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Chandigarh, December 28 The Pathankot police have arrested two drug smugglers and seized 10kg heroin, two pistols, four magazines and 180 live cartridges from them. Announcing this in a tweet, DGP Gaurav Yadav said the arrested persons were in contact with a Pakistan-based operative who pushed the consignment through the…

Chandigarh, December 28 Biting cold conditions continued in Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday, with Bathinda being the coldest place in the region, according to a report issued by the Meteorological Department here. A thick blanket of fog also enveloped many parts of both the states, thus reducing visibility. In Punjab,…

ANI Mumbai, December 28 CCTV footage of actor Sheezan Khan went viral on social media in which he could be seen accompanying a man and a woman carrying Tunisha Sharma to the hospital. They are apparently his ‘Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul’ crew members. Allegedly, the video is from the day Tunisha…

Washington, December 28 Three Indian nationals, including a woman, have drowned after they fell through the ice while walking on a frozen lake in the US state of Arizona. The incident occurred on December 26 at 3.35 pm at Woods Canyon Lake in Coconino County, Arizona. “The missing men are…

Washington, December 28 As a deadly winter storm continues to wreak havoc across the US, nearly 4,900 flights were cancelled, with more than 4,400 others delayed in the last 24 hours, the media reported. Southwest Airlines was the hardest hit as it cancelled over 60 per cent or 2,500 of…

Jammu, December 28 Two terrorists have been eliminated in an early morning encounter in Jammu’s Sidhra area on Wednesday. Security forces are searching the area as they believe another terrorist might be trapped. Read More | Source: The Tribune…

Jammu, December 28 Three terrorists have been eliminated in an early-morning encounter in Jammu’s Sidhra area on Wednesday. The terrorists were intercepted near Tawi bridge as they were travelling in a truck to Kashmir. Jammu ADGP Mukesh Singh told the media that unusual movement of a truck was detected…

Jammu, December 28 Four terrorists, travelling in a truck to Kashmir, were killed in a “chance encounter” with security forces here on Wednesday morning, a police officer said. Additional Director General of Police, Jammu zone, Mukesh Singh, said the gunfight took place around 7.30am amid intense fog near Tawi Bridge…

Beijing, December 27Days after it faced nationwide anti-government protests against its stringent zero-Covid policy, China in a major shift of its coronavirus response policies has announced that it will scrap quarantine for international travellers from January 8 as it reopens its borders and comes out of international isolation after nearly…

New Delhi, December 27Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday asked health facilities and administrators to gear for a potential surge in Covid cases, noting that with the pandemic expanding in some countries, India may also witness a spike.No complacencyHealth Minister Mansukh Mandaviya cautions health staff against complacencyUrges everyone to follow…

Chandigarh, December 27 The Punjab government has declared a holiday in the state on Wednesday in view of ‘Shaheedi Sabha’ to be held at Fatehgarh Sahib. It made the announcement in a statement issued on Tuesday. “On the occasion of Shaheedi Sabha at Sri Fatehgarh Sahib, all the government offices,…

Lucknow, December 27Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that urban civic body elections will be held in the state only after reservation is provided to Other Backward Classes for which his government will set up a commission.If necessary, the state government will approach the Supreme Court, the…

IANS New York, December 27 A 26-year-old man from Haryana died in a multi-vehicle crash that occurred in the US state of Pennsylvania following ice and snow storms across the mid-Atlantic region, local media reported. Manpreet Singh from Pehowa, Haryana, who had moved to Queens, New York recently, was hit…

IANS Bhubaneswar, December 27 Odisha police have initiated a high-level investigation into the mysterious death of two Russian tourists, including a lawmaker named Pavel Antov, in Rayagada district of Odisha. Odisha DGP Sunil Kumar Bansal has ordered the CID-Crime Branch to take over the inquiry into the cases related to…

Sunit Dhawan Rohtak, December 27 Manju, wife of infamous gangster Rajesh alias Sarkari, was unanimously elected chairperson of Rohtak Zila Parishad on Tuesday. Manju had won the election for the post of Zila Parishad member from Ward No 5 as an independent candidate supported by the Congress. However, she switched…