UP's 'village of soldiers' gears up to celebrate Independence DayThe central government has launched the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign under which people are being encouraged to hoist the tricolour at their...
14 Aug, 2022, 05.30 PM IST
Army celebrates 'Kargil Vijay Diwas' in Udhampur, Jammu"In remembrance of supreme sacrifices of soldiers during Kargil war, the Tiger division organised the Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations at 'T...
26 Jul, 2022, 05.07 PM IST
Upendra Kushwaha among 12 nominated to Bihar legislative councilFormer Union minister Upendra Kushwaha and two members of the Nitish Kumar cabinet were among 12 persons who on Wednesday got nominated to ...
17 Mar, 2021, 06.22 PM IST
In many death penalty verdicts, trial courts overlooked mitigating circumstances of accused, finds studyAnalysis of cases in three states from 2000 to 2015 show “collective conscience” often invoked by courts while pronouncing death penalty.
14 May, 2020, 08.34 AM IST
Father martyred in Kargil war, son joins same battalionHitesh Kumar was just six years old when his father, a lance naik in the 2nd Battalion of Rajputana Rifles, was killed at Tololing, in Karg...
11 Jun, 2018, 12.46 PM IST
After Mulayam's refusal, RLD, JD-U and BS-4 form alliance in Uttar Pradesh"There is no name of this alliance as of now but it will be an honest alliance. Though this is an alliance of three parties, talks are on w...
21 Nov, 2016, 06.07 PM IST
Indian-origin Amar Singh is first Sikh police chief of Kuala LumpurAmar Singh, 58, succeeded Tajuddin Mohamed as the Kuala Lumpur Police Commissioner yesterday. He said his appointment was an honour to the ...
15 Mar, 2016, 01.20 PM IST
Indian-origin Sikh appointed Kuala Lumpur Police CommissionerDeputy Commissioner Amar Singh, in his late 50s, will replace Tajuddin Mohamed who will move to federal headquarters as the deputy director.
22 Feb, 2016, 03.47 PM IST
Swachh Bharat must make law supremely efficient to flush out the dirtRule of law must come down with the same vigour on law-breaking citizens irrespective of their caste, creed, sex, status and wealth to evok...
13 Oct, 2015, 01.22 PM IST
US Presidential poll: Bobby Jindal's only connection to Punjab — an electricity bill!So, while Bobby Jindal fights to become the most powerful man in the world, his ancestor will keep powering up a house in Khanpur.
29 Jun, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
Shocker! Flood-hit Jammu farmers get Rs 32 as compensationFarmers have hit out at the government, saying crops worth thousands of rupees were damaged in the September 2014 floods.
03 Jun, 2015, 03.44 PM IST
Rain claims six lives in AmritsarSix persons were killed in the incessant rains here in the last three days, officials said.
17 Aug, 2013, 12.10 PM IST
- Army calls off search operation on LoC in Poonch
Nothing has been found during the search operation in the forest areas along the LoC in Subjian-Mandi belt, the source said.
08 Jun, 2013, 05.10 PM IST
Supreme Court calls for relook at norms on death penaltySC said the 'rarest of rare' criterion to impose death penalty was being applied differently by different judges and needed to be looked at...
21 Nov, 2012, 05.00 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee pushes for no-confidence motion against government, wants UPA partners to quitMamata Banerjee today pushed for moving a no-confidence motion to oust the Manmohan Singh government and asked all UPA partners to pull out...
04 Oct, 2012, 08.55 PM IST
9 death penalties wrongly imposed: Ex-judges to PresidentThey are on death row even after the Supreme Court admitted — not once but thrice — that the decisions awarding death sentences had been re...
19 Aug, 2012, 02.35 PM IST
- Murder outsourced in Punjab
When murder is cheaper and less fraught with risk elsewhere, what's the logical thing to do?
24 Feb, 2008, 05.11 AM IST