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New faces, veterans in BJP's first list for Lok Sabha polls

India, March 3 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday hit the ground running for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as it announced the first list of 195 candidates from 16 states and two Union... Read More


Snow, rain disrupt life in J&K, Jammu-Srinagar highway shut

Jammu/Srinagar, March 3 -- Several areas in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall while the plains were lashed by rain on Saturday, officials said. During the past 24 hours,... Read More


Woman, son killed in lightning in Kurukshetra

Karnal/ Rohtak, March 3 -- A woman and her son died after being struck by lightning when they were working in an agricultural field in Kurukshetra on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Saroj B... Read More


BJP fields two former chief ministers in Assam, Tripura for Lok Sabha polls

India, March 3 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s first list of candidates, declared on Saturday, for the coming Lok Sabha polls included 11 from Assam and one from Tripura. Out of the total 14 se... Read More


Militants who abducted cop in Manipur booked under UAPA

New Delhi/Guwahati, Feb. 29 -- The Manipur Police on Wednesday registered a case under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against militants who abducted a senior police officer ... Read More


One RJD, two Cong MLAs 'cross the aisle' in House

PATNA, Feb. 28 -- In fresh trouble for Bihar's opposition alliance "Mahagathbandhan", two MLAs from Congress and one from RJD on Tuesday sat with the treasury members inside the state assembly, which ... Read More


Day after driverless train run, rlys suspends six employees

Jalandhar/jammu, Feb. 27 -- A day after an unmanned goods train travelled 84km from Kathua near Jammu before it was stopped at Ucchi Bassi in Punjab's Mukerian, the railways placed six employees under... Read More


Farmers take out tractor rallies against WTO

Bathinda/Amritsar/Jalandhar/Karnal, Feb. 27 -- Farmers took out tractor rallies at several places in Punjab, Haryana and burnt effigies, demanding the agriculture sector be taken out of the World Trad... Read More


Diesel freight train runs for over 80km without drivers

Jammu/Hoshiarpur, Feb. 26 -- A diesel locomotive-hauled freight train travelled more than 80 km from Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua to Mukerian village in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district without its drivers ... Read More


Oppn trains guns on govt over law and order

Karnal/Chandigarh, Feb. 26 -- The death of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) state president Nafe Singh Rathee and a party worker by unidentified assailants in Jhajjar's Bahadurgarh prompted the politica... Read More