Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed solidarity with protesting wrestlers after meeting them at Jantar Mantar here on Saturday and called for the removal of WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment levelled by women grapplers. The Congress general secretary accused the government of “protecting” Bhushan. Priyanka, who is […]
A major crackdown was on Thursday conducted on Punjabi singers, gangsters and travel agents nexus in Punjab.A police office has confirmed that singer Karan Aujla’s associate Sharpy Ghuman has been arrested by AGTF. AGTF sources said that an FIR has been lodged with state crime branch and eight people have been apprehended, majority of them […]
“It was like we were on a deathbed,” recalled a relieved Sukhvinder Singh from Haryana as he arrived at the Delhi airport from Saudi Arabia after being evacuated from strife-torn Sudan.In his mid-40s, the engineer was among the first batch of 360 Indian nationals who returned home on Wednesday night under India’s ‘Operation Kaveri’ evacuation […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will visit Shiromani Akali Dal’s (SAD) party office in Chandigarh to pay his last respects to Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. The 95-year-old politician died on Tuesday after being hospitalised in Mohali a week back. “Parkash Singh Badal’s passing away is a personal loss for me. I have […]
Parkash Singh Badal, the former chief minister of Punjab and Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch, passed away at a private hospital in Mohali on Tuesday. He was 95.Badal, a five-time chief minister, was admitted to the intensive care unit of private hospital following complaints of breathing difficulties on Sunday. In June last year, Badal was hospitalised […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice on a petition filed by top Indian wrestlers seeking to register an FIR against Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha sought a response from the Delhi […]
In a fresh crackdown against the cadres of the banned Popular Front of India, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is carrying out searches at more than a dozen locations in parts of the country including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.The places being searched by the NIA include 12 in Bihar, two in Uttar Pradesh and one […]
Olympics medallist Bajrang Punia on Monday said all political parties were “welcome” as top Indian wrestlers, including him, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, among others, returned to New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Sunday to stage protests against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and its president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for allegedly sexually assaulting women wrestlers. “All […]
Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh, who has been on the run since March 18, was on Sunday arrested by the Punjab police in Moga. He was on the run for 34 days.Amritpal Singh is being shifted to Assam’s Dibrugarh, where eight of his aides are already being held under the National Security Act. As per reports, […]
At least three to four rounds were allegedly fired at a woman inside the premises of Saket court on April 21 morning by an advocate over personnel enmity, Delhi police sources said.Police are on the spot and have rushed the woman to the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), where is undergoing treatment. According […]