Choose books, laptops to end violence: Army chief to Kashmiri students

Stressing that generations have been destroyed due to unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, Army chief Gen. Bipin Rawat today exhorted students in the state to choose laptops and books to help end the cycle of violence

Haryana issues schedule of training on GST

Chandigarh: Haryana Excise and Taxation Department has issued the schedule of refresher training on GST and GSTN front-end applications training for officers and officials of the state government and other stakeholders.

Man gets 10-yr jail for possessing 40 kg drugs

A man has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for possessing 40 kg of Ganja by a Delhi court, which also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on him. The court awarded the jail term to 32-year-old Delhi resident Aminullah keeping in view the quantity of recovered the drug and its impact on the young generation

Bali urges J-K health dept employees to resume duties

Jammu and Kashmir government has urged health department employees to suspend nearly two-month long agitation and resume their duties forthwith, assuring release of their pending salaries within a week's time and regular disbursement henceforth

Gurdwara collapse: Rescue operations on to trace survivors

Three persons are believed to be trapped under the debris of a gurdwara which collapsed on the National Highway 1 here and a team of NDRF and Haryana Police are carrying out operations to pull them out

Centre to open 800 passport service centres in head POs

Bhubaneswar: The Centre has decided to open passport service centres in all the 800 district head post offices across the country in two years' time to increase people's access to the facility, especially in remote areas. Making the announcement here today, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh said, "150 post office passport seva kendras are being opened this year and within two years all the 800 head post offices in all the districts would be in place."

Download e-admit card, instructions: UPSC to candidates

All aspirants for the civil services preliminary exam on Sunday have been asked to download the e-admit card "well in advance" to avoid last minute rush, the UPSC has said. The Union Public Service Commission has stopped issuing paper admit cards for the past few years and candidates are required to download it from its website

Tale of woes, a UP man peddled home carrying niece on shoulder

Allahabad: An incident happened in Kaushambi shocked the entire nation when a man was forced to carry body of his niece on a bicycle after denied ambulance by a government hospital.

Pvt bus permit row, roadways employees on one day strike

Chandigarh: Over 4,000 Haryana Roadways buses remained off the road today as employees called for a 'chakka jam' and struck work for a day to demand withdrawal of permits to private bus operators. The strike, to protest the permits given under the 2016- 17 transport policy, inconvenienced thousands of commuters who depend on Haryana Roadways buses for commuting. "The strike is total and over 4,000 buses, including luxury Volvo buses, are off the road across the state today. We are protesting the government's policy of granting permits to private operators.

Haryana Roadways buses off the road as employees strike work

Over 4,000 Haryana Roadways buses remained off the road today as employees called for a 'chakka jam' and struck work for a day to demand withdrawal of permits to private bus operators. The strike, to protest the permits given under the 2016- 17 transport policy, inconvenienced thousands of commuters who depend on Haryana Roadways buses for commuting