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'Safe Punjab': 5,562 FIRs filed via chatbot

Chandigarh, Aug. 24 -- The Punjab Police has registered 5,562 FIRs since March 1 on the basis of information shared by citizens through the state government's 'Safe Punjab' WhatsApp chatbot. The Safe... Read More


Bali to host International Gita Jayanti Mahotsav from Sep 12-14

Chandigarh, Aug. 24 -- Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has announced that the International Gita Jayanti Mahotsav, celebrated abroad for the past several years, will this year be held in Bali... Read More


AHPI asks hospitals to stop cashless treatment for Bajaj Allianz customers

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- The Association of Healthcare Providers - India (AHPI), representing over 15,000 hospitals nationwide, has instructed its member hospitals in North India to suspend cashless trea... Read More


Supreme Court protects journalists Varadarajan, Thapar booked in Assam

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- The Supreme Court on Friday granted protection from arrest to The Wire's founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan and consulting editor Karan Thapar in connection with a case regist... Read More


Lord Swraj Paul, industrialist and philanthropist, passes away in London at 94

London/New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Renowned industrialist and philanthropist Lord Swraj Paul, founder of the UK-based Caparo Group, passed away in London on Thursday evening at the age of 94. His family con... Read More


Green clearances for sand mining without proper study detrimental for ecology: SC

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- The Supreme Court on Friday said granting environmental clearances for sand mining, without a proper study of the existing position of the riverbed, would be detrimental to ecolo... Read More


Rajnath: Strengthening policies to boost women's role in armed forces

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said "we are strengthening policies" to encourage women's participation in the armed forces and peacekeeping contingents to ensure that t... Read More


Haryana Assembly sees repeated adjournments

Chandigarh, Aug. 22 -- The first day of the Haryana Assembly's Monsoon Session on Friday was marred by chaos, with proceedings adjourned six times as the Opposition Congress pressed for an immediate d... Read More


Punjab CM launches policy to empanel certified professionals

Chandigarh, Aug. 22 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Friday launched the Policy for Empanelment of Certified Professionals, asserting that the initiative would position Punjab as a lead... Read More


Jaishankar meets Putin; says US first backed oil imports, then levied tariffs

Moscow/New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said he was "very perplexed" by the United States imposing an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods over Russian... Read More