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This Is Sheer Terrorism: Slain Kashmir Cop’s Brother

SRINAGAR: The air was filled with despair, amid the sound of sobbing, as thousands of people participated in the funeral prayers of constable Ghulam Hassan Dar. Dar was shot dead by terrorists near Aiwa Bridge along Dr Ali Jan road in Srinagar district on Saturday. The funeral took place late on Saturday night, barely an […]

No Coercive Action Till May 10: Bagga Gets Punjab HC Relief

NEW DELHI: Punjab and Haryana High Court, in an urgent late night hearing, came to the rescue of Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga hours after the Mohali court issued a non-bailable warrant against him. In a reprieve for Bagga, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed that no coercive step be taken against […]

GROUND REPORT: Khalistan Symbols Fixed On HP Vidhan Sabha; Officials Rush To Whitewash Walls

SHIMLA: What was meant to be a lazy Sunday morning in the peaceful and serene atmosphere of the Tapovan was filled with buzz as Khalistani symbols were fixed on the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha building in Dharamshala. Yellow flags with the ‘khanda’ symbol and Khalistan written on them were put up at the entrance of […]

J&K: SIA Crackdown On SIM Card Misuse In Kashmir

  SRINAGAR: In a widespread crackdown on the increasing misuse of SIM cards, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Saturday carried out searches at 19 premises spread across Kashmir and found that vendors sold SIMs to terrorists, overground workers (OGW), and narcotics smugglers. The raids were conducted in 11 different registered cases. A majority of […]

Bagga Row: BJP’s Sirsa Puts Lens On Mohali SSP After DSP’s ‘Chequered Past’

CHANDIGARH: The controversy over BJYM national secretary Tajinder Bagga’s arrest by Punjab Police has taken a fresh twist with BJP’s senior Sikh leader Manjinder Sirsa taking a barb at Mohali SSP Vivek Sheel Soni, a 2011-batch IPS, over his tenure in Ropar during Congress regime and subsequent posting in Mohali in AAP government. “Is it […]