London : A new film about an epic British Indian frontier battle is to be made after securing grassroots support through a social media fundraising drive. “Saragarhi: The True Story” will tell the story of how 21 Sikhs fought to the last man against 10,000 enemy tribesmen to defend a small outpost in 1897. The […]
Gidderbaha : Indian Youth Congress and Gidderbaha MLA Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and his four gunmen were today booked on the charges of assaulting an AAP activist at Guri Sanghar village on Saturday evening. A case under Sections 341, 323 and 34 of the IPC has been registered, confirmed Baljit Singh, SHO, Kotbhai police station, […]
Perth : A lone survey vessel has left an Australian port for perhaps the final time to search for the Malaysian airliner that mysteriously crashed into the southern Indian Ocean two years ago.Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester’s office said Tuesday thatthe Dutch survey ship Fugro Equator left Fremantle on Monday night to continue […]
Washington : In a significant development, the World Bank has paused the separate processes initiated by India and Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty to allow the two countries to consider alternative ways to resolve their disagreements. “We are announcing this pause to protect the Indus Waters Treaty and to help India and Pakistan consider […]
Bengaluru : Unearthing a racket involved in illegal conversion of demonetised notes, the ED has arrested seven alleged middlemen and seized Rs 93 lakh in new currency in Karnataka as part of its money laundering probe.Officials said the agency placed the seven, including the relative of a government official, under arrest late yesterday under provisions […]