Amritsar : Even as the Special Task Force (STF) and the police have seemingly failed to snap the supply chain of heroin, they are up against another challenge. A new synthetic drug named “cut” has found its way into the local market. STF officials claim that the fusion of “cut” and heroin is fatal and it […]
Kuala Lumpur, June 27 : A vast trove of items seized in raids on properties linked to Malaysia’s scandal-mired former leader, including cash, jewellery and luxury handbags, are worth up to $273 million, police said on Wednesday.The searches, part of investigations into scandal-hit sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, netted 12,000 pieces of jewellery, bags containing almost […]
Nashik, June 27 : A Sukhoi aircraft, awaiting induction in the Indian Air Force, crashed near here on Wednesday morning, police said. There were no casualties, police said, adding that both the pilots ejected safely before the plane hit ground. The under-production Sukhoi Su-30MKI twinjet multirole air superiority fighter of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) crashed in a […]
Chandigarh, June 27 : The troubled Jodhpur detainees are set to get much-needed relief, with Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh deciding to hand over cheques of the state’s share of the Rs 4.5-crore compensation to them on Thursday. The Chief Minister will hand over the cheques to the detainees at the Punjab Bhawan at […]
New Delhi, June 27 : The government on Wednesday proposed the draft of a new Act with which it seeks to replace the University Grants Commission (UGC) — the principal funding body for universities. Announcing the draft of the Act which is likely to repeal the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, Union Human Resource Development […]