SANGRUR: Akali Dal MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa said he will convince Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to become National Democratic Alliance (NDA) convener. Talking to mediapersons at his residence, Dhindsa said once the party receives formal invitation from NDA, the party wil...

CHANDIGARH: Releasing the official reports showing merely 68 conviction against more than 35000 proven cases of violence against Sikhs during Novemb...

CHANDIGARH: A timely respite from heavy rainfall, which was witnessed over last weekend, over most of Tuesday and all of Wednesday has...

CHANDIGARH: The result of Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test (PSTET) has been declared which could be seen on the website www.tetpunjab.com. It was disclosed today by an Official Spokesperson of the state government.He said that PSTET-1 was taken for ETT candidates whereas ...

CHANDIGARH: The State Election Commission Wednesday issued notification for the election of Gram Panchayats in Punjab. With the issuance of notifica...

 CHANDIGARH:  The State Election Commission (SEC) has issued strict directions for the compliance of model code of conduct which has come...

 DEHRADUN: The ancient Kedarnath shrine has survived the devastating floods in Uttarakhand but virtually everything around it has been destroyed, an official of the temple committee said Thursday. "Call it a miracle but the Nandi statue and the other idols in the temple are int...

PATNA: Former Bihar minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey's two relatives were killed while he survived nature's fury at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, a s...

NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand rains rescue operations has involved more than,8500 defence personnel and around 20 aircraft in rain-ravaged areas. It h...

HYDERABAD: Six pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh were among those killed in the floods in Uttarakhand while relatives of hundreds of others are anxiously waiting to hear from their near and dear ones. Five members of a family from Visakhapatnam district were killed in the floods, accordi...

NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat here Thursday, a day after their meeting was deferred when the BJP veteran conv...

SRINAGAR: Cadets went on a nightlong rampage inside a police training school complex in Jammu and Kashmir smashing the property as well as vehi...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

CHANDIGARH: It could have been THE address, north of Chandigarh's upscale areas. However, even before the first brick for the controversial Tat...

NEW DELHI: Having established itself as the backroom office for global businesses with a flourishing outsourcing industry, India is taking step...

LONDON/MUMBAI: Mumbai-born Parsi lawyer Sarosh Zaiwala Wednesday notched a remarkable success in a bank case in the British Supreme Court, with major ramifications on the international banking system, an official said. By the court verdict, the British government's sanctions on Iran'...

DUBAI:  Around 5,000 expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia, affected by a new labour policy in the Gulf nation, have found new jobs, the Indian co...

LUDHIANA: Ludhiana District Congress Committee president Pawan Dewan today said that the Punjabis interested in immigration to Canada must always ad...

KATHMANDU:  The third edition of the Nepal-Africa Film Festival opened with the screening of "Earth Anthem", a short film written, produced and directed by Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K. The screening of the 2.5-minute-long film was held Wednesday at the Russian Cultural Centre i...

SYDNEY: Police in Australia charged a man Wednesday in connection with a vicious gang attack on the owner of an Indian restaurant earlier this ...

WELLINGTON: Two men accused of murdering an Indian-origin man in New Zealand in January have pleaded not guilty and are now headed for trial.Bryne Pel...

NEW DELHI:Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who is on a roll after the success of "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani", will take to the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards stage in Macau next month. She is excited about her performance. Deepika will showcase some of her signature...

MUMBAI:Filmmaker Anand L. Rai, whose latest romantic offering "Raanjhanaa", says the movie tells a love story which is thicker and deeper than his l...

CHENNAI:Tamil actor Dhanush, who is awaiting the release of his first Hindi film "Raanjhanaa", says even though superstar Rajnikanth has a lot of in...

MUMBAI: item song performed by Mumait Khan in Ashuu Trikha's forthcoming film "Enemmy" has the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) stepping in with firm hands. The names of four women - Katrina, Kareena, Bipasha and Priyanka in an item song have been replaced by 'Miss India' and ...

MUMBAI:Popular stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma, who has turned producer with "Comedy Nights with Kapil", considers his 12-year theatre experience, wh...

MUMBAI:Playback singer Palak Muchhal, who hogged the limelight after singing "Lapata" in Salman Khan starrer "Ek Tha Tiger", considers herself lukcy...