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Govt in LS: Punjab deleted nearly 2.9 lakh ration cards under NFSA in 5 yrs

Chandigarh, Aug. 13 -- Punjab has deleted 2,89,334 ration cards under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, between 2021 and 2025, according to data tabled by the Union ministry of consumer aff... Read More


Rohtak: SKM (non-political) to march to Jantar Mantar from August 16

Rohtak, Aug. 13 -- The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) (non-political) announced a 228-km "Kisan Bachao Padyatra" (footmarch) from Data Singh Wala village on the Haryana-Punjab border to Jantar Mantar in N... Read More


Defence ministry floats rRs.r1 lakh-crore tender to buy medium transport aircraft

NEW DELHI, Aug. 13 -- The defence ministry on Wednesday issued a tender worth around Rs.1 lakh crore to buy up to 60 medium transport aircraft (MTA) to boost the Indian Air Force's (IAF) airlift capab... Read More


India's biopharma edge will be built on talent readiness

India, Aug. 13 -- Biopharmaceutical innovation in India is being reshaped by advanced biologics, cell and gene therapies, RNA-based therapeutics, AI-enabled discovery and sophisticated manufacturing p... Read More


A letter vs spirit dilemma

India, Aug. 13 -- The Lok Sabha passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, on Wednesday. The legislation essentially overturns a 2024 Supreme Court judgment that ... Read More


HC commutes death sentence to 50-year jail in rape of 7-year-old girl in Kaithal

Chandigarh, Aug. 13 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has commuted a death sentence to 50 years in jail in a case of the rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl reported in Kaithal in 2022. "It is on... Read More


Police constable found dead in ACP office, kin suspect foul play

India, Aug. 13 -- Hyderabad A 26-year-old police constable was found dead in the restroom of a police station at L B Nagar in Hyderabad in the early hours of Wednesday, the police said, adding that pr... Read More


Haryana: Khap leaders threaten protest over delay in arrest of accused

Rohtak, Aug. 13 -- Members of a mahapanchayat, khap leaders, and farmer unions threatened to hold a protest at all toll plazas across Haryana on August 14 if the Hisar police fail to arrest all the ac... Read More


'My election as President shows greatness of our democracy': Kovind writes in his autobiography

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- In the early years of Independence, Dalit students at a primary school in Paraunkh village of Uttar Pradesh were not free to drink water as they pleased. They had to inform their... Read More


rRs.r10,000 penalty for delay in ambulances, NHAI tweaks norms

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- The National Highway Authority of India has mandated that ambulances deployed on all of its projects must reach crash sites within 10 minutes when the incident is within 10 km of... Read More