India is on its way to become the world’s most populous country, overtaking China with almost 3 million more people in the middle of this year, data released on Wednesday by the United Nations showed.The demographic data from the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) “State of World Population Report, 2023” estimates India’s population at 1,428.6 […]
A controversy erupted when a woman claimed that she was denied entry to the Golden Temple, Amritsar, because she was supporting a tattoo of national Tricolour painted on her face, a general practice with the visitors who get it done while going to watch ‘Beating the Retreat’ ceremony held at Attari-Wagah Joint Check Post every […]
An army jawan, Desai Mohan, who till last week was the sole witness of the killing of four army personnel at Bathinda military station on April 12, has been arrested for murdering the soldiers. In a joint press briefing, Bathinda senior superintendent of police Gulneet Khurana and military station officers said that the accused has […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appeared before the CBI on Sunday for questioning in the excise policy scam case, officials said. The agency had summoned him on Friday last seeking his appearance as a witness before the investigation team to answer their queries on the inputs generated during the probe in which his former deputy […]
Gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed have been shot dead while being taken for a medical in Prayagraj, news agency ANI has reported. According to the latest reports, two persons were seen firing from close range at Atiq Ahmad and his brother who were being taken for a medical in Prayagraj. Atiq Ahmed […]
A pipe-like object was thrown near Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an outdoor speech, news agency Reuters reported. Fumio Kishida was evacuated, Japanese media said. An explosion-like sound was heard at the scene, public broadcaster NHK reported. Fumio Kishida took cover at the site of the explosion site and remained safe, it added. One […]
Punjab Police on Friday said they don’t have exact information of ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh’s arrival in Amritsar at a time when Punjab marks the beginning of the harvesting season today. Commissioner of police, Amritsar, Naunihal Singh, directed anyone who is associated with the fugitive and has been declared ‘wanted’ in the case […]
The mother of Ghulam – who was gunned down by Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force on Thursday with Asad Ahmad, the son of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad – has declared the state government’s action to be ‘absolutely correct’. “All gangsters and criminals will take a lesson from this. I had no idea that he (her […]
Amid the continuing tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) jointly conducted an exercise in the eastern sector to validate plans for carrying out a strategic airlift of special forces.The exercise witnessed IAF planes and helicopters […]
Punjab Police officials investigating the murder of four Indian Army jawans in the high-security Bathinda military station on Wednesday have raised suspicion about the claim of an eyewitness soldier after the autopsy did not suggest any injury mark of a sharp-edged weapon. Investigators reiterated that the killing was not linked to any terrorist activity but […]