Govt’s 34-yr-old order helps 40 get police job

Chandigarh : About 40 youths, who were awaiting appointment as constable in the Punjab Police, are a relieved lot after the government has accepted Punjabi exam cleared at the senior secondary level, and not at the secondary level, as a qualification for recruitment. The police said the youths were given selection letters last week. They […]

Virat Kohli eyeing comeback vs MI

New Delhi : Virat Kohli dropped hints that he may just make a return from injury in Royal Challengers Bangalore’s IPL encounter against Mumbai Indians on April 14. Kohli posted a video on his Instagram account of his gym session, in which he is seen doing a clean and jerk weightlifting drill, with this comment […]

Sanju special stuns Supergiant

Pune : Sanju Samson hit the first century of this IPL season as Delhi Daredevils beat Rising Pune Supergiant by 97 runs on Tuesday night. Samson’s 63-ball 102 helped Daredevils put up a formidable 205/4 against the home team. Chris Morris’s 38 runs off just nine balls towards the end helped the visitors amass 45 […]

Japan plans joint drills with US in show of force in Korean peninsula

Tokyo, April 12 : Japan’s Navy plans a joint show of force with the US Navy’s USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group as it steams towards the Korean peninsula aimed at deterring secretive North Korean regime from further missile tests, two sources said. With tension growing markedly, the Korean peninsula is the closest it […]

Syria will pay heavy price for use of chemical weapons: US

Washington, April 12 : US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has said that Syria will pay a “very, very stiff price” if it used chemical weapons again and asserted that America’s top priority in Syria remained fighting the Islamic State militant group. “If they use chemical weapons, they are going to pay a very, very stiff […]