JALANDHAR: The driver who fatally struck iconic marathoner Fauja Singh on Jalandhar-Pathankot national highway on Monday turned out to be a Canada-returned man who sped away after leaving the 114-year-old to die, Punjab police said on Wednesday.The suspect, Amritpal Singh Dhillon (26), was arrested from his home in Dasupur village, 20km from Jalandhar, on Tuesday….
NEW DELHI: With around 35.7 lakh electors, comprising 4.5 per cent of Bihar’s total 7.9 crore electorate, not found at their recorded address despite the booth level officers (BLOs) having completed their three mandatory visits, the EC will, starting Thursday, share their details with district presidents and 1.5 lakh booth level agents of the political…
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee leads a TMC rally in Kolkata Wednesday to protest the ‘targeting’ of Bengali-speaking people in BJP states KOLKATA: Calcutta high court asked the Union government on Wednesday to file an affidavit explaining the rationale behind the “sudden” countrywide raids in June targeting Bengali-speaking people as potentially illegal Bangladeshi migrants.“What were the…
Sian was arrested in Arizona on June 27. Court documents show that he also had operational ties with chemical suppliers linked to the Chinese Communist Party NEW DELHI: The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has busted an ISI-China-Canada linked international drug cartel and arrested a notorious Indo-Canadian gangster, Opinder Singh Sian aka Thanos, running a…
NEW DELHI: Observing that compelling dead marriage to continue only creates more mental agony, Supreme Court has said that courts should grant divorce in such cases when a couple cannot live under one roof.Bringing to an end the matrimonial dispute which has been going on for the last 16 years, a bench of Justices Vikram…
File photo: Apache attack helicopter NEW DELHI: The first consignment of three Apache attack helicopters from the US for the Indian Army is likely to reach the country on July 21 that will enhance the combat strength of the land force.The AH-64E, also known as “tanks in the air” due to its heavy-duty firepower, will…
Air India crash (Picture credit: AP) LONDON: Pilots should be filmed in the cockpit so that accidents can be investigated properly, International Air Transport Association (IATA) director-general Willie Walsh has said.“I can see there is a strong argument now for the inclusion of video in the cockpit to assist in accident investigations,” Walsh said in…
JAMMU: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court on Tuesday rejected the bail application of an accused in a narco-terrorism case. The petitioner, although under 18 at the time of arrest, was declared to be tried as an adult owing to the grave nature of the offences and his level of maturity as assessed by…
Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress president, took a jibe at Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday, claiming that the grand old party had to lend its member so that the BJP could form a government in the state.During a party workers’ gathering on his one-day visit to the state, Kharge stated, “The BJP had…
MUMBAI: An IndiGo A320neo aircraft operating a flight from Delhi to Goa suffered an in-flight engine shutdown forcing a diversion to Mumbai on Wednesday night. Twin-engine aircraft can divert and land safely with one working engine.IndiGo flight 6E-6271 landed safely at the city airport around 10 pm, said sources .An IndiGo spokesperson, said, “A technical…