Punjab braces for crucial visit from 16th Finance Commission on July 22, 23

Punjab braces for crucial visit from 16th Finance Commission on July 22, 23

Thursday, 11 July 2024 | Monika Malik | Chandigarh

As the 16th Finance Commission is scheduled to visit Punjab on July 22 and 23, the Punjab Government is all prepared with its compelling list of demands aimed at securing crucial fiscal grants, resolving ongoing conflicts over central schemes, and addressing the financial strain caused by GST implementation. Among the key...

Sarus crane population surges in UP, 19,918 counted state-wide

Thursday, 11 July 2024 | PNS | Lucknow

Under the special initiative of the state government, the population of the state bird, the Sarus crane, is on the rise in Uttar Pradesh. According to the latest summer census conducted on June 20-21, 2024, this year’s count revealed the presence of a total of 19,918 sarus cranes, marking an increase...

18 killed as double-decker bus rams into milk tanker

Thursday, 11 July 2024 | PNS | Lucknow

At least 18 people were killed and 19 others were injured in the early hours of Wednesday in a collision between a double-decker bus and a milk tanker on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Unnao. The investigation so far points that the accident took place as the bus driver was drunk and...

Several AAP leaders join BJP

Thursday, 11 July 2024 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

AAP leaders including Chhatarpur MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar, former Delhi minister and former Patel Nagar MLA Raaj Kumar Anand and former Patel Nagar MLA Veena Anand joined the BJP on Wednesday months ahead of Delhi Legislative Assembly in the presence of senior leaders at the party headquarters in Delhi. Anand had...

I am victim of witch-hunt by ED: Kejriwal

Thursday, 11 July 2024 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

AAP convener and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has contended before the Delhi High Court that he is a victim of "witch-hunt" by the ED and that cancellation of his bail granted by a trial court in the excise policy-linked money laundering case would tantamount to "grave miscarriage of justice".  Opposing...

Delhi Police seizes fake spare parts worth lakhs

Thursday, 11 July 2024 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

The Delhi Police has seized fake spare parts worth lakhs of rupees at the complaint of officials from Uno Minda India from a shop named Shree Hari Enterprises in Delhi's Karol Bagh. The director of the shop was arrested after Uno Minda's official Sonit and police officials declared the seized spare...

AAP looting Delhiites by hiking power tariff: BJP

Thursday, 11 July 2024 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Wednesday accused the AAP led city government of looting the people of the national Capital by hiking electricity bills and alleged that with the support of government, power companies are collecting a huge amount from the people of Delhi in the form of Power...

Man arrested for smuggling 100 turtles

Thursday, 11 July 2024 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

Delhi Police has arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly smuggling 100 turtles, 50 of them from endangered species, in the Shahdara area. Police said they recovered 50 Indian Roofed turtles, 45 Black Spotted Pond turtles, three Indian Eye turtles, and two Indian Softshell turtles from the possession of Ghaziabad resident Bheem. Black...

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