Days after quitting the union cabinet, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has now decided to pull out of the BJP-led NDA alliance over "Centre's stubborn refusal to give statutory legislative guarantees to protect assured marketing of farmers crops on MSP".The decision was taken at the core committee meeting of SAD. The meeting unanimously decided to pull out of the BJP-led NDA alliance.Apart from Centre's stance on the agriculture bills, the party also talked of "its continued insensitivity to Punjabi and Sikh issues like not including Punjabi language in the list of official languages in Jammu and Ka

Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday resigned from Union Cabinet in protest against "anti-farmer ordinances and legislation".The resignation came soon after Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal opposed the two farmer-related bills in the Lok Sabha. SAD is an ally of ruling National Democratic Alliance at the Centre and in Punjab."I have resigned from Union Cabinet in protest against anti-farmer ordinances and legislation. Proud to stand with farmers as their daughter and sister," Harsimrat Kaur Badal said in a tweet.The two bills seek to replace two ordinan

India's defence minister is accusing China of violating past border agreements and increasing its military deployment along a disputed mountainous frontier in the Ladakh region. Rajnath Singh told Parliament that India has made counter-deployments along the rugged frontier to protect its interests and its troops have foiled transgression attempts by China. Relations between the two countries have often been strained, partly due to their undemarcated border. Since May, the two countries have been embroiled in a tense border standoff in Ladakh. In June they had their deadliest clash in decades.

The Bombay High Court on Thursday adjourned the plea filed by Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut against the demolition of alleged "illegal alteration" at her property in Mumbai, till September 22. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today filed its response in the matter, following which Kangana's lawyer sought time to respond to the affidavit.The High Court had yesterday stayed the demolition drive being undertaken by the BMC at Kangana Ranaut's property. Ranaut, through her lawyer Rizwan Siddiqui, had moved the High Court against the demolition of what the BMC termed as "illegal altera

Hours after Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials demolished parts of actor Kangana Ranaut's Mumbai office, the actor hit out at Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and film director Karan Johar. The 'Queen' actor who had earlier in the day launched an attack on Thackeray with a video message, took to Twitter and said that she will "expose" both Thackeray and "Karana Johar Gang.""Come Udhav Thakeray and Karan Johar Gang you broke my work place. Come now break my house then break my face and body. I want world to see clearly what you anyway do underhand. Whether I live or d

Actor Rhea Chakraborty, who has been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a drug case linked with actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, has been sent to 14 day judicial custody on Tuesday after her bail plea was rejected by the court. Chakraborty appeared before the Magistrate via video conference from NCB office in Mumbai.In its remand application of Chakraborty, NCB stated that she is an active member of a "drug syndicate" and used to manage finance for drug procurement along with the late actor.NCB said that Chakraborty's disclosure/statement had made it clear that she is an acti

Approx 198 Pakistani nationals, who got stuck in India since the lockdown have now left for their motherland. They thanked governments of both sides for assisting and helping them in returning to their homes. The Government of India on March 25 announced COVID-19 lockdown to curb its spread. One of the Karachi residents, Salma Chaudhary, who was stranded in India said that she faced a lot of problems due to the pandemic and lockdown but thanked the Ministry of External Affairs and Pakistan High Commission for helping her."I came on March for 15 days for the renewal of my passport and got stuck

15 year old girl washed off miscreants, who tried to snatch her phone at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar area in Jalandhar on August 30. She was attacked with a sharp weapon. Still she managed to pull down one of the motorcycle borne thieves. The entire incident was caught on nearby CCTV camera. Kusum Kumari, 15, was returning home from tuition when the incident occurred near Jalandhar-Kapurthala road on Monday. The girl, now injured, did not back down. She ran after the bike and dragged the pillion rider, who snatched her mobile phone, off it. Passersby helped the teen sometime later and got h

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is probing the alleged killing of cricketer Suresh Raina's uncle and cousin case, said Punjab police on Tuesday. "We are taking the case seriously. Special Investigation Team (SIT) is probing the case. We are conducting raids at different locations," Prabhjot Singh Virk, SP Pathankot told ANI.Earlier in the day, Raina said that his uncle and cousin were killed in an alleged attack by robbers in the Pathankot district of Punjab."What happened to my family is (in) Punjab was beyond horrible. My uncle was slaughtered to death, my bua & both my cousins ha