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Sukhmeet BhasinFazilka, June 10Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s family has shut itself from the outer world, spending most of its time at home in Dottaranwali village of Fazilka district ever since his name has surfaced in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case.Parents don’t talk to outsiders: VillagersVillagers shy away from giving the location…

Chandigarh, June 10 Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today sought support from the Canadian government in nabbing gangsters operating from its soil. The Chief Minister flagged the issue with Canadian High Commissioner Cameron Mackay, who called on him at his residence on Friday. Pushes for coordinated efforts The…

New Delhi, June 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth Rs 3,050 crore during the ‘Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan’ at Khudvel, a tribal region in Navsari, today. “The BJP’s double-engine government is sincerely carrying forward the glorious tradition of rapid and…

New Delhi, June 10Home Minister Amit Shah today said most historians gave prominence to history of Mughals only, ignoring the glorious rules of many empires like Pandyas, Cholas, Mauryas, Guptas and Ahoms. “History cannot be created by governments,” Shah said at the release of a book, “Maharana: Sahastra Varsha Ka…

New Delhi, June 10 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued fresh summons to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to appear before it on June 23 for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper, officials said Friday. Gandhi, 75, was earlier asked to depose on June 8…

New Delhi, June 10 India was among the three countries that withstood Western pressure and abstained from voting against Iran at the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The voting took place just before Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian embarked on his India visit. The IAEA’s…

PTI New Delhi, June 10 A picture of arrested Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain with a harried and weary look circulating on social media on Friday drew sharp reactions from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and supporters. AAP leaders and supporters slammed the BJP-led central government attributing Jain’s condition to “torture…

Geetanjali Gayatri amp; Bhartesh Singh Thakur Chandigarh, June 10 Delivering a blow to the Congress, the BJP and an Independent candidate backed by it won the two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana, the results for which were declared around 2.30 a.m on Saturday after high drama that put the counting…

Chandigarh, June 10Counting of votes for the two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana was put on hold on Friday after the BJP and the Independent candidate backed by it urged the Election Commission to cancel the votes of two Congress MLAs.BJP nominee Krishan Lal Panwar and Independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma…

Chandigarh, June 10 Counting of votes for the two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana began after several hours of drama after the BJP and the Independent candidate backed by it urged the Election Commission to cancel the votes of two Congress MLAs. The EC rejected the plea following which counting…

New Delhi, June 10 The Delhi Police have identified six shooters allegedly involved in the murder of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, a senior police officer said on Friday. H S Dhaliwal, Special Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, told media that the singer’s death was an organised and brazen killing….

Moscow, June 10Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow has the opportunity to build partnerships not only with India and China, but also with Latin America and Africa, asserting that it is impossible to “fence off” a country like Russia from the outside.Putin, during a meeting with young entrepreneurs…

New Delhi, June 10 Massive protests erupted across several parts of the nation on Friday against the Prophet row, with the agitators demanding action and arrest of the suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and her former party colleague Naveen Jindal. The said leaders had allegedly made controversial remarks against Prophet…

New Delhi/Srinagar, June 10Protests broke out in some states on Friday, including outside Delhi’s Jama Masjid, over the controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad by two now-suspended BJP functionaries with demonstrators in Jharkhand injuring a few policemen, while authorities in Jammu imposed a curfew in few areas and parts of Kashmir…

Lahore/Dubai, June 10Pakistan’s former military dictator General Pervez Musharraf is hospitalised in the UAE after his health deteriorated and is going through a “difficult stage where recovery is not possible”, his family said on Friday amidst speculation about his condition.Gen. Musharraf, 78, who ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008, was…