Punjab’s director for public instructions (DPI), secondary, has written to all district education officers (DEOs) and principals to ensure that teachers wear decent clothes to school. The motivation behind the orders is cited as complaints by parents of students about teachers, particularly women, wearing “provocative”, “glittery” and “fashionable” clothes. The ... Read More »

Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu will join the Aam Aadmi Party on August 15, officials told NDTV. He, however, will not be projected as AAP’s chief ministerial candidate. Instead, he will lead the party’s campaign in Punjab ahead of the 2017 Assembly elections. Party chief Arvind Kejriwal is likely to make ... Read More »

The city has been on a terror alert since Monday, following an advisory received from the Union Home Ministry on a possible terror strike by three men travelling in an explosive-laden car from the Punjab border towards Delhi, Mumbai and Goa. Senior Maharashtra officials said this was the sixth such ... Read More »