Justice Surya Kant has been appointed as the 53rd Chief Justice of India, succeeding Justice Bhushan R Gavai. He will assume office on November 24 and serve until February 9, 2027.
Paris Paralympic gold medallist Praveen Kumar had to settle for bronze in the men's T64 high jump at the Asian Para Games after clearing a season's best 2.00 metres.
In February this year, the Arjuna awardee had lodged an FIR against Deepak Hooda, accusing the Asiad bronze-winning kabaddi player and his family of assaulting her for dowry.
'No matter how much you get paid or how successful you get, nothing can match the fauj.'
'He was not scared of Covid, but always took all precautions.'
According to a tweet by the weather expert, the icy, severe chill would be experienced between January 14 and 19 and is likely to be at its peak from January 16 to 18.
Seven persons were killed on Saturday while several others were injured as security personnel opened fire during violent protests for quota by Jat community in Rohtak and Jhajjar districts, taking the toll to five.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of spreading fear, hatred and violence and said the country can not progress under these circumstances as he asked the government to be compassionate in handling farmers' problems to prevent suicides.
The Centre directed security forces to use force to clear blockades.
The situation on Tuesday remained tense in some parts of Jat dominated areas like Rohtak and Sonipat while curfew was lifted in Jind district.
Army was on Friday called in for deployment in eight districts of Haryana after one person was killed and 21 were injured in police action as Jat stir for quota turned violent and the rampaging mobs set ablaze the house of state's Finance Minister besides several government and private properties.
I got to know that every referred case for angiography and angioplasty got a kickback of Rs 5,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively. Seeing this trend, doctors started paying referring doctors Rs 1 lakh in advance and adjusting it as and when patients came in. This menace slowly spread its tentacles all over the medical field, including radiological diagnostics and biochemistry laboratories. For every test ordered, 20 per cent of the bill was given back to the referring doctor. This led to doctors recommending unnecessary tests. The pharmaceutical companies also saw burgeoning business. Acclaimed doctors were given televisions sets, refrigerators, air conditioners and cars depending upon the prescriptions. General practitioners would prescribe unnecessary drugs, and were given returns in cash. A fascinating excerpt from Dr Upendra Kaul's When The Heart Speaks.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday denied bail to three persons, convicted along with 12 others in the 2010 Mirchpur Dalit killings case. A bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and S P Garg dismissed the interim bail applications of convicts Kulwinder, Dharambir and Ramphal, after perusing the reports furnished by the senior superintendent of police of Hissar district in Haryana.
Haryana remained on the boil on as the Jat stir unleashed fresh incidents of violence and arson even as the Army had to use choppers to reach parts of blocked Rohtak.
Expressing happiness that Anna Hazare called off his fast, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wendesday said the anti-graft crusader's advisors seemed to have a political agenda.
With wheat harvest going on in many states, experts feel that the sudden rise in mercury is going to affect the late sown crops, putting a dent on the overall production of the food grain.
A huge cache of arms, a rivate swimming pool, state-of-the-art elevators and 24 AC rooms with one having a massage bed were found inside the highly-fortified Satlok Ashram from where 'godman' Rampal was 'smoked out'.
A Central Reserve Police Force jawan, deployed for anti-Naxal operation, on Thursday committed suicide in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh, the police said.
Former model Gitanjali Nagpal, who was forced into destitution for a brief period, is all set to resume normal life after recovering from mental and physical trauma, caused due to drug abuse and extreme poverty.Gitanjali, who once rubbed shoulders with the likes of Sushmita Sen as a model, is packing her bags at the Vidya Devi Jindal Girl's hostel in Hissar in Haryana and is expected to reach the capital on Tuesday.
Govindacharya was admitted to Apollo hospital on Saturday night after he fainted at a function in Hissar.
Govindacharya was admitted to Apollo hospital on Saturday night with a suspected blood clot.
The incident occurred on Tuesday on the Hissar-Jaipur shuttle.
BJP will not contest Tosham and Hissar seats in Haryana.
Former Haryana chief minister Bansi Lal's son Surender Singh and industrialist O P Jindal, who died in a chopper crash on Thursday, were cremated with full state honours on Friday.
'Reenaji said they would be giving Rs 1.5 lakh to everyone, as the budget was very low.' 'So I blurted out, "Madam, do lakh toh hone chahiye".'
Hisar-Dadri and Hissar-Bawana transmission lines tripped causing problems in transmission of electricity from Badarpur thermal and Indraprastha gas power plants.
Day temperatures recorded at the Chandigarh weather office on Thursday showed a rise at many places in Punjab.
Jindal, 75, had been elected to the state assembly for the third time from the Hissar assembly constituency.
Sporadic incidents of arson were on Monday reported as life in violence-torn Haryana limped back to normal with curfew being lifted gradually and Jat protesters starting to lift blockades after the Bharatiya Janata Party announced setting up of a committee to examine the quota demand of the community.
She dared PM to fight the polls on issues like development rather than "divert" the people's attention.
Here are some interesting facts you may not know about the AAP chief.
The relay hunger strike by retired soldiers demanding implementation of One Rank One Pension scheme enters Day 10.
After the launch in April 2010, Euro-VI fuel supply was expanded to seven cities of Puducherry, Mathura, Vapi, Jamnagar, Ankleshwar, Hissar and Bharatpur in 2011-12.
The fate of 1,351 candidates will be sealed by 1.63 crore voters in high-stakes multi-cornered contest in Haryana which goes to polls on Wednesday with top guns including the kin of the three famous 'Lals' battling it out in the state.
The army conducted flag march in tense areas and used choppers to reach parts of Rohtak even as incidents of violence and arson by Jats demanding quota continued
Zee News, Zee Media's flagship brand, was at the centre of a controversy over its media practices that pushed Subhash Chandra towards BJP.
A lawyer has moved the court alleging 'total collapse' of administration.
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