Former Punjab minister Sunder Sham Arora, who joined the BJP in June, was arrested by the State Vigilance Bureau for allegedly offering a bribe to its AIG-rank officer for “favourably settling” an inquiry against him.
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31st Mar 2026 | Updated at 01:38pm 31st Mar 2026
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Punjab govt to move SC against governor
Chandigarh: The two-day Punjab assembly session was cut short by a day after chief minister Bhagwant Mann informed the House that since governor Banwarilal Purohit had not given assent to the three money Bills, his government would resume the...
Gaganyaan test flight's crew module successfully recovered by Navy
Hours after the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientists successfully conducted the Gaganyaan failure test, the Navy’s Eastern Naval Command recovered the Crew Module (CM) from the Bay of Bengal. Isro chief S Somanath said the crew...
KCR unveils poll promises to counter Congress' guarantees
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) unveiled its own set of promises ahead of the November 30 assembly polls to counter Congress’s “six guarantees”, setting the stage for a competitive electoral race as the party led by CM K Chandrasekhar...
TMC stands for 'terror, mafia, corruption': Nadda
Kolkata: Launching a frontal attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led regime in Bengal, BJP national president J P Nadda said that the time has come to bid farewell to the jungle raj of the TMC, which stands for ’Terror, Mafia, Corruption’.
Encroachment row: Didi gives Amartya Sen land deed
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday handed over land record documents of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to the celebrated economist, dismissing the claims of the current Visva-Bharati dispensation that he was illegally...
West Midlands delegation visits Ahmedabad to boost ties
A 37-member West Midlands delegation, led by Mayor Richard Parker and officials including Manoj Ladwa and Neil Rami, visited Ahmedabad to strengthen economic, cultural, and educational ties, coinciding with the inaugural Commonwealth Connect...
Somnath Swabhiman Parv honours India’s spiritual resilience
The Somnath Swabhiman Parv, held at the first Jyotirlinga in Gujarat, marks one thousand years since the first attack on the Somnath Temple in 1026. This national event, instead of focusing on destruction, celebrates India’s resilience, faith,...
Kolkata: Former West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) chairman and current Trinamool MLA Manik Bhattacharya was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after a marathon questioning session on monetary kickbacks allegedly received for...
Chandigarh: A meeting to discuss the contentious Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue was held between Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar. According to reports, the two were unable to agree on...
Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, a convict in rape and murder cases, was released on parole by the Haryana government. Coincidentally, or deliberately, the controversial preacher is released just before any important election...
Contending that the governor is bound by its recommendation to allow premature release of life-term convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Tamil Nadu government supported the plea of convicts S Nalini and R P Ravichandran in Supreme...
Visakhapatnam Police issued a notice to Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan, prohibiting him from holding rallies in the city till October 31.
New Delhi: A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court last week delivered a split verdict on the validity of the Karnataka government’s circular barring students...
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that efforts to impose the Hindi language are "unacceptable".
A day after the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express collided with buffaloes, the newly launched semi-high-speed train hit a cow in between Kanjari...
Law minister Kiren Rijiju said that the government is in talks with the election watchdog and contemplating supporting "major electoral reforms" through changes to the Representation of the People Act, a day after the Election Commission released...
