The Punjab Police expanded its hunt for pro-Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh to ‘deras’ and other possible hideouts of the ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief in Hoshiarpur district, where some suspects had abandoned their car following a chase three days ago. Media reports claimed that Amritpal Singh’s mentor and social media handler Papalpreet Singh may have gone […]
India’s market regulator is investigating possible violation of ‘related party’ transaction rules in the Adani Group’s dealings with at least three offshore entities that have links to the brother of the conglomerate’s founder, two people said. The three entities allegedly entered into several investment transactions with unlisted units of the ports-to-power conglomerate founded by billionaire […]
The Mumbai Police arrested a 62-year-old drunk Swedish national for allegedly molesting a 24-year-old cabin crew on board an Indigo Airlines flight from Bangkok to Mumbai. The passenger, identified as Klas Erik Harald Jonas Westberg, also reportedly assaulted a co-passenger and created a ruckus mid-air on the 6E-1052 Indigo Flight. The passenger reportedly started behaving […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today will address the Combined Commanders Conference at Bhopal even as the military posture of India’s principal adversaries—China and Pakistan—has recorded no positive change on the borders. The meeting will be attended by all tri-service commanders of the rank of commander-in-chiefs with Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan leading the […]
Ahead of Navjot Singh Sidhu’s release from Patiala Central Jail, his wifeNavjot Kaur Sidhu shared an emotional message on Twitter.Congress leader’s wife, who recently broke the news that she was battling cancer, in her tweet said ‘she asked for death’ to ‘teach Sidhu a lesson’. She also wrote profoundly about her husband’s love for Punjab. […]
India logged 2,151 new Covid-19 cases within 24 hours amid conern cover a fresh spike in infections in the country, according to Union health ministry data updated Wednesday. A total of 2,208 cases were recorded on October 28 last year. The Covid-related death toll has increased to 5,30,848 – three reported by Maharashtra, one by […]
Punjab AG on Tuesday said the state was close to arresting fugitive Amritpal, even as habeas corpus petition seeking his release says he was in ‘illegal’ custody at Shahkot Police Station in Jalandhar.AG submitted in Punjab and Haryana High Court that Khalistan sympathiser was not arrested and state was trying its best to nab him. […]
An MP/MLA court in Prayagraj has pronounced gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and three others guilty in the 2006 kidnapping of lawyer Umesh Pal, the main witness in the killing of Bahujan Samaj Party lawmaker Raju Pal. Umesh Pal was shot dead in Prayagraj on February 24. Atiq and former corporator Dinesh Pasi have been convicted of […]
Amritsar rural police have arrested an associate of Amritpal Singh.He was identified as Varinder Singh alias Fauji of Tarn Taran. The police have invoked the NSA against him and sent him to Dibrugarh jail in Assam.An official wishing not to be named confirmed the development. Fauji, a retired army constable, was the bodyguard of Amritpal. […]
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said the government had ordered that the special girdawri to assess the loss caused by recent spell of rain and high-velocity winds had to be finished within a week.The compensation will also be given to farmers who have taken land on lease and were cultivating the fields owned […]