Washington, July 19 : The US has expressed concern over Indo-China border standoff in the Sikkim Sector and urged both countries to work together to try to come up with some sort of arrangement for peace. “I know that the US is concerned about the ongoing situation there,” State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters at […]
Shimla, July 19 : In a new twist to the Kotkhai rape and murder case, the main suspect, Rajender Singh (32), alias Raju (driver of a pick-up van), allegedly killed another suspect in the case, Suraj, by smashing his head on the floor in Kotkhai jail late Tuesday night . Suraj, a Nepalese labourer, was one […]
Chandigarh : Conceding a long pending demand, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday approved a policy change allowing cash grants instead of land for war widows. The policy change will be applicable to dependents of martyred soldiers, besides permanently disabled soldiers of 1962 Indo-China War, 1965 Indo-Pak War and widows of 1971 Indo-Pak War. An official […]
Chandigarh : Questioning the logic of the central government and the GST Council imposing a tax on religious and social service done for common people, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which manages Sikh shrines in Punjab and runs a “langar” (free community kitchen) for hundreds of thousands of people on a daily basis, has […]
Gurdaspur, July 18 : Two Gurdaspur girls who had concocted a story to show they had drowned in a canal while clicking selfies, but had actually run away from home allegedly “in search of big money”, have returned home. The duo, Nisha and Lovepreet, had to sell their mobile phone to pay for their return […]