Man hailing from Kashmir accused of smuggling banned heroin
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested a man from Budgam in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a heroin smuggling case, a senior official said Sunday. In August, ATS had arrested two men in Gujarat and seized 5 kilogrammes of heroin worth Rs 14.84 crore in the international market. ATS officials said that one of […]
Retired army colonel duped of Rs 3 crore
New Delhi: A retired army colonel has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) after he was allegedly duped of more than Rs 3 crore on the pretext of investing in insurance policies, police said Saturday. Based on the complaint, a case was registered against two men on October 18. In […]
Monkeys stone man to death, family seeks FIR against the primates
BAGHPAT (UP): In a bizarre incident a 70-year-old man was allegedly stoned to death by some monkeys in a village here, putting the police in a fix as the deceased’s family wants an FIR to be registered against them. The incident took place on October 17 in Tikri village of the district. Circle officer Ramala […]
Alleged Khalistani militant nabbed
Muzaffarnagar: A suspected pro-Khalistan group member, who was involved in a plot allegedly to kill former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, was arrested in Shamli district, police said Friday. The accused, Karam Singh, was arrested Thursday, Circle Officer Rajesh Kumar Twari said. Meanwhile, Jarman Singh, who was arrested Thursday in Rajasthan Bikaner’s district, in […]
50 dead as train runs over Dussehra revellers in Punjab
Amritsar (Pb): At least 50 people were killed Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilt onto railway tracks while watching the burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train near here, officials said. The train was coming from Jalandhar to Amritsar when the incident occurred at Joda Phatak. At […]
After Police Chiefs death Afghanistan delays elections in Kandahar
Kabul: Afghanistan postponed legislative elections in Kandahar province on Friday, after a Taliban-claimed attack on a US-Afghan security meeting killed a powerful police chief and threatened stability across the south. Saturday’s parliamentary ballot would be delayed by one week, a spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani said in a statement, following an extraordinary meeting of the […]
Pakistan has to create conducive conditions for talks: India
New Delhi: India Thursday said the onus was on Pakistan to create conducive conditions for talks by taking steps such as action against ‘terrorists and terror infrastructure’ operating from its soil. During a media briefing, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar reiterated India’s stand that talks and terror cannot go together and said this was […]