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Temporary advances are sanctioned to meet petty and emergent expenditure where no condition is imposed initially regarding its utilisation or unspent balance if any. The salaries of 25 junior engineers… Continue reading Chandigarh: Salaries of 25 engineers in deep freeze after audit finds no record of Rs 48 crore
West Bengal Police has charged a BJP leader in a child trafficking case involving an NGO, which allegedly sold infants on the pretext of adoption. Juhi Choudhury, a BJP Mahila… Continue reading BJP woman leader charged in child trafficking case in north Bengal
JALANDHAR: Over six organisations of Indians, including those of Sikhs and Gujaratis, in Australia have sent a letter of protest against Air India addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and… Continue reading Hindu, Sikh bodies write to PM on ‘halal’ meat in Air India
The Supreme Court on Tuesday convicted AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala in a corruption case and sentenced her to jail for four years. A bench headed by Justice PC Ghosh… Continue reading Sasikala convicted in corruption case, gets 4-year jail
CHENNAI: After a long day at work, Selvi (42) hit the bed soon and was fast asleep when a weird sensation woke her up around midnight on Tuesday. She felt… Continue reading Doctors remove large live cockroach from woman’s head in Chennai
The northern Indian state of Punjab votes on Saturday for a new government. But the biggest issue confronting voters is not jobs or corruption, but a drugs epidemic that is… Continue reading Why has India’s Punjab fallen into the grip of drug abuse?
Hours after the murder of 25-year-old Infosys systems engineer on the company premises in Pune on Sunday and subsequent arrest of a security guard, police probe has revealed that the… Continue reading Pune techie murder: Warned for staring, guard killed 25-year-old Infosys engineer
Rasila Raju O P, a 25 year-old software engineer working with Infosys in Pune, was found strangulated to death on the premises of a software company in Hinjewadi late on… Continue reading Infosys techie found strangled with cable wire in company premises
In anticipation of the Jat agitations, scheduled to resume in Haryana from January 29, authorities in Gurgaon have enforced Section 144 in the district. Deputy Commissioner Hardeep Singh issued the… Continue reading Jat agitation: Section 144 in Gurgaon
The government is planning to revive a cluster of colonial-era gold mines – shut for 15 years but with an estimated $2.1 billion worth of deposits left – as the… Continue reading Government mulls reviving colonial-era gold mines with $2 billion reserves
India is celebrating its 68th Republic Day today. The Parade, held every year at Rajpath in Delhi, concluded earlier today. On January 26, 1950, the Constitution of India came into… Continue reading Republic Day: India celebrates
Actor Rimi Sen joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya in New Delhi on Tuesday. Soon after joining the BJP, Sen showered… Continue reading Actor Rimi Sen joins BJP ahead of assembly elections
