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Sandeep Dikshit Tribune News Service New Delhi, February 20 The war for Ukraine shifted into a higher gear on the eve of its first anniversary with US President Joe Biden making an unannounced appearance in Kyiv even as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is heading for Moscow for consultations after…

Antakya, February 20 An earthquake, with a magnitude 6.3 at a depth of 2 km, struck the Turkey-Syria border region on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. Two Reuters witnesses reported a strong quake and further damage to buildings in central Antakya which was hit by two massive…

Srinagar, February 20 In a major setback to the Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen, the launching commander of the outfit Bashir Ahmad Peer alias Imtiyaz Alam was killed on Monday in Rawalpindi in Pakistan. Peer was killed on Monday evening after an assailant shot at him from point-blank range outside a shop in…

New Delhi, February 20 Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday referred the matter against 12 opposition MPs, including four of Aam Aadmi Party, to the privileges committee of the House for investigation and reporting. The 12 MPs facing breach of privilege case are Sanjay Singh, Sandeep Pathak, Raghav…

Aditi TandonNew Delhi, February 20The BJP on Monday questioned the Congress for electing Jagdish Tytler, whose name was part of the Nanavati Commission report on 1984 anti-Sikh riots, as an AICC delegate who will attend the upcoming Congress Plenary at Raipur.”This is Congress Party’s shop of hatred (nafrat ki dukan).The…

Saurabh Malik Chandigarh, February 20 Less than a week after the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued criminal contempt of court notice to dismissed Punjab police official Balwinder Singh Sekhon for circulating malicious, libelous and derogatory videos on judicial proceedings, a Division Bench today ordered his arrest. Directions were also…

Chandigarh, February 20 Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Monday said the state government is committed to construct the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal to get the state’s share of waters in the Ravi and Beas rivers. In his address to the Haryana assembly on the first day of the Budget Session,…

New Delhi, February 20IndiGo on Monday said its flight from the National Capital to Deogarh was diverted to Lucknow following a “specific bomb threat”.After following all necessary security protocols, the aircraft was cleared for takeoff and the airline is following the rules of the security agencies in the investigation, it…

Aditi TandonNew Delhi, February 20Hours after the Supreme Court on Monday refused an urgent hearing to Uddhav Thackeray faction’s plea against the allotment of party’s original name and symbol to the Eknath Shinde led group, the former Maharashtra chief minister directed his ire at the Election Commission demanding the poll…

New Delhi, February 20 Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday said he has been called for questioning by the CBI in connection with the Delhi excise policy case on February 26. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had on Sunday deferred his questioning after he sought time from the…

Solan, February 20 The more than two-month-old freight issue, which had led to closure of two cement plants of Adani cement management at Darlaghat and Barmana was resolved on Monday with the intervention of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. A rate of Rs 9.30 per ton per…

New Delhi, February 20 Retirement fund body EPFO on Monday came out with a procedure to enable subscribers and their employers to jointly apply for higher pension under Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS). Earlier in November 2022, the Supreme Court had upheld Employees Pension (Amendment) Scheme 2014. The EPS amendment of…

New Delhi, February 20 Sahil Gehlot, accused of killing his first wife Nikki Yadav and keeping her body in a refrigerator, had plans to push her out of his car and pass it off as an accident, sources said on Monday. When his plan could not succeed, he strangulated…

Kyiv, February 20 US President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit Monday to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a gesture of solidarity that comes days before the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of the country. Biden delivered remarks and met Zelensky at Mariinsky Palace to announce…

PK Jaiswar Amritsar, February 20 With the arrest of two men, the city police have cracked the broad-daylight bank dacoity in which armed men decamped with Rs 22 lakh from the Punjab National Bank branch at Rani Ka Bagh here recently. Those arrested are Laljit Singh of Mehniya Loharan village…