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Ranchi, July 20 A woman police official engaged in a vehicle checking drive near the Jharkhand capital Ranchi was mowed down on Wednesday by a pickup van allegedly involved in cattle smuggling, an officer said. Sandhya Topno, a 32-year-old Sub Inspector of Police, was conducting the vehicle checking drive at…

Satya Prakash New Delhi, July 20 The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in all seven FIRs registered against him in Uttar Pradesh. Zubair will be released from jail now as he has already been granted regular bail in another case registered…

New Delhi, July 20 Twenty-four days after his arrest, Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair walked free from Tihar jail here on Wednesday night, within hours of the Supreme Court granting him interim bail in all FIRs lodged in Uttar Pradesh against him for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, saying “exercise of…

Chandigarh/Amritsar, July 20 Jagroop Rupa, a gangster involved in the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewla, was killed in an encounter with the police at a village in Amritsar district on Wednesday. Anti-Gangster Task Force officials confirmed the encounter. The encounter took place at Bhakna Kalanaur village in the Amritsar…

Chandigarh/Amritsar, July 20 Two gangsters involved in the killing of singer Sidhu Moosewala were eliminated in an encounter by the Punjab Police in Amritsar on Wednesday, an officer said. Gangsters Jagroop Singh Rupa and Manpreet Singh alias Manu Kusa were killed in the encounter that last for more than four…

Chandigarh/Amritsar, July 20 Two gangsters involved in the killing of singer Sidhu Moosewala were eliminated in an encounter by the Punjab Police in Amritsar on Wednesday, an officer said. Gangsters Jagroop Singh Rupa and Manpreet Singh alias Manu Kusa were killed in the encounter that last for more than four…

Chandigarh, July 20 An encounter ensued between the police and gangsters in Amritsar district on Wednesday. The Anti-Gangster Task Force officials confirmed that the encounter was on at Gharinda village near Bhookna in Amritsar. Details are awaited. Read More | Source: The Tribune…

Jupinderjit Singh Chandigarh, July 20 The banned terror organisation, Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), is trying to arrange shelter for some of the killers of singer Sidhu Moosewala in Ambala in Haryana, phone recordings of US-based founder of SFJ Gurpatwant Singh Pannu with the two men arrested in Patiala on Tuesday…

Chandigarh, July 20 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday slammed the Centre for not giving the state a representation in the committee formed on minimum support price. AAP leader and the party’s Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha alleged that the exclusion of Punjab from the Minimum Support Price (MSP)…

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, July 20 Ahead of the third day’s proceedings in the Monsoon Session, the BJP on Wednesday hit out at the Opposition, accusing it of “disrespecting Parliament, bringing down its productivity”. While majority of the opposition has been active in the protests, Union minister Smriti Irani reserved…

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, July 20 Not all is well in the Yogi Adityanath cabinet, it seems. UP Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Jitin Prasada, whose Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Anil Kumar Pandey was transferred following allegations of transfer irregularities and corruption in the department, is believed to be…

Colombo, July 20 The Sri Lankan Parliament is all set to elect the successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a three-way presidential contest on Wednesday, following a high-voltage political drama which saw the former president fleeing the country and resigning after a popular uprising against his government for mismanaging the economy….

Colombo, July 20 The Sri Lankan Parliament on Wednesday began voting to elect the successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a three-way contest, following a high-voltage political drama which saw the former president fleeing the country and resigning after a popular uprising against his government for “mismanaging” the economy. The voting…

New Delhi, July 19 Faced with threat to life for her controversial comments on Prophet Mohammed, suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Tuesday got a relief from the Supreme Court which protected her from arrest till August 10 in multiple FIRs against her in several states. Bench clarifies…

Nuh/Gurugram, July 19Over three months before he was to retire, 57-year-old Haryana Police DSP Surender Singh was on Tuesday mowed down by a dumper that he had signalled to stop during a raid to check illegal mining in Nuh district’s Tauru.DSP Surender SinghWithin hours of the crime, the police arrested…