Mohali Sec-69 green parcel: GMADA told to protect biodiversity
The Punjab forest department’s decision to prohibit tree cutting and restrict development on a 23-acre parcel in Sector 69 has brought into focus not only the...
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Punjab secretarial staff on casual leave today; strike illegal as matter sub judice, says Arora
The Punjab government secretarial staff will proceed on a one-day mass casual leave on Tuesday as part of the agitation over pending dearness allowance arrears even...
Punjab: Sekhon’s police dossier lists 49 criminal cases, gang links
Gangster-turned-political leader Gurpreet Singh Sekhon, 38, whose induction into the Aam Aadmi Party has triggered a political controversy, has a long criminal history spanning more than...
Sanjay Kumar Agrawal sworn in as Rajasthan HC Chief Justice
Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal, transferred from Chhattisgarh, was sworn in as the 44th Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court at a ceremony held at Lok...
Authorities must show leniency while asking members of SC/ST communities to prove their caste status: Kerala High Court
While scrutinising caste status, the authorities must adopt a lenient approach and not expect a Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) member to prove their...
Won’t be browbeaten, says new Punjab and Haryana high court chief justice on Day 1
Hours after his swearing- in, Punjab and Haryana high court chief justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra categorically told lawyers that the court won’t be “browbeaten by any...
Punjab CM, ministers skip Justice Mishra’s swearing-in
Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra was sworn in as chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday morning, an event conspicuously skipped by Punjab...
‘Sar tan se juda’ challenges authority of law, not same as ‘Jai Shri Ram’, says Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court on Monday (September 7, 2026) held that the slogan “Gustakh-e-Nabi Ki Ek Hi Saza, Sar Tan Se Juda” (there is only one punishment...
Kerala High Court lawyers step in to pay MVD fine on flood-rescue vehicle in Keralam’s Aranmula
Days after the Motor Vehicles department (MVD) issued a fresh notice revising the fine on a modified off-road vehicle used in flood-rescue operations at Aranmula to...
Assam told to pay ₹2 lakh to husband of woman pushed into Bangladesh
The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam government to pay ₹2 lakh as interim compensation to the husband of a Bengali-origin Muslim woman for expelling...