
Connections between Canada and Punjab are strong and diverse, said Consul General of Canada in Chandigarh, Patrick Hebert, on Friday after meeting Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua on expanding trade relations. ...

Attorney General K.K. Venugopal had declined a request to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal for his statement allegedly against the Supreme Court. ...

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday announced a set of changes aimed at strengthening the party as well as giving more space to youth and women by reserving 50 per cent seats for party workers below 50 years of age....

In a major development in connection with the sex scandal involving Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, a court in Karnataka on Friday has sent the seer accused of raping minor girls to the police custody till September 5, officials said. ...

Over five hours have passed since the Enforcement Directorate (ED) began questioning Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee in connection with the coal smuggling scam on Friday, and sources said the ED sleuths have noted a number of conflicting statements on his part. ...

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari seeking transfer of the election petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee out of West Bengal. ...

With the generation of more than 53 lakh Aadhaar in July this year, Aadhaar saturation level among adult residents is now near universal, and the overall saturation level is 93.41 per cent. ...

A local court here on Friday hauled up the police for shifting Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, accused of raping minor girls, to a hospital without permission. ...

Syed Altaf Bukhari, president of J&K Apni party said on Friday that a delegation of the party would call on Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to formally demand the restoration of statehood of J&K....

Over two months after the alliance government of Shiv Sena rebel faction leader and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Bharatiya Janata Party's Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took charge, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is slated to visit Mumbai on September 5, at the height of the Ganeshotsav festival. ...