A day-long bandh called by radical Sikh outfits to protest the proposed execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the Beant Singh killing case, disrupted normal life in parts of Punjab on Wednesday.
The eight critically polluted areas are Ludhiana (Punjab), Varanasi-Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Bhavnagar (Gujarat), Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu), Dombivalli (Maharashtra), Aurangabad (Maharashtra) and Navi-Mumbai (Maharashtra).
India hockey captain Sardar Singh is in deep trouble. A British hockey player has reportedly filed a written complaint against the 29-year-old accusing him of sexual harassment.
Steel makers in Punjab has termed the excise duty demand raised by the central excise department as unjustified and has sought intervention of the chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs in the matter.
National Spot Exchange data shows huge amount of wool going out of its warehouse, but a visit to the storage reveals a different picture.
Imports too declined by 16.31 per cent to $37.39 billion.
Move comes close on the heels of MoEF's decision to grant conditional clearance to the Lavasa hill city project.
In Assam, nearly 27.80 lakh people across 26 districts have been affected by the deluge. The deaths were reported from the Barpeta, Kokrajhar and Morigaon districts. The death toll due to floods and landslides this year has risen to 122.
Hosts India outclassed Canada 59-25 in the final to lift the men's Kabaddi World Cup at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana, on Sunday.
Thirteen cities of the country had an average Air Quality Index above 400, which falls in "severe" category, with seven of them in Uttar Pradesh, five in Haryana and one in Bihar, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.
Presenting an excerpt from Penguin's latest book, 'I Never Thought I Could Fall in Love' by Ludhiana-based Chanchaldeep Singh Sandhu.
Ludhiana's readymade garment makers on Wednesday announced shutting down of operations for a day on March 4, perturbed by the latest budget proposal, making 10 per cent excise duty on branded apparels mandatory.
Models walked down the ramp displaying the latest summer collection of lingerie along with lounge wear in Ludhiana.
In one case, the folks at SWAN discovered that of the Rs 1,500 they'd transferred as relief in the account of a stranded worker, the bank had deducted Rs 800 as penalty for not having minimum balance!
Company executive says 10-15 per cent of production has been affected.
Goa's love affair with the country's premier football club competition continued as Salgaocar made short work of JCT, wining 2-0, at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana to finish atop with 56 points from 26 matches, beyond the reach of any other club.
The Shatabdi Express in which Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi was traveling from Ludhiana to New Delhi was pelted with stones on Tuesday evening.
Incessant rains continued for the second day on Wednesday in most parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh disrupting normal life even as authorities remained on high alert to tackle flood-like situation in several areas, especially parts of Ambala, Kurukshetra, Ludhiana and Patiala.
Bharti Walmart Pvt Ltd will invest over $40 million (around Rs 180 crore) in India by March next year to set up to six new 'Best Price Modern Wholesale' stores to expand presence in the country.
India needs to make use of this opportunity to significantly enhance its exports especially in information and communications technology and the automotive sector.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, considered stylish by many, dons several hats quite literally. From the traditional headgear of Nagaland, to the pagadi to the Assamese traditional japi, Modi has worn it all. Here's a look at PM Modi's best looks
An "active member" of Pakistan's Inter State Intelligence, who was living in India for the last five years, was arrested in Ludhiana on Thursday, the police said.
Jeffrey R Smart, pro vice-chancellor (International and Recruitment), Swinburne University, Melbourne, talks about education Down Under.
Delhi's overall air quality index (AQI) stood at 463 at 11.30 am, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).
The airline owes lakhs of rupees to passengers and its vendors.
In a pink-walled room of a government office, they spend their days cancelling the passports of runaway husbands.
Readers share their special brother-sister moments in the run-up to Raksha Bandhan. Share yours!
The Bharti Foundation and its associates have decided to open 1,000 primary schools in villages across the country with an investment of Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion).
The directions of the Commission came after the President's Secretariat pointed out that the photographs of the president and vice-president are being used by political parties, their leaders and candidates in advertisements as part of their election propaganda and urged the poll watchdog to issue "suitable instruction" in this regard.
Rains lashed many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday causing fresh breaches in river Ghaggar even as the two neighbouring states battled flood fury, which has claimed 33 lives so far and damaged standing crops.
'It is a package for a new self-reliant India.'
Virat Kohli has, in the past, been dismissed a number of times by leg-spinners but New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi doesn't find any distinct weakness in the Indian captain's game. Although he is only 27, Sodhi will be seen in a new role of spin consultant for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League starting next month, apart from learning about the financial and operational side of franchise management.
Tier-II cities are all set to witness good retail growth in near future.
Several parts of north and west India reeled under scorching heat wave with the temperature touching 50 degree Celsius in Rajasthan's Churu district on Tuesday, even as the meteorological department predicted very heavy rainfall in Assam and Meghalaya till May 28.
A part of Rs 6.5 lakh cr corpus may be used to set up Workers' Bank.
While Indian filmmakers go in search of foreign locales, filmmakers from international shores have found beauty in the crowds, dusty roads, the palaces and beaches of India. At least 90 foreign film productions have been cleared for shooting at different locations on India over the last three years.
Mittal would travel in trucks with his consignments.
The hubs in the top ten list are located in Ankleshwar and Vapi in Gujarat, Ghaziabad and Singrauli in Uttar Pradesh, Korba in Chhattisgarh, Chandrapur (Maharashtra), Ludhiana in Punjab, Vellore in Tamil Nadu, Bhiwadi in Rajasthan, and Angul Telcher in Orissa.
The Mohali police have busted a module of Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa International, which was planning to trigger a bomb blast in the national capital and Himachal Pradesh, by arresting three members of the group. While Purushotam Singh alias Bunty, Daljit Singh and Talvinder Singh were arrested by the Mohali police on Friday night, two others, including Harinder Singh, who is wanted for the 2007 blast at a theatre in Ludhiana, managed to escape.
Full-fledged operations will soon start in Trivandrum, Coimbatore, Vijaywada, Vishakapatnam, Lucknow, Jaipur, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Patna, Siliguri, Rajkot and Surat. Medybiz' current network across 10 cities include Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai and Ahmedabad said a release.
