India’s announcement on ‘holding in abeyance’ the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which defines sharing of river waters with Pakistan, will have an impact decades later. Any immediate impact on the flow of waters to Pakistan would be miniscule, even negligible....
As the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has begun issuing demand notices of Rs 5 lakh to Rs 20 lakh or more for employees seeking higher pension under the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), lakhs of individuals nearing retirement are asking...
The steady rise of gold prices reflects its power to protect wealth
As the successive governments continue to swallow the bitter subsidy pill, the concession for the power sector alone now accounts for 10 per cent of Punjab’s budget. In the coming fiscal, Punjab expects to supply over Rs 10,000-crore worth of...
Officiating Jathedar of Akal Takht Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj has extended an invitation to preacher Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale to clarify his stance over the allegations of distortion of Sikh principles in his discourses in the past. Giani Gargaj has clarified...
SGPC initiates to frame policy matters on Jathedars
he worrying part is that only 7.44 lakh quintals of wheat has been lifted so far from mandis in the district
‘Will divert attention from core responsibility—teaching’
In dismissing a petition challenging the use of Urdu on the signboard of a municipal council building in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court has sent out a clear and loud message to language chauvinists. “Language is a medium for exchange of...
Civil enclave to start operations soon
The restrictions apply to seven minerals: samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium, and yttrium
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified regulations which will make it easier for students to get their foreign academic qualifications recognised in India. These rules are called the UGC (Recognition and Grant of Equivalence to Qualifications Obtained from Foreign...
On April 11, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) initiated proceedings to take possession of immovable assets worth Rs 661 crore linked to the Congress-controlled National Herald newspaper and the Associated Journals Limited (AJL). Property registrars in Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow were...
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) went all out to woo the 32 per cent Dalit voters in the state, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann himself leading the charge by...
The Congress’ demand for a law to grant reservation to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Class (OBC) category students in unaided private, non-minority educational institutions across India has triggered a fresh debate on the contentious issue....