Srinagar : A policeman of the Special Operation Group (SOG) was killed and five security men were injured in a gunfight that raged in a Srinagar’s congested Batamaloo locality on Sunday morning. The gunfight started around 4 am when joint teams of the J&K Police and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation after inputs about […]
Chandigarh : The Punjab Government may have put on hold the release of new tubewell connections, but the dramatic rate of fall in the ground water level is likely to continue unabated as the existing tubewells annually draw one and a half times the amount of recharge. As much as 77 per cent of the […]
Chandigarh : Months after the Blue Whale challenge led to a spate of global suicides among teenagers, another viral suicide challenge has now begun to cause trouble. Called the Momo Challenge, this one involves Facebook’s messenger app Whatsapp, and is believed to induce teenagers into violent acts. What’s Momo Challenge? Momo Challenge is a viral challenge […]
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha on Friday deferred the controversial triple talaq Bill to the next session of Parliament due to lack of consensus among political parties on the issue. Informing the House just ahead of the Private Members Business in the afternoon session, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said: “Triple talaq Bill will not […]
New Delhi : Days after Prime Minister Modi dialled Imran Khan and congratulated him on his Pakistan election victory, the Indian High Commissioner called on the Prime Minister-elect on Friday. Indian envoy Ajay Bisaria met with Imran, Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), at the latter’s Banigala residence in Islamabad. PTI official spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry, […]