NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute to veteran marathon runner Fauja Singh, 114, who was killed in a road accident in Punjab.“Fauja Singh Ji was extraordinary because of his unique persona and the manner in which he inspired the youth of India on a very important topic of fitness. He was…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday summoned the IPS officer heading Chandigarh Police SIT probe into the assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath in Patiala, allegedly by Punjab Police personnel. The officer has to present himself in court on Wednesday with the case record.Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj gave the directive on a plea filed…
India’s Ravindra Jadeja, right, celebrates after scoring fifty runs (AP Photo/Richard Pelham) A cheeky moment between England’s Harry Brook and Ben Duckett on Day 5 of the Lord’s Test has gone viral after Ravindra Jadeja’s valiant resistance almost pulled off a miracle win for India. Star Sports shared a behind-the-scenes clip titled “Never Sledge Jadeja”,…
Representative imageRepresentative image SC to examine their power to interfere in quasi-judicial functionsNew Delhi: Can parliamentary and legislative committees interfere in the quasi-judicial work of the revenue department? The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine this question arising from the directions issued by a parliamentary committee in the UP Assembly in a land dispute…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has fixed the price of 71 key drug formulations, including medicines approved for treating metastatic breast cancer, allergies and diabetes, among others.Also, the notification issued by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) states that the manufacturer may add Goods and Services Tax (GST) only if they have paid or it is…
File photo: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: As Parliament’s monsoon session approaches, the stage seems to be getting set for a BJP-Congress duel over “foreign interference”, with BJP MP Nishikant Dubey circulating documents about Jawaharlal Nehru govt’s decision to let US’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) install “two nuclear-powered devices” high in…
File photo: Nimisha Priya NEW DELHI: Running against time to save the life of a nurse from Kerala, Nimisha Priya, whose death sentence is to be executed on July 16 in Yemen, government on Monday told Supreme Court that it was making all efforts to reach out to her but cannot do much because of…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday told producers of the film ‘Udaipur Files: Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder’, screening of which has been stayed by Delhi high court, that it will hear its plea for release of the movie in the theatres “within a day or two”.Senior advocate Gaurav Bhatia appealed to a bench of Justices…
Moles that change shape, size and color are warning indicators for melanoma, known as the deadliest form of skin cancer. The warning indicators of these changes can be delicate enough to go unnoticed. However, keep these changes in mind: When asymmetry occurs in moles, the left and right halves become different from each other. The…
File photo: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: In yet another move to rationalise tolling on national highways (NHs), the road transport ministry has proposed to halve the toll during the expansion of 10-metre-wide two-lane highways with paved shoulders to four-lane highways. This has been proposed since commuters don’t get the…
