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Badals have golden chance to correct past mistakes : Balwant Ramuwalia
Chandigarh, Nov 27 (UNI) Lok Bhalai Party chief and former union minister Balwant Singh Ramuwalia has appealed to both the Badals specially former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal to appoint Bibi Kiranjot Kaur belonging to the…
President calls for “better method” for appointing judges, mentions judicial service
President also talked about the "cost of justice", and said that in a developing country like ours, a very small section of the citizens can afford to knock on the doors of the court of justice.
Legislature not assessing impact of laws passed, leading to big issues: CJI
New Delhi, Nov 27 (UNI) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana on Saturday said the Legislature does not conduct studies or assess the impact of laws it passes, which leads to big issues.
Addressing the valedictory…
Delhi HC pulls up SDMC for concretization of trees
New Delhi, Nov 27 (UNI) The Delhi High Court has berated the South Delhi Municipal Corporation for concretization of trees, calling it the 'worst kind of human rights violation'.
Coming down heavily on SDMC, the single-Judge Bench of…
Centre constitutes 5-member oversight committee to oversee Central Vista
New Delhi, Nov 27 (UNI) Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has constituted a five-member Central Vista Oversight Committee for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier, the directorate of estates…
Colonial frame of mind stalls progress: PM Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI: Stressing the need of shedding colonial mindset, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said for a progressive country, the greatest source of inspiration is the constitution. Speaking at the Constitution Day celebrations…
Narayan Rane: MVA govt will fall down in next 3 months, BJP will form govt in March
New Delhi, Nov 26 (UNI) Union Minister Narayan Rane on Thursday made a new claim about toppling of the Mahavikas Aghadi government, stating that the MVA government will fall by March next year and BJP will again form government in the…
Assam, Mizoram to constitute Committees to resolve border dispute
New Delhi, Nov 26 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga on Friday agreed to constitute a Committee each for resolving the border dispute between both the states through 'dialogue.'
The…
Farmers organize nationwide protest to mark one year of protest
New Delhi, Nov 26 (UNI) Thousands of farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and other parts of the country turned up on Delhi borders, Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur, and various states on Friday to mark the one year of farmers’ protest…
Opposition shows unity ahead of session, boycotts Constitution Day
New Delhi, Nov 26 (UNI) In a display of Opposition unity, around 15 Opposition parties boycotted an event to celebrate the Constitution Day on Friday, days ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament.
Congress, Left parties, Trinamool…
Foundation stone of AIIMS to be laid soon in Rewari district : Khattar
Chandigarh, Nov 26 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said that the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) would be laid in the Rewari district as all the formalities related to the…
DGP J&K: Pak pushing drugs in large quantity for terror funding
Jammu, Nov 26 (UNI) Expressing concern on increasing graph of NDPS cases over the years, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh on Friday said that Pakistan is pushing drugs in large quantity for terror funding and to…
Dynastic parties are matter of concern to people committed to Constitution, says PM Modi
Addressing the Constitution Day event in the Central Hall of Parliament Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that several leaders of our country brainstormed to give us the Constitution of India. “Constitution Day is the day to salute…
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits northeast India near Myanmar border
GUWAHATI: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked the northeast region, including Assam and Mizoram, in the early hours of Friday, the National Seismology Department said. The tremors were also felt in many parts of West Bengal, officials said,…
Tributes on 13th anniversary of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks
Floral tributes were paid on Friday to the martyrs who laid down their lives while fighting terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26, 2008. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and state Home…
Sidhu threatens hunger strike against state government
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu has taken on his own government again, threatening to go on a hunger strike if the reports on the drugs menace and the 2015 sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib were not made public.
At…
Param Bir Singh moves court, seeks cancellation of order declaring him ‘absconder
MUMBAI: Former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh has filed an application for the cancellation of a court proclamation order against him in Esplanade Magistrate's court, which declared him "absconding".
The court will hear the…
PM Narendra Modi to lay Jewar airport foundation stone today
LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the ambitious Rs 34,000-crore Jewar International Airport project in Greater Noida on Thursday. With UP assembly elections barely a few months away, the state…
Nitin Gadkari lays foundations of 25 NH projects worth of Rs 11721 cr in J&K’s Doda
Jammu, Nov 24 (UNI) Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday laid the foundation of 25 National Highway projects worth Rs 11,721 Cr at the Sports Stadium in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Notably, the…
Meghalaya: Mukul & 11 Congress legislators join TMC
Shillong, Nov 24 (UNI) Former Congress Chief Minister of Meghalaya Mukul Sangma, along with 11 other Congress MLAs, on Wednesday joined the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC).
Congress is the principal opposition party in this hill state,…
