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Eugene, July 24Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra scripted yet another history as he became only the second Indian and first male track-and-field athlete to win a medal at the World Championships by clinching silver in the javelin throw final here.The 24-year-old Chopra, who had come into the showpiece as a hot…

Aman SoodPatiala, July 23The Punjab Government today came out with the details of its flagship scheme to provide 600 units of free power to every household, but with riders for the SC, BC, BPL or freedom fighter category consumers.In a circular, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) today made it…

Jupinderjit Singh Chandigarh, July 23 On the basis of intelligence inputs and analysis, Indian security agencies suspect that Sikh radicals were behind the killing of Ripudaman Malik in Surrey (Canada) on July 14. The security agencies have identified five radicals led by Hardeep Nijjar of the Khalistan Tiger Force…

Jupinderjit Singh Chandigarh, July 23 On the basis of intelligence inputs and analysis, Indian security agencies suspect that Sikh radicals were behind the killing of Ripudaman Malik in Surrey (Canada) on July 14. The security agencies have identified five radicals led by Hardeep Nijjar of the Khalistan Tiger Force…

Sumedha SharmaGurugram, July 23The ongoing uproar on illegal mining in the Aravallis, amongst other factors, has brought the Mining and Geology Department of the state under the scanner.Entrusted with policing of the hills, erecting checkpoints and penalising the offenders, the department seems virtually absent in the Aravallis which are being…

New Delhi, July 23Indian security agencies have informed the government that a Chinese construction company had set up its office in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and was controlling work being executed in areas adjoining Muzaffarabad and Athmuqam.The company had been renovating bunkers and building new ones since May, the agencies said….

PK Jaiswar Amritsar, July 23 The special investigation team (SIT) constituted to look into the police encounter that killed two gangsters, who were involved in the daylight murder of singer Sidhu Moosewala, started its probe today. The three-member team, headed by Gurdaspur SP (D) Prithipal Singh, investigated the crime scene…

Satya PrakashNew Delhi, July 23Accusing the media of running “kangaroo courts”, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday urged them, particularly the electronic and social media, to behave responsibly, saying “media trials cannot be a guiding factor in deciding cases”.Delivering the inaugural Justice SB Sinha Memorial Lecture in Ranchi…

Chandigarh, July 23 Punjab’s power utility PSPCL on Saturday issued a notification on 300 units of free electricity per month, exempting domestic category consumers, who consume up to 600 units in two months, from payment of any charge, meter rent or taxes. Consumers belonging to scheduled castes, backward castes, below-poverty-line…

Raipur, July 23A traffic policeman in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur on Saturday displayed exemplary honesty by handing over a bag containing Rs 45 lakh to a local police station, an official said.Traffic constable Nilamber Sinha, attached to the Kayabandha post in Nava Raipur, found the bag in the morning on a…

Sanjay Yadav Gurugram, July 22 Nuh police have nabbed three more accused in connection of the murder of Tauru DSP Surender Singh. Police produced them in a Nuh court today and took all three on two-day remand. With these three arrests, Nuh police have nabbed total six accused in the…

Srinagar, July 23A court here Saturday summoned National Conference (NC) president and Member of Parliament Farooq Abdullah in a money laundering case related to the alleged financial irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA).The principal District and Sessions Judge, Srinagar, issued the summons against Abdullah for August 27…

Sukhmeet BhasinBathinda, July 23A Pakistan-based organisation, “Punjabi Virsa” of Punjabi literacy community has announced to honour late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala along with poet Dr Surjit Singh Patar and writer Harjinder Pal Jinder with “Waris Shah International Award”.The award is given to Punjabi writers and litterateurs for promoting Punjab culture….

New Delhi, July 23The government has changed the country’s flag code by allowing the tricolour to fly both day and night and be machine-made besides use of polyester.The move came as the government is going to launch a ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ (hoisting of flag in every home) from August 13…

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, July 23 Under attack from the Congress party over an alleged “illegal bar” being run in Goa by her daughter, Union minister Smriti Irani today hit back saying her 18-year-old’s only fault was that her mother holds press conferences to “expose the loot of Rs 5,000…