CBI examines Satyendar Jain's wife in money laundering probe

The CBI today went to Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain's residence to seek clarifications from his wife in connection with an ongoing inquiry into allegations of money laundering against him. CBI sources said the agency had sought time from the minister's wife. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the central government of "vendetta politics"

Fearing of poaching, BJP takes councilors to unknown place

Shimla: Fearing poaching by ruling Congress ahead of election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC), the BJP has acted smartly and taken all its 17 councilors and the rebel member, Rakesh Kumar Sharma, who won as an independent to some unknown place.

GJM questions BJP MP's absence from hills

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) today expressed its "displeasure" with the Centre and questioned the absence of Darjeeling BJP MP S S Ahluwalia at the time of crisis. "The role of alliance partner the BJP is very unfortunate and very disappointing. We had expected something positive from the Central government

Public convenience facilities, a fundamental right: HP high court

Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh high court has ruled that punlic convenience facilities along highways are a fundamental right of passengers and tourists.

Mere debt waivers: Insufficient to resolve farm crisis

Even today if we scan images of the agitating farmers in Madhya Pradesh, it was striking to see how many were youngsters dressed in jeans and shirts — they were clearly not all farmers, but also farmers’ sons, unhappy with jobless growth.

Police busted sex racket

Sonepat: The police busted a flesh trade racket by arresting 13 girls and five boys from two spa centres in the Omaxe City Mall near Sonepat late Friday night.

Unidentified youth looted Rs 4 lakh from toll plaza

Sonepat : Two motorcycle-borne armed youths today looted about Rs 4 lakh from a cash collection van of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) at a toll plaza of the MCD near Ochandi border between Delhi and Haryana.

Police booked BKU chief, other for blocking NH 1

Ambala The police have booked farmers, including Gurnam Singh Charuni, BKU (Charuni) chief, who blocked National Highway-1 in Ambala on Friday. Sources said a case had been registered against 32 farmers and over 100 unknown persons for blocking the highway for nearly two hours.

Revised pay scale for state universities staff

Chandigarh: Haryana government has approved to revise the pay scale of non-teaching staff of 14 universities in the State as per the recommendations of the sevnth pay commission with effect from January 1, 2016. This decision will benefit about 20,000 employees of these universities.

Rainy morning in Delhi

Delhiites woke up to a rainy morning today with motorists facing heavy traffic on different stretches of roads in the city due to water logging and slow movement of vehicles during the office hours. The rain brought down the minimum temperature to 24 degrees Celsius, four notches below the average, said a MeT department official