Asit Jolly
MiG crashes, pilot ejects
The Indian Airforce lost yet another of its technically upgraded MiG-21 BIS fighters on Tuesday morning when the jet on its final landing approach to the Air Force base at Ambala, evidently lost power and crashed into paddy fields near Rajpura on the Delhi-Amritsar Highway.
Punjab varsity V-C shot at, critical
An unidentified assailant shot at and critically injured Sikh academician Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, whose recent appointment as the first vice-chancellor of the newly set up Shri Guru Granth Sahib World
To check abortions, Haryana to track pregnancies
In a move that could become controversial and be seen as an invasion of privacy, Haryana’s health department has started equipping all community health centres across the state with a “Mother and Chil
Akalis legalising land grab in Punjab: Capt
Former chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh charged the Akali-BJP government of “deliberately subverting long-established legal processes to forcibly acquire farmers’ lands across Punjab.”
Eyewitness to sarpanch murder found dead
The lone eyewitness to the shocking murder wherein Haryana’s former transport minister and a chief parliamentary secretary are suspects, was found dead in Karnal city on Wednesday.
Amarinder: Revoke yoga guru’s land
Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh has demanded that the Himachal Pradesh government revoke its recent lease of 28 acres of prime land to Baba Ramdev.
Accused in murder case, minister quits
Haryana’s transport minister Om Prakash Jain and chief parliamentary secretary Zile Ram Sharma, who have been accused of ordering the killing of a former village sarpanch, resigned on the directions of chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Haryana’s Bhajan Lal, 80, dead
The last of Haryana’s politically influential Lals, former chief minister Bhajan Lal, passed away in Hisar on Friday, aged 80, after suffering a heart attack while at his family home.
Sonia unveils scheme for mother and child
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi unveiled the Janani-Shishu Suraksha Karyakram — an ambitious national healthcare programme aimed at providing free child delivery and neonatal care services across the country.
Dalai Lama gives up his powers
Firm on his decision to go into “semi-retirement”, the Dalai Lama has endorsed historic constitutional amendments to relinquish his powers as administrative and political head of the Tibetan government-in-exile in favour of a democratically elected leadership.
