Cong, BJP in war of words over attack on councillor

Shimla: The BJP and the Congress are engaged in a war of words on the social networking sites following attack on Sanjay Parmar, BJP councilor from Kachighati at Shogi in the outskirts of the state capital by some miscreants on July 3.

GST infused life into Pharma units, chances for revival bright

Solan: The pharmaceutical industry has shown some signs of revival with the introduction of the GST from July 1 in Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) which has about 350 pharmaceutical and cosmetic units.

HC stays assistant prof’s selection process at CUH

Chandigarh: The process for selecting assistant professor by the Central University of Haryana has come under judicial scanner, with the Punjab and Haryana High Court putting the state on notice and ordering stay.

India's tough anti-hijacking law comes into force

New Delhi: The country's new anti-hijacking law, which prescribes capital punishment in the event of death of "any person", has come into force following a government notification. The 2016 Anti-Hijacking Act replaces a 1982-vintage law, according to which hijackers could be tried only in the event of death of hostages, such as flight crew, passengers and security personnel.

INLD gives ultimatum to centre

Rohtak: Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Assembly Abhay Singh Chautala has given an ultimatum to the Central government to get the Supreme Court order on the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal implemented by July 9.

Indian decathlete named for Asian meet fails dope test

Bhubaneswar: India's campaign in the Asian Athletics Championships here has been hit by a doping scandal with leading decathlete Jagtar Singh testing positive for a banned substance. Jagtar's urine sample 'A', collected during the Federation Cup National Championships in Patiala last month by the NADA, has returned positive for meldonium and he has been put under provisional suspension.

CBI searches at premises of Lalu's family over hotel tender irregularities

New Delhi: The CBI today carried out searches at the premises of family members of former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with a fresh case of alleged irregularities in awarding the tender for maintenance of hotels.

Actor Vikram Chatterjee arrested

Kolkata: Actor Vikram Chatterjee, who is facing a culpable homicide charge for the car crash in which model and TV anchor Sonika Chauhan was killed, has been arrested, police said today.

UT govts pledge to be ODF by March

New Delhi: All seven Union territories with a total of 16 urban local bodies (ULBs), including the three civic bodies of Delhi, have committed to becoming open defecation-free (ODF) by March next year. The UT governments pledged this during a two-day conference to review the progress of various urban schemes that concluded here today. Of the 16 urban local bodies in the UTs, only three--New Delhi Municipal Council, Chandigarh and Mahe in Puducherry-- have become ODF so far.

Sensex ends at new record on earnings hopes, Fed minutes

Mumbai: The Sensex today rallied 124 points to end at a new peak of 31,369 in anticipation of positive quarterly earnings that are set to roll in later this month. A trouble-free GST launch is giving market additional strength.