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HDFC may challenge Rs.6.5-cr repayment nod

New Delhi/Mumbai, Aug. 28 -- HDFC Bank plans to challenge the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) order approving Zee group founder and chairman emeritus Subhash Chandra's Rs.6.5 crore repayment plan... Read More


Tea body seeks Rs.113 cr to revive Darjeeling tea

Kolkata, Aug. 28 -- The Indian Tea Association has sent a SOS to the West Bengal government to save the Rs.250 crore Darjeeling Tea industry from collapsing while seeking an annual package of Rs.113 c... Read More


Mann refuses to meet unions, govt initiates action against absentees

Chandigarh/Jalandhar, Aug. 28 -- Hours before his scheduled meeting with protesting employees' unions on Thursday, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann refused to meet them, even as a statewide strike ... Read More


SC grants bail to UAE bizman in Kashmir terror funding case

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- The Supreme Court has granted bail to UAE-based businessman Naval Kishore Kapoor, an accused in the Kashmir terror funding case involving Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Haf... Read More


Ruckus in Haryana House as Cong MLAs allege manhandling

Chandigarh, Aug. 28 -- Ruckus ensued in Haryana assembly for nearly two hours on the first day of the monsoon session on Thursday, leading to adjournments twice, as Congress MLAs questioned why their ... Read More


4 KILLED IN MANIPUR

Imphal, Aug. 28 -- Four Naga people were killed and a fifth was injured when armed militants ambushed their vehicle in a forested region of Kangpokpi district of Manipur on Thursday morning, deepening... Read More


Sikh groups seek clarity from Akal Takht on Vande Mataram recital

AMRITSAR, Aug. 28 -- Several Sikh organisations, including the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), Jagtar Singh Hawara Committee, United Sikh Students Federation and former Akal Takht Panj Pyare, on Wedne... Read More


CM hands over job letters to newly recruited constables in Jalandhar

Jalandhar, Aug. 28 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday handed over appointment letters to 1,746 recruits who joined the Punjab Police as constables at Punjab Armed Police (PAP) headquarters he... Read More


At 34%, Punjab has highest monsoon deficit among northern states

Patiala, Aug. 28 -- Punjab is staring at a severe monsoon deficit, having recorded 34% less rainfall than normal since June 1, making it one of the worst-affected states in the northern region this ye... Read More


State grinds to a halt, services disrupted, OPDs shut

Chandigarh/Jalandhar/Sangrur/Bathinda, Aug. 28 -- Public services across Punjab were disrupted on Thursday as more than three lakh government employees and over 3.5 lakh pensioners joined a statewide ... Read More