Punjab bookies link in fake cricket team racket

Mumbai : The Mumbai police are investigating the alleged links of three notorious bookies operating from Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi with a countrywide racket where fake selection camps were held to con young players aspiring to play for IPL teams. Police sources said here that the three bookies — RS Dhindwal, Shubham Jain and […]

Pandher, Koli sentenced to death in Nithari serial rape-murder case

Pandher, Koli sentenced to death in Nithari serial rape-murder case

Ghaziabad, December 8- A CBI court here on Friday sentenced businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his aide Surendra Koli to death in one of the Nithari serial rape-murder cases. Pronouncing the judgment, Special CBI Judge PK Tiwari noted that Koli and Pandher were involved in the rape and murder of housemaid Anjali in 2006, and […]

SAD activists block roads across Punjab to protest attack on party men

SAD activists block roads across Punjab to protest attack on party men

Chandigarh, December 8- To protest against the alleged attack on their party leaders by Congress workers at Mallanwala on Thursday, SAD activists on Friday blocked traffic at various place across Punjab.SAD-BJP leaders blocked the National Highway No 1 at Ladowal Chowk in Ludhiana district. Senior Akali leaders, including Sahnewal MLA Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, former MLAs […]

Candidates disqualified, Oppn parties up in arms

Candidates disqualified, Oppn parties up in arms

Chandigarh : A day after the last date for filing nominations for elections to three municipal corporations and 32 nagar panchayats and councils, the Opposition parties – SAD-BJP and AAP – today alleged that papers of their candidates were rejected on frivolous grounds. SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal threatened to launch an agitation against the […]

Pay more attention to ancient Indian knowledge: Dalai Lama

Pay more attention to ancient Indian knowledge: Dalai Lama

Mumbai, December 8 : Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama on Friday said the younger generation needed to focus and learn more about the ancient knowledge of the country in order to move forward. He was addressing a gathering of students at the Somaiya School here. “You are the younger generation, you are the future […]