India

  SRINAGAR: Like other parts of the country, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is also submerged in the colours of the national flag on the eve of India’s 75th Independence Day. In a major departure from the past, when the Tricolour was only hoisted at district and tehsil headquarters, this year it has […]

JAIPUR: A nine-year-old Dalit child was beaten up by his school teacher for touching the pot of water in a school in Surana village in Rajasthan’s Jalore district. His condition turned critical and he died on Saturday. A case of SC-ST Act has been registered against the teacher and he has been arrested, the Jalore […]

  NEW DELHI: With the arrest of an Amritsar resident, Delhi Police Crime Branch has unearthed the main link to the Afghanistan-Punjab drugs nexus that was busted last month.   Anti-narcotics task force (ANTF) unit of the Delhi Police crime branch has arrested Pankaj Vaid alias Sanju Baba, who the police described as the “main link” […]

Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha opened to poor response at the box office amid the boycott campaign against it on social media. The official remake of Hollywood’s Forrest Gump has garnered only Rs 19 crore in India in the first two days. The reviews of the movie are mixed and it’s hurtling towards becoming a […]

SRINAGAR: The central government has finally reinstated IAS officer Shah Faesal, and appointed him as deputy secretary in the Ministry of Culture. Officials said that the decision to appoint him in the ministry was approved by the Centre on Thursday. The Centre’s move comes four months after it accepted Faesal’s application for withdrawing his resignation […]