At least two persons have been killed and one other injured when an old shell exploded at a metal scrap shop in Mamun Cantonment area of Pathankot today.
The shop owner, dealing in discarded junk of army, and his employees were extracting metal out of the shell when the blast occurred at around 2.30 pm.
According to [...]

Around six member of a marriage part have been killed and 27 others were injured in a head-on collision between two private buses near Mamugoia village between Jalalabad and Guru Harsahai in the Ferozepur district tonight.
Deputy Commissioner Kamal Kishore Yadav said both the buses were carrying ‘Baratis’. While one was on its way to Abohar, [...]

Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister Arcot N Veerasamy is admitted to hospital following illness. He was admitted to Apollo Hospitals last night after he suffered low pressure and frequent vomiting.
Hospital sources said his condition is stable. Deputy Chief Minsiter M K Stalin had called on him around 13:30 hrs last night, on arriving from Tiruchirapalli, party [...]

Around two people have been killed after protests in Karnataka over the publication of a translated version of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen’s article in a Kannada daily turned violent Monday, police said.
Curfew has been clamped in Shimoga city, about 280 km from Bangalore, and prohibitory orders imposed in Hassan district, around 200 km from Bangalore, [...]

Upper reaches in the Kashmir valley, including world famous ski resort of Gulmarg, experienced fresh snowfall since early this morning while plains, including summer capital, Srinagar, had rains, disrupting normal life.
The educational institutions are scheduled to reopen tomorrow after winter vacation in the Kashmir valley, where the maximum and minimum temperature were above normal despite [...]

An earthquake of 5.7 magnitude struck the Kashmir Valley, including summer capital, Srinagar and its adjoining areas early this morning, forcing people to rush out of their houses in panic.
A weather office spokesman said the tremors which were felt at 04:51 hrs lasted for several seconds.
The quake was epicentered 36 degree north (latitude) and 70.1 [...]

At least half-a-dozen trains in Ferozepur railway division were today cancelled after followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda went on rampage in protest of registration of a fresh case against Dera head Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh by the CBI in connection with the murder of one Faquir Chand. The followers took to the streets and [...]

The Punjab Government has declared public holiday on March 1, 2010 on the eve of “Holi”. A spokesman of the Punjab government disclosed this today in Chandigarh.
The spokesman said that Punjab Government partially amended its first notification and declared public holiday (Holi) on March 1, 2010 instead of February 28, 2010.

Former MP Vridhi Chand Jain passed away at a hospital in Barmer last night following a brief illness.
The deceased was admitted to hospital two days before where he breathed his last yesterday night. He was 85 years old.
A two-time MP from Barmer, Jain was also elected to the Rajasthan Assembly twice and had also held [...]

Carving a niche in Bollywood is an uphill task. But nothing is impossible for them those are determined to break the gist. Neeru Singh, the artist, believes it.
Singh is an artist from Punjab. Singh decided to test the water in Mumbai and crack the hard nut and got a role.
She will be appearing in an [...]