By Abhijit Prashar- CHANDIGARH: Even as thousands of Punjabi pilgrims, including cricketer Harbhajan Singh, are stuck in Uttarakhand following widespread floods and landslides in the hilly state, yet the Badals continue to holiday in London. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal i...
PUNJAB
Bhullar’s execution ‘deferred’ again on health grounds...
By Abhijit Prashar-NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Death-row convict Davinderpal Singh Bhullar appears to have won another reprieve following a reported decisi...
Punjab govt hires private chopper to evacuate Hemkunt Sahib Pilgrims
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has hired a private Helicopter to airlift the pilgrims stuck at Sri Hemkunt Sahib and its surrounding areas. Di...
95-yr-old convicted in '87 bank rob...
HOSHIARPUR: A 95-year-old inmate was allegedly attacked on Monday night by few prisoners in a Hoshiarpur jail. He is currently serving a jail sentence of 10 years in infamous 1987 roobery of Rs 5.70 crore at PNB Dholewal Chowk Branch in Ludhiana. However, the jail authorites claimed ...
Sarabjit murder case: Pak commission deposes 38 witnesses
LAHORE/CHANDIGARH: A Pakistani judicial commission conducting probe into the brutal murder of Indian national Sarabjit Singh in Lahore’s Kot Lakhp...
A VIP high-rise headed for thin air?
CHANDIGARH: It could have been THE address, north of Chandigarh's upscale areas. However, even before the first brick for the controversial Tat...
62,000 still stranded; PM, Sonia to...
NEW DELHI: Over 62,000 pilgrims and tourists are still stranded in calamity-hit Uttarakhand while 11,000 have been rescued. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are to undertake an aerial survey of the extensive damage. The toll in the havoc caused by ...
NATIONAL
BJP to sit in Bihar opposition
PATNA: Ahead of the trust vote Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sught in the assembly Wednesday, friend-turned-foe BJP has said it is pre...
‘Unwell' Advani not to meet RSS chief
NEW DELHI: A meeting between Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani was cal...
Court refuses CBI probe into Saradh...
KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court Wednesday refused to order a CBI probe into the Saradha Group chit fund scam, but did not dispose of the matter "in the interest of justice". Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL), a division bench of Justice A.K. Banerjee and Justice M.K. ...
Part of Kedarnath compound washed away, temple not damaged
KEDARNATH: The heavy rain in Uttarakhand also resulted in washing away compound of Hindu shrine, Kedarnath, though the temple was not damaged s...
2,000 families evacuated as Yamuna crosses danger mark in Delhi
NEW DELHI: The muddy, swirling waters of the Yamuna river were flowing over the danger mark Wednesday, leading to the closure of the city's 145...
Rain fury: Survivors bring back har...
HARIDWAR/LUCKNOW: Akash and his three friends watched in horror as a rain swollen river in Uttarakhand washed away their car, leaving them stranded. On their return to Haridwar, they said they escaped the nature's fury by taking shelter at a private helipad. All four fe...
FEATURED
Slum removal scheme tweaked to make it more effective
NEW DELHI: The Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), billed as the government’s most ambitious scheme for ridding the country of slums, is to be tweaked b...
With normalcy, five-star luxury returns to Kashmir
GULMARG: Like a phoenix risen from the ashes, Kashmir has once again got a five-star luxury resort two decades after the only such property in ...
It's 'burning hot' in wettest place...
SOHRA: It has been raining cats and dogs in India's northern states, but Cherrapunjee (renamed Sohra) - known as one of the wettest places on the earth - nestled in the abode of clouds in Meghalaya in is "burning hot" at over 28 degrees Celsius! Residents of the hilltop in nort...
A VIP high-rise headed for thin air?
CHANDIGARH: It could have been THE address, north of Chandigarh's upscale areas. However, even before the first brick for the controversial Tat...
India eyeing $400-bn electronics base by 2020: IT Secy
NEW DELHI: Having established itself as the backroom office for global businesses with a flourishing outsourcing industry, India is taking step...
PM conveys dismay over Sri Lanka mo...
NEW DELHI: Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday told a delegation of Sri Lanka Tamil MPs that he was "dismayed" by reports suggesting that Colombo planned to dilute certain key provisions of the 13th Amendment on devolution of powers to provinces ahead of polls to the Northern Provincial Co...
NRIs
Canadian MP tells Punjabis to take legal route for immigration
LUDHIANA: Ludhiana District Congress Committee president Pawan Dewan today said that the Punjabis interested in immigration to Canada must always ad...
US NRIs adopt Vidarbha widows
MUMBAI: Subhash S. Ediga's first birthday last month was bereft of any lavish celebrations in Metuchen, New Jersey. Instead, the $4,000 (Rs.232,000)...
IIT-ian becomes dean of top Singapo...
SINGAPORE: Ravi Kumar, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology -Madras (IIT-M), has been appointed dean of the Nanyang Business School (NBS) in Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU), it was announced Tuesday. In a press release issued by the university, Kum...
Malaysian Indian Congress party polls this year
SINGAPORE: The organisational elections of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) will be held within this year as against the party's earlier de...
Australian charged in attack on Indian restaurateur
SYDNEY: Police in Australia charged a man Wednesday in connection with a vicious gang attack on the owner of an Indian restaurant earlier this ...
Bradley Cooper voted man with sexie...
LOS ANGELES: “Hangover” star Bradley Cooper has been voted 'the man with the sexiest hair' in a survey carried out by hair brand Fudge. He has beaten Canadian actor Ryan Gosling and footballer David Beckham to secure the top position, reports contactmusic.com. The 38-year-old s...
ENTERTAINMENT
Lucky didn't have to struggle: Palak Muchhal
MUMBAI:Playback singer Palak Muchhal, who hogged the limelight after singing "Lapata" in Salman Khan starrer "Ek Tha Tiger", considers herself lukcy...
My biggest achievement is not getting typecast: Sonam Kapoor
MUMBAI:If she played a high-on-fashion girl in "Aisha", she even essayed a simple girl in "Delhi-6" and "Mausam". Actress Sonam Kapoor, who will now...
Dad Shatrughan eager to watch Sonak...
MUMBAI:Sonakshi Sinha says her father, veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha is very happy with the promotional trailer of her forthcoming film "Lootera", and that he is eager to watch the movie. "He (dad) is very happy. The promo of 'Lootera' first came on internet, till that time it was n...
Kourtney's motherhood tips to Kim
LOS ANGELES:Socialite Kim Kardashian's sister Kourtney has reportedly asked the new mother to be more careful with her lifestyle now. Kim, 32, gav...
With 'Meri Bhabhi', Esha Kansara wants to break past image
MUMBAI:TV actress Esha Kansara, who played the strong-headed Devki in "Mukti Bandhan", says she wanted to break the image of her past character with...















