Shimla, November 23 : A 56-year-old Army colonel was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping the daughter of a lieutenant colonel posted at the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) here. The 21-year-old woman had filed a complaint on Monday and the colonel was arrested today after preliminary investigations, they said. An FIR under relevant Sections of the […]
Sydney, November 23 : Australia called on Thursday on the United States to build a strong presence in Asia and bolster ties with “like-minded” partners while warning against China’s rising influence. A more insular United States would be detrimental to the liberal nature of the world’s “rules-based order”, the government said in a 115-page foreign […]
Chandigarh : Acting on a petition alleging mining activity in Bhiwani’s Dadam area, prima facie in violation of the time concession granted by the Supreme Court, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued directions against the removal of minor minerals. Justices Surya Kant and Avneesh Jhingan asserted that the Bench was constrained to direct […]
Srinagar : A soldier, Sepoy Mandeep Singh, 32, from Chahal Khurd village in Batala, Gurdaspur, was killed as troops repelled an infiltration bid which left a militant dead in the remote Keran sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district today. “Two soldiers have been injured and shifted to hospital,” Defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said. (Follow […]