AMRITSAR: Akal Takht, the highest temporal body of Sikhs, has summoned former Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) chief Paramjit Singh Sarna for creating hurdles in the construction of a memorial to the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots of New Delhi. The decision to summ...

By Harcharan Bains-It’s the funny nature of history that the more we try to force a manufactured closure on its traumatic aspects, the more forcefu...

By K S Chawla-CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal may be the next convener of the NDA after Sharad Yadav, President, Janata Dal (Un...

By K S Chawla-CHANDIGARH: The Congress President Sonia Gandhi has rightfully recognized the political potential of Amarinder Singh former Chief Minister of Punjab and inducted him as permanent invitee to the highest policy making body of the congress working committee and thus accorded ...

By K S Chawla-LUDHIANA: The sudden transfer of Ishwar Singh, Commissioner of Police Ludhiana has sent shockwave among the Ludhianvis. Ishwar Singh ha...

GURDASPUR: With monsoons making it early to Punjab this year, once again foodgrains are set to rot because of lack of proper and adequate stora...

NEW DELHI: The joke doing the rounds in Delhi Police circles is that they are investigating the betting and spot fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League (IPL) more to keep their chief in the news till his retirement early next month. Jokes apart, the police are aware that no...

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday questioned "yet another" cabinet reshuffle of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governm...

PATNA: It is difficult to work with Bharatiya Janata Party's new era leaders, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Monday, a day after his Ja...

KOLKATA: Accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress of mobilising criminals to attack opposition party activists ahead of the panchayat polls, the Left Front sought West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan's intervention for deployment of security forces. In a memorandum, the Left Front drew ...

KOLKATA: Accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress of mobilising criminals to attack opposition party activists ahead of the panchayat polls, the Left ...

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's belated bid to soothe the family of a murdered gang-rape victim in North 24 Parganas Monday turn...

AGRA: Ending years of uncertainty, union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has cleared a civil aviation terminal at the Kheria Air Force Base in this Taj city, raising hopes of increased tourist traffic, a senior tourism industry official said. Once it is functional, passengers will n...

NEW DELHI: Lathi-charge, the familiar term for mob managment by police forces in India, is set to become history. Delhi Police will be doing aw...

LUCKNOW: Policemen in Uttar Pradesh are under attack. Literally! Amid spiralling crime, policemen now face threats of assault. More than a dozen ...

RANCHI: Former Bihar police chief Aanand Shankar will replace Vijay Kumar as Jharkhand governor's advisor, said an official Tuesday. "The union home ministry Monday issued a notification regarding appointment of Shankar as advisor of the governor," said an official Tuesday. V...

WASHINGTON: Siding with the Obama administration, the US Supreme Court has tossed out a provision in an Arizona state law requiring proof of citizen...

TEHRAN: Iran's president-elect Hassan Rouhani has said his country would try to be more " transparent" in its nuclear issue to "build confiden...

BRAMPTON (ON): Brampton Member of Parliament Parm Gill issued a statement applauding the decision by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to extend the exemption granted to hijabs and other religious head coverings under to Law 4 of the Laws of the Game to tur...

For seven utterly terrifying years, I lived with a woman who had planned and executed a cold-blooded murder. She was my mother-in-law — and I fear...

OTTAWA (CANADA): District Congress Committee, Ludhiana (Urban) Pawan Dewan has the Punjab Government must resolve the pending issues of NRIs, so tha...

POINTE-À-PITRE (GUADELOUPE): From nature lovers to history buffs to those who wish to get away 'far from the madding crowd', picturesque Guadeloupe in the French Caribbean with a large Indian immigrant population has it all. Discovered by Christopher Columbus during his second voyag...

HYDERABAD: A software engineer has lodged a dowry harassment case against her NRI husband at Banjara Hills on Friday.  Banjara Hills police s...

DUBAI: An Indian man, who was accused of raping a six-year-old schoolboy in Bahrain, has been acquitted by a court there for lack of evidence. Pr...

NEW DELHI:Yash Raj Films (YRF) has settled for a quirky title for its project starring actors Sushant Singh Rajput and Parineeti Chopra. The movie, directed by Maneesh Sharma, is titled "Shuddh Desi Romance". The movie will be a "fresh and very real love story about the hair-raising ...

MUMBAI:Actress Vidya Balan was set to promote her forthcoming film "Ghanchakkar" in a mall here Sunday, but she had to cancel the plan thanks to the...

CHENNAI:Southern actress Tamannaah Bhatia, known for films such as "Tadakha" and "Rachcha", has landed a role opposite superstar Mahesh Babu. They w...

MUMBAI:Actress Sonam Kapoor says she loved delivering catchy dialogues in her forthcoming film "Raanjhanaa". "The writer, Himanshu Sharma writes very catchy dialogues. The trailer tells you all about it and dare I say, the dialogues are very local in taste. I loved speaking them. Lik...

NEW DELHI:Sonali Bendre stays away from the big screen but she made an exception for Milan Luthria directed "Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara" (OU...

LOS ANGELES:Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has given birth to a baby girl. This is her first child with her beau, rapper Kanye West. Tmz.com repor...