Tarn Taran, June 27 : The local police have booked a medical store owner, his wife and accomplices in connection with the murderous attack on an ex-serviceman. The incident raises a question mark on police functioning besides pointing to a nexus between drug peddlers and police. The ex-serviceman, Jasbir Singh (53), has been protesting against […]
Chandigarh : Groundwater in large tracts of Punjab has become unsuitable for irrigation purposes. A study commissioned by the Centre’s Department of Science and Technology has found that its over-use has led to high concentration of salts in the soil, destroying fertility. The study, published in the Arabian Journal of Geosciences, the official journal of […]
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 […]