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Mayville (US), August 18 The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York said in an interview that he was surprised to learn the accomplished author had survived the attack. Speaking to the New York Post from jail, Hadi Matar said he decided to…

Islamabad, August 18 A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 21 people, including a prominent cleric, an eyewitness and police said. Thiry three others were wounded in the attack. Khalid Zadran, the spokesman for Kabul’s police chief, gave…

Islamabad, August 18 A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, an eyewitness and police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the latest to strike the country in…

Chandigarh, August 18Big Boss fame Shehnaaz Gill has said she now prefers to be called “Shehnaaz from India”.She said, “I don’t want to be Punjab Ki Katrina Kaif. I just want to be Shehnaaz Gill from India.” The title ‘Punjab Ki Katrina Kaif’ was coined by Shehnaaz on ‘Bigg Boss…

Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, August 17 Can hundreds of tonnes of foodgrains be transferred from mandis to godowns on cars, scooters or motorcycles? In Punjab, it seems this is possible, at least in government records. It is this discrepancy in the records of the Food and Supplies Department, submitted…

Vishav BhartiChandigarh, August 17The Punjab Government today ordered a Vigilance inquiry into the alleged farm machinery scam. Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said at least 90,422 machines were reportedly “distributed” among farmers to manage stubble. Of these, 11,275 were found missing.He said during an initial investigation, it appeared nearly Rs…

New Delhi, August 17In a major shake-up, the BJP today reconstituted its parliamentary board, its top organisational body, by including new faces and dropping senior minister Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, indicating their diminishing influence in the party.First time board rejigged under Nadda, who took over…

New Delhi, August 17Maintaining that the term “freebie” should not be confused with genuine welfare measures, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said political parties and candidates could not be prevented from making poll promises aimed at fulfilling the constitutional mandate even as it noted that “there are no free lunches”.During…

New Delhi, August 17Delhi and Kolkata reported 106 and 99 deaths per 1 lakh population in 2019, which could be attributed to PM2.5 pollution, according to a new report published by US-based Health Effects Institute on Wednesday.Delhi had the highest average level of fine PM2.5 among the world’s most-populated cities,…

Kabul, August 17 A huge explosion struck a mosque in Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday, witnesses and police said, with many feared dead or injured. Police said there were multiple casualties but did not say how many. One Taliban intelligence official told Reuters that as many as 35 people…

Arjun Sharma Jammu, August 17 A terrorist was shot dead while a police constable got injured when the former was taken to International Border in Jammu for recovery of weapons on Wednesday evening. In connection with February 24 dropping of weapons from Pakistan and subsequent recovery of arms and ammunitions,…

Amritsar/Chandigarh, August 17A day after an IED was found hidden under the vehicle of a police officer, the Punjab Police on Wednesday said two people who had allegedly planted the explosive material have been arrested from Delhi.A police official said those arrested belonged to Patti area of Tarn Taran district…

Colombo, August 17 Sri Lanka has granted provisional approval to Adani Green Energy for two wind projects of 286 MW and 234 MW for an investment of over USD 500 million in the country’s Northern province, Energy and Power Minister Kanchana Wijesekara announced on Wednesday. Wijesekara said in a tweet…

New Delhi, August 17Three commandos of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) are learnt to have been dismissed from their services and two senior officers of the force’s VIP security unit transferred following a security breach at the residence of National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval earlier this year.Doval is a…

New Delhi, August 17Asserting that nobody should be misled against allopathy, the Delhi High Court Wednesday told Ramdev that while he was welcome to have his followers, he should not mislead the public by saying more than what is “official”.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani, who was hearing a lawsuit against the…