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US trade deal: More opportunity than threat for Punjab agriculture

India, Feb. 13 -- Punjab remains, in both economic structure and political consciousness, a traditional agricultural state. Nearly one-third of its total population, and close to two-thirds of its rur... Read More


DA case: ED attaches properties worth Rs.1.36 cr

Jalandhar, Feb. 13 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached five immovable properties worth to Rs.1.36 crore pertaining to Rakesh Kumar Singla, the then deputy director in the fo... Read More


Stirring the pot: Making case for a gender-neutral kitchen

India, Feb. 13 -- At the Chandigarh Literature Festival last year, celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar dropped a bomb that set the pressure cooker hissing. Responding to a Lancet study reporting a 4... Read More


Woman mid-day meal worker hacked to death in Kangra school

Dharamshala, Feb. 13 -- A female mid-day meal worker was allegedly murdered within the premises of a government school in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, triggering panic and outrage ... Read More


BJP MLAs walk out of J&K House over Pahari quota

JAMMU, Feb. 13 -- Demanding that the reservation of ST-II under Pahari quota be extended to the people from PoJK, who have settled in the plains of Jammu, two BJP legislators, on Thursday, staged a wa... Read More


Snowfall deficit over 50% for 2nd straight yr in J&K: Govt

Srinagar, Feb. 13 -- For the past two consecutive years, J&K, particularly the Himalayan Valley, has witnessed largely dry winters with the amount of snowfall or rain not even crossing the half-way ma... Read More


HP cabinet nod to 600 teacher posts for proposed CBSE schools

Shimla, Feb. 13 -- Despite fiscal challenges and recommendations from the finance department regarding freezing recruitment, the state cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to create a total 600 posts (15... Read More


SC questions Ladakh on procedural compliance in Wangchuk's detention

New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Ladakh administration on whether it fully complied with the procedure while detaining climate activist Sonam Wangchuk by enquiring wh... Read More


RERA doing nothing except helping defaulting builders: SC

New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) meant to serve homebuyers is only helping builders who are in default and states should ha... Read More


The cheesy and the subtle: Valentine's Day with Armaan, Aashna

India, Feb. 13 -- Singer-songwriter Armaan Malik and wife entrepreneur-influencer Aashna Shroff, recently completed a year of marriage. On this fairly new journey as life partners, they confess that d... Read More