Shoe thrown at Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal

A shoe was on Wednesday hurled at Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal by a relative of a radical Sikh leader during an election campaign at Ratta Khera village in Muktsar district. Gurbachan......

Sukhbir Badal ordered to clean shoes at Golden Temple

Pronouncing 'tankhah' (religious punishment) for Sukhbir Singh Badal and other leaders for the 'mistakes' committed by the Shiromani Akali Dal government in Punjab from 2007 to 2017, the Sikh......

Nirankari Mission head Hardev Singh dies

Hardev Singh, head of Nirankari Mission, was killed in a road accident in Canada on Friday. He was 62. "With profound pain and sorrow, this is to inform all that His Holiness Nirankari Baba......

Pro-Khalistan slogans raised in Golden Temple on Bluestar anniversary

Amid apprehensions that Sikh hardliners might object to the customary address by the Akal Takht jathedar at the Golden Temple, Amritsar city was turned into a fortress with about 5,000......

Ministries told to expedite budgetary process

In a bid to tackle delay in implementation of crucial projects, all ministries have been asked to initiate the budgetary process much in advance so that funds can be released soon after the Budget......

Why Mallya sold Berger Paints to a 'shopkeeper'

Mallya understood, astutely, that the Dhingras were very keen to acquire Berger Paints.He upped his asking price.The figure Vijay asked for was found to be much more than what Kuldip and Gurbachan......

Indian men shatter 15-year-old national relay record

IMAGE: Indian men's 4x100m relay team clocked 38.69 seconds to set a new national record during the Indian Open Relay Competition in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Photograph: Athletics Federation of......

Kaur Singh, the only Indian to fight Muhammad Ali, dies

IMAGE: Kaur Singh, who won the heavyweight boxing gold medal at the 1982 Asian Games, had fought a four-round exhibition match with the legendary Muhammad Ali in January 1980. Asian Games gold......

Chak de! India's hockey heroes felicitated

IMAGE: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju with India's former hockey players. Photographs: Kiren Rijiju/Twitter Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday honoured the former hockey players for......

Rathore, Kumble among Padma Shri winners

Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and India's highest wicket-taker in Test cricket Anil Kumble are among five sportspersons who have been selected for the Padma Shri award.The......

Limca Book honours champion sportspersons

Tennis ace Leander Paes and three other Olympians were felicitated for their significant contribution in the field of sports in Delhi on Tuesday. Apart from Paes, former Olympic hurdler Gurbachan......