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Hry orders meat shop closure near 'sensitive locations'

Chandigarh, March 20 -- Haryana urban local bodies minister Vipul Goel on Thursday issued directions to impose ban on opening of meat shops near sensitive locations within all municipal areas of the s... Read More


'Ensure transparentprocessfor dept allotment in recruitments'

Chandigarh, March 20 -- The high court (HC) has directed governments of Punjab and Haryana to put in place a comprehensive and rational criterion for selection to public employment as well as for the ... Read More


23 IAS officers reshuffled in Hry

Chandigarh, March 20 -- The Haryana government on Thursday issued the transfer and posting orders of 23 IAS officers. As per the orders issued by chief secretary Anurag Rastogi, additional chief secre... Read More


When olive green legacyconnects five generations

India, March 20 -- My nephew was recently commissioned at the Indian Military Academy, a moment of immense pride that sustained our family's century-old tradition of joining the profession of arms. Hi... Read More


BJP releases first list of 88 candidates for Assam polls

GUWAHATI, March 20 -- In Assam, where the BJP is hoping to come back to power for a third consecutive term, the party released its first list just four days ahead of the last date of filing nomination... Read More


Challenge to 1978 judgement: Top court reserves order in industry case

New Delhi, March 20 -- A nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment in a batch of petitions that will determine whether a 1978 judgment was right in expanding the social welfa... Read More


Fire brigade came 'far too late', says Indore blaze survivor

Bhopal, March 20 -- One of the survivors of the March 17 Indore fire tragedy alleged that delays in the arrival of fire tenders caused the deaths of eight members of his family, while denying that a d... Read More


SIT to probe charges of rape against 'godman'

MUMBAI, March 20 -- Maharashtra government on Thursday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations of rape against self-styled godman and numerologist Ashok Kharat, even as pol... Read More


Two workers die as fire engulfs Surat embroidery factory, 10 hurt

Ahmedabad, March 20 -- Two workers died and around 10 others were injured after an embroidery unit in Surat caught fire early on Thursday, police said. The incident occurred at a multi-storey complex,... Read More


One dead, 12 injuredin bus-pickup crash

Hoshiarpur, March 20 -- A man was killed and 12 others were injured on Thursday in a head-on collision between a Punjab Roadways bus and a pickup vehicle on the Hoshiarpur-Chandigarh road near Tuto Ma... Read More