The Punjabis Are Fleeing

There's an entire gurdwara dedicated to immigration.People present tiny airliner models here in the hope that Waheguru will soon give them a ticket, passport and visa to leave, reveals Shekhar......

BJP inducts ex-state unit chiefs in national executive

Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda on Saturday nominated 10 party leaders, including many former state unit chiefs, to the organisation's national executive. Photograph: ANI Photo A party......

With an eye on 2024 polls, BJP appoints new state chiefs

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday named Union minister G Kishan Reddy, Sunil Jakhar and Babulal Marandi its president in Telangana, Punjab and Jharkhand respectively, effecting key......

Parkash Singh Badal cremated at ancestral village

Akali stalwart Parkash Singh Badal was cremated with full state honours at his ancestral village in Punjab's Muktsar district on Thursday with thousands of mourners and leaders across the political......

Rs 6000 cr fraud unearthed in Himachal Pradesh

The financial fraud, one of the biggest in the state as per records, was being investigated by the different departments of Himachal Pradesh for the past over four years.  CID sleuths have......

Swadeshi Jagran Manch: 'We want Paytm to close down'

'We are against Alibaba investing in Paytm.''We are against the concessions given to Paytm.''In fact, we want Paytm to close down because of its alliance with Alibaba.' The Swadeshi Jagran Manch......

GST on beedi: High tax rate could help Naxalites

GST would make compliance easier for big businesses, but hurt small scale industries., says SJM The Swadeshi Jagran Manch, a Sangh Parivar affiliated think tank on economic issues, on Wednesday......

RSS-backed SJM declares 2017 'anti-China year'

'I will be happy if walls are built between India and China!''We are going to nooks and corners of the country to make ordinary people realise the need to buy Indian goods so that our workers get......

Box Office: Jagga Jasoos opens poorly

The hits and misses of the week. Anurag Basu's Jagga Jasoos saw a poor opening on Friday, but showed improvement over the weekend thanks to children flocking to the theatres. The film dropped on......

Box Office: Mom opens poorly, Guest Iin London flops

The hits and misses of the week. Mom had a poor opening, but it improved over the weekend, only to drop again on Monday. A high-priced film in comparison to its draw and potential, Mom is......

Mandhana, Harmanpreet among major retentions for WPL 2025

IMAGE: India's batting star Smriti Mandhana was among the 14 players retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for WPL 2025. Photograph: BCCI Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Shafali Verma, Meg......

WPL 2024: Focus on young Indian stars as Mumbai take on Delhi in opener

IMAGE: The second season of the Women’s Premier League will get underway in Bengaluru on Friday, February 23. Photograph: BCCI The second edition of the Women's Premier League, beginning in......

WPL auction to be held in Mumbai on Dec. 9

IMAGE: The WPL auction for the upcoming edition will be held on December 9. Photograph: Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters The players' auction ahead of the 2024 edition of the Women's Premier League......

Franchises retain top guns ahead of WPL-2

IMAGE: Jemimah Rodrigues was retained by Jemimah Rodrigues. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters There was no surprise in store as all the marquee players, including Mumbai Indians' Harmanpreet......

Women's Premier League: How much franchises spent

Nearly 450 players went under the hammer and several of them experienced the biggest payday of their career after five franchises entered the auction with a team purse of Rs 12 crores each.  ......