKHU SAID THE BILL WILL PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF REGULAR GOVT EMPLOYEES

3 mins

BJP leaders flays Cong govt's move to hire guest lecturers

PARTY MLAS PUSH FOR WITHDRAWAL OF GUEST TEACHER POLICY, WHICH WAS PASSED ON DECEMBER 12

2 mins

SHIMLA-KALKA ROUTE: HOLIDAY SPL TRAINS START

Northern Railways on Friday commenced New Year and winter season special trains on the UNESCO world heritage Shimla-Kalka narrow gauge railway line, an official said.

1 min

150-SEAT CAP ON MED COLLEGES DONE AWAY WITH, CLAIMS MP ARORA

The summer capital Srinagar recorded its coldest night of the season so far, with the minimum temperature on Thursday night plummeting to -6.2°C, officials said on Friday.

3 mins

50% of 32 lakh people screened in Haryana found anaemic by NHM

During a special campaign to check anaemia in the Haryana population, the National Health Mission (NHM) found that half of the 32-lakh people screened, 50% of them (16 lakh), were found to be anaemic, 50,000 out of them being severely anaemic patients.

1 min

House passes bill to amend land ceiling law

The Himachal Pradesh assembly on the third day of its winter session on Friday passed the amendments to the Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Act to allow religious, charitable and spiritual organisations to transfer land for religious, spiritual or charitable purposes, subject to the maximum limit of thirty acres.

2 mins

Parl productivity dipped due to Oppn's stir: Rijiju

Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday slammed the Opposition for \"disrupting\" the winter session of Parliament leading to a decline in productivity in both Houses, and urged them to avoid similar interruptions in the upcoming budget session.

2 mins

Defence to figure in PM's Kuwait visit

We have strongly registered a protest on this issue and taken it up with Bangladesh RANDHIR JAISWAL, MEA spokesperson

4 mins

SC NOTICE TO TN ON INCLUSION OF BALAJI IN CABINET SOON AFTER BAIL

The Supreme Court said on Friday that the continuation of V Senthil Balaji as a cabinet minister in Tamil Nadu could influence a large number of victims in the cash-for-jobs case hearing pending against him, and sought the response of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on recalling the bail granted to him in September.

1 min

39-MEMBER JPC TO EXAMINE ONOP BILLS FORMED

The Lok Sabha on Friday approved a 39-member joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to examine The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the amendments to the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, the twin bills that aim to usher in simultaneous state and national elections.

1 min

K'TAKA MLC GETS INTERIM BAIL OVER 'DEROGATORY' REMARKS IN HOUSE

The Supreme Court on Friday reversed a 2008 ruling by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) that barred banks from charging more than 30% annual interest on overdue credit card payments, allowing banks to determine their own rates within existing regulations.

2 mins

HC rejects plea challenging Dharavi revamp bid process

The Bombay high court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by SecLink Technologies Corporation, challenging the state government's decision to award the Dharavi Redevelopment Project to Adani Properties Ltd.

2 mins

Govt, L&T ink ₹7.6k-cr deal for artillery guns

THE DEAL FOR THE K9 VAJRA-T GUNS HAS PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARMY'S ARTILLERY MODERNISATION

1 min

Zubair gets court relief in Narsinghanand case

The Allahabad high court on Friday stayed the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in connection with an FIR filed against him for allegedly promoting enmity among religious groups following a complaint by an associate of Yati Narsinghanand, a controversial figure known for making communally sensitive remarks.

1 min

Woman approaches NGO for aid, receives body with extortion note

THE WOMAN REQUESTED THE NGO FOR AID IN THE FORM OF APPLIANCES FOR A HOUSE SHE WAS BUILDING IN ANDHRA PRADESH

2 mins

MAN HACKED TO DEATH NEAR COURT IN T.N., FOUR HELD

A 25-year-old man allegedly involved in a murder case was hacked to death by a four-member gang near the gate of the Tirunelveli district court campus, police said on Friday.

1 min

'Broke window

Several of the dead were in two sleeper buses that caught fire after the fireball erupted from the gas leak; many people still unaccounted for

3 mins

Open median on busy road: How delayed works created risky cut

The stretch of Jaipur-Ajmer highway where 12 people lost their lives and several more were left with severe burns in Friday's LPG tanker explosion has long been a source of concern for local residents, who blame poor traffic management and ongoing construction work for creating hazardous conditions.

3 mins

35-year-old dragged by govt car for 30km, dies

A 35-year-old man died after being dragged for nearly 30km by a government vehicle after an accident in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday evening, prompting the district authorities to recommend the suspension of the naib tehsildar who was in the car, officials said on Friday.

1 min

POLICE LOOK AT DIFFICULT PROBE AS BOTH DRIVERS DIE IN ACCIDENT

With the drivers of the truck and the tanker involved in an accident on the Ajmer-Jaipur highway early on Friday morning dead, and the vehicles charred down to their shells, the police have an uphill task in investigating the cause of the accident.

1 min

Breaking the gender glass ceiling across disciplines

Hope lives in the town where the daughter of an autorickshaw driver grows up playing in the paddy fields of Wayanad, Kerala.

2 mins

Not in the name of Ambedkar

The raucous winter session was a disservice to his legacy, the illustrious track record of the Constitution and Parliament

2 mins

India-Kuwait: Modernising the agenda for ancient ties

Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi's visit to Kuwait from December 21-22, coming 43 years after the last such visit by an Indian PM, marks a major milestone for ties and is set to reinvigorate the deep-rooted friendship between our two countries.

3 mins

Opposition must tell its story better, or tell a new one

This winter session of Parliament offered an opportunity to the Opposition to put the government on the mat in relation to bread-and-butter issues or national security questions. Instead, the Congress is trading charges with the BJP on individuals

3 mins

KTR GETS HC RELIEF FROM ARREST IN FORMULA E CASE

The Telangana High Court on Friday directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) not to arrest BRS leader KT Rama Rao till December 30 while allowing the investigation in the Formula-E race case to proceed.

1 min

CABINET APPROVES MSP AT ₹12,100 PER QUINTAL FOR COPRA

The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a minimum support price (MSP) for copra, or dried coconut kernel, of ₹12,100 per quintal (100 kg), applicable for 2025.

1 min

ASI surveys temple, 5 Hindu sites

A four-member team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday carried out a survey at a temple and five other Hindu pilgrimage sites in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal town, which was rocked by violent protests last month during a court-ordered survey of a mosque that Hindu groups claim was built after demolishing a temple.

1 min

IIM-B director, 7 others booked for caste bias

The Bengaluru police on Friday registered a first information report (FIR) against Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore director Rishikesha T Krishnan, dean (faculty) Dinesh Kumar and six other faculty members over allegations of caste discrimination against a Dalit associate professor at the same institution.

1 min

Navy staff struggled to rein in runaway boat

The Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) investigation into Wednesday's ferry accident near Gateway of India revealed that while a naval vessel collided with the passenger ferry Nilkamal due to engine malfunction, the ferry was also overloaded at the time of the incident.

1 min

CENTRE APPOINTS SANDIP MISHRA AS NTA DIRECTOR

The Union government has appointed Sandip Kumar Mishra as the director of National Testing Agency (NTA).

1 min

VW, UNION AGREE TO KEEP GERMAN PLANTS OPEN

Volkswagen AG and labour leaders reached an agreement to cut capacity at its namesake brand while avoiding factory closures, capping three months of tense negotiations and preventing further union walkouts.

1 min

Malaysia agrees to resume 'no find, no fee' hunt for MH370 in new possible crash site

Malaysia's government has agreed in principle to accept a second \"no find, no fee\" proposal from a US company to renew the hunt for flight MH370, which is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean more than 10 years ago, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said on Friday.

1 min

Zakir Hussain laid to rest in San Francisco

Zakir Hussain was laid to rest, on Thursday, at the Fernwood cemetery, in San Francisco, as renowned percussionist A Sivamani and other artistes performed on their drums a little distance away in a tribute to the tabla maestro.

1 min

Key ally to PM Trudeau vows to bring him down

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on Friday, looked set to lose power early next year after a key ally said he would move to bring down the minority Liberal government and trigger an election.

1 min

Russian missile targets Kyiv

Russian missiles targeted Kyiv at sunrise on Friday, killing at least one person and damaging six diplomatic missions and a university in the centre of the Ukrainian capital.

1 min

Mkts snap 4-week rally as Fed rate outlook hurts

Indian shares plunged on Friday, with the benchmarks logging their first weekly decline in five weeks, as sentiment soured after the Federal Reserve projected fewer rate cuts next year, spurring an exodus of foreign funds.

1 min

Int'l students urged to return to campuses before Trump's inauguration

Chuck Schumer is calling on House Speaker Mike Johnson to return to a stopgap funding agreement he had negotiated with Democrats

3 mins

Following Manu, Suruchi claims hat-trick of gold

Manu Bhaker's achievements at the Paris Olympics are serving as an inspiration for young shooters.

2 mins

'Idea was to prepare Gukesh so that there would be no surprises'

Paddy Upton described a scenario he played \"over a hundred times\" in his head as he flew from South Africa to Singapore.

4 mins

BFI sticks to evaluation system to select teams

Indian teams will continue to be selected through the evaluation process at the national camp, with selection trials being held only in 'certain circumstances' at the discretion of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), as per the draft selection policy announced for the new season.

2 mins

Australia make their move, Will India also follow suit?

Three Tests down, two to go. And that is the score that the team management from both sides will be key to tracking.

2 mins

We had to hide him, he's his own enemy: MCA on Shaw snub

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has brushed aside Prithvi Shaw's emotional outburst after his exclusion from the Vijay Hazare Trophy squad, asserting that the temperamental batter has flouted disciplinary norms regularly and is \"his own enemy\".

2 mins

Haaye Ram! Actor stuns with drastic weight loss!

Ram Kapoor has wowed the internet with his drastic physical transformation. The actor shared a selfie on Instagram showcasing his all-new dapper look.

1 min

'SUCCESS SE DIMAAG KHARAB NAHIN HONA CHAHIYE'

Pankaj Tripathi explains why franchise films did well this year; says though Stree 2's box-office numbers made him feel great, he didn't let the success make him go OTT

1 min

An annual affair of starry proportions

All roads led to Mumbai's Dhirubhai Ambani International School on Thursday evening, as a bevy of celebs, dressed to the nines, turned up to watch their kids perform at the school's annual day celebrations.

1 min

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