NEW DELHI: Former Punjab deputy chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal was on Monday directed to wash utensils, clean shoes and bathrooms after five Sikh high priests pronounced their punishment.The priests, led by Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh, directed Sukhbir to perform various acts of public penance outside the Clock…
NEW DELHI: A theatre artist, aged 45, was taken into custody for brutally ripping the stomach of a pig on stage and eating its meat during a performance in Odisha’s Ganjam district. The incident, which occurred in Ralab village, caused widespread anger and was discussed in the assembly on Monday.The authorities arrested both the actor,…
NEW DELHI: The security forces on Tuesday killed one terrorist after an encounter broke out in Jammu and Kashmir’s Dachigam forest.According to Jammu and Kashmir Police, a joint operation was launched with Indian army based on specific inputs in the upper mountain belts of the Harwan area of Srinagar. Taking to X, Chinar corps of…
NEW DELHI: The govt has received over 6.2 lakh applications under the PM Internship Scheme for around 1.3 lakh opportunities, Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.After announcing the scheme in the last budget, the govt launched its pilot project in Oct. The first set of letters were to be handed over this week, but the…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan is choosing weapons over the welfare of its people despite its precarious economic condition, Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said on Monday, adding that India is tweaking its operational plans and strategy to tackle the expanding collusiveness between Islamabad and Beijing in the maritime domain after the land borders.“We are keeping a watch on…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday took strong exception to bureaucrats’ wives enjoying posts in societies functioning within the administrative jurisdictions of their husbands and said such practices, a product of colonial mindset, must be forthwith discarded.What irked a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was the vindictive action indirectly taken by the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday took strong exception to bureaucrats’ wives enjoying posts in societies functioning within the administrative jurisdictions of their husbands and said such practices, a product of colonial mindset, must be forthwith discarded.What irked a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was the vindictive action indirectly taken by the…
New Delhi: Central Higher Education Institutions (CHEIs) have collectively filled 25,777 posts, including 15,139 faculty positions, as of Oct 29, 2024, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed Lok Sabha on Monday.Of these, 1,869 were reserved for SCs, 739 for STs, 3,089 for OBCs and 254 for PwDs, he said. His response was to a question by…
AMRITSAR: The five Sikh high priests pronounced Monday their punishment or tankhah for Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and former Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal and other politicians of the party, three months after he was declared tankhaiya, meaning guilty of religious misconduct.The priests, led by Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh, directed Sukhbir…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday refused to relax restrictions imposed under the Graded Action Response Plan (Grap) Stage 4 to check air pollution in Delhi and indicated that conditions would be relaxed only when pollution levels continue to show a downward trend.A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih took exception…
