Indian and global construction companies vying for Rs 12,000 crore worth of civil works for Dedicated Freight Corridor.
A man has been arrested from the outskirts of Jammu for allegedly raping his 13-year-old cousin, police said on Tuesday.
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The groups clashed over the installation of a board and renaming of a chowk (intersection) in Phagwara, police said.
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.
Questioning the secular credentials of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Rashitriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad on Thursday said Janata Dal-United is in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is being dictated by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Senior lawyers H S Phoolka and Himmat Singh Shergill figure in the first list of 19 candidates released by the AAP on Thursday for Punjab assembly elections.
India's women Kabaddi team defeated Malaysia to win the one-sided final of the World Cup Kabaddi played in Ludhiana on Saturday.
Services lifted the Santosh Trophy after edging out hosts Punjab 5-4 via tie-breaker in a nail-biting summit clash at Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on Sunday.
Reports from Ludhiana, Coimbatore, Moradabad, Tirupur, Indore, Surat, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad, suggest the impact of demonetisation is worsening.
An instance of a foreigner extending support to the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and its front organisations has come to notice, the government said on Wednesday.
Imports too declined by 16.31 per cent to $37.39 billion.
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.
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!
About 18 per cent of the fruit and vegetables production worth Rs 44,000 crore (Rs 440 billion) is going waste annually in the country due to lack of proper cold chain storage infrastructure, Parliament was informed on Friday.
Around 1.76 crore voters are expected to cast their franchise on Monday to choose representative from among 1,078 candidates, including two chief ministerial aspirants Parkash Singh Badal and Amarinder Singh, in fray for 117 assembly seats in Punjab where polling began on Monday morning.
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.
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).
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.
Move comes close on the heels of MoEF's decision to grant conditional clearance to the Lavasa hill city project.
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.
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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.
India needs to make use of this opportunity to significantly enhance its exports especially in information and communications technology and the automotive sector.
Models walked down the ramp displaying the latest summer collection of lingerie along with lounge wear in Ludhiana.
In a pink-walled room of a government office, they spend their days cancelling the passports of runaway husbands.
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).
'It is a package for a new self-reliant India.'
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.
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.
The airline owes lakhs of rupees to passengers and its vendors.
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.
The Shatabdi Express in which Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi was traveling from Ludhiana to New Delhi was pelted with stones on Tuesday evening.
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
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.
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.
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