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'Purified electoral rolls' are essential for healthy democracy: CEC

Hyderabad, Dec. 21 -- Stressing the need for "purification of electoral rolls" from time to time, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday said only Indian citizens should be in the voters'... Read More


First-ever foodgrain freight train reaches Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec. 21 -- The first-ever foodgrain freight train of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) reached the Anantnag Goods Terminal here in Kashmir on Sunday, formally integrating the region with t... Read More


With President's assent, VB-G RAM-G replaces MGNREGA

New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, which replaces the MGNREGA and has a... Read More


Searches underway after terrorists take food from house in Udhampur

Jammu, Dec. 21 -- Security forces launched a search operation at a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district after terrorists reportedly took food from a house before escaping into the nearby f... Read More


Chhattisgarh: DRG jawan killed in accidental firing

Narayanpur, Dec. 21 -- A jawan from the District Reserve Guard was killed after a weapon went off accidentally in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred in K... Read More


Akhilesh Yadav calls for saving Aravalli hills, warns of grave impact on Delhi and NCR

Lucknow, Dec. 21 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has urged residents of Delhi and the National Capital Region to come together to save the Aravalli hills, calling their protection a commit... Read More


'Preparing Punjab youth for futuristic needs but Akalis try to drag them back'

Chandigarh, Dec. 21 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday said that while the state government is making strenuous efforts to prepare Punjabi youth for futuristic needs by making them... Read More


Punjab notifies Amritsar, Sri Anandpur Sahib & Talwandi Sabo as holy cities

Chandigarh, Dec. 21 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann announced that the Punjab government has taken a historic decision by issuing a notification granting the status of holy cities to Sikh... Read More


CM Saini pays tribute to Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur at Shaheedi Samagam

Chandigarh, Dec. 21 -- On the occasion of the 350th martyrdom year of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini attended a grand 'Shaheedi Samagam' at Gurdwara Sahib Gobindpura, Bhamboli... Read More


UP: Two wanted criminals killed in encounters within two hours

Lucknow, Dec. 21 -- Two wanted criminals were killed in separate police encounters in Uttar Pradesh within a span of two hours early Sunday, one in Bulandshahr and the other in Saharanpur, officials s... Read More