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No role in Punjab desilting,mines ministry tells NGT

Chandigarh, July 16 -- The Union ministry of mines has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking deletion of its name from a petition challenging the Punjab government's river desilting projects... Read More


HC holds drug accused's arrest illegal as kin not informed, legal aid not given

Chandigarh, July 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has termed a drug accused's arrest illegalafter he was arrested without written intimation to his family and also not provided legal assistance... Read More


Delhi HC cancels bail to teacher in rape case

New Delhi, July 16 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday cancelled the bail granted to a woman teacher in connection with the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl at a private school in Janakpuri. A b... Read More


RMC plant sealed after NGT intervention

Gurugram, July 16 -- The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has expressed "regret" before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over the delay in acting against a ready-mix concrete (RMC) plant... Read More


Canadian ex-MP Grewal's law licence may be suspended

Toronto, July 16 -- A former Indo-Canadian MP may have his law licence suspended or restricted amid allegations of illegal conduct. The notice for such action against Rajvinder Singh Grewal was given ... Read More


Punjab bets on crushermining to boost revenue

Chandigarh, July 16 -- The cash-strapped Punjab government has identified 133 crusher mining sites (CRMS) and granted environmental clearances for 18 of them as it looks to regulate the sector and boo... Read More


Man held for raping two minors in Chamba

Dharamshala, July 16 -- Himachal Pradesh police has arrested a man for allegedly raping two minors in Chamba district, said officials. The incident is from Salooni subdivision and the accused has been... Read More


24 hours on, no arrest in Class 10 student's death in Karnal

Karnal, July 16 -- More than 24 hours after a 16-year-old student was allegedly beaten to death by a group of young men in Karnal's Dholgarh village, the district police were yet to arrest the accused... Read More


Statehood protest plan in place, will go to Delhi on July 19: Omar

Srinagar, July 16 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister (CM) Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said there would be no change in his party's plan to hold protest over the delay in restoration of statehood, in t... Read More


Noida building fire leaves two men dead

Noida, July 16 -- A fire ripped through a four-storey apartment in Sector 66 of Noida on Wednesday morning, killing two people, the latest in a spate of infernos in the National Capital Region (NCR) d... Read More