Mastermind of Rs 8.49 cr heist Mandeep Kaur, her husband arrested from Uttarakhand

Chandigarh (IANS) Punjab Police on Saturday succeeded in its operation "cage the queen bee" with the arrest of mastermind of Rs 8.49 crore heist Mandeep Kaur, alias Mona, and her husband Jaswinder Singh from Uttarakhand.

Commissioner of Police…

4.8-magnitude quake jolts Assam

Guwahati (IANS) An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted Assam on Friday.

According to the National Centre of Seismology, the quake struck on 10.16 a.m. and the epicentre was at a depth of 70 km in Bangladesh's Sylhet region.

Cyclone Biparjoy expected to downgrade over Saurashtra, Kutch

Kutch (IANS) The very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy, currently over Saurashtra and Kutch which moved northeastwards with a speed of 13 kmph during the past six hours, will weaken significantly on Friday.

It is currently situated approximately…

UNGA President 'looking forward' to celebrating Int'l Yoga Day with PM Modi

United Nations (IANS) UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi is looking forward to celebrating the 9th International Day of Yoga with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the world body's headquarters in New York on June 21 as the latter will begin…

5 foreign terrorists killed in encounter at LoC in Kashmir

Srinagar (IANS) Five foreign terrorists were killed in an ongoing encounter at the Line of Control in Kashmir's Kupwara district, officials said on Friday.

"Five foreign terrorists killed in the encounter. Search in the (Jumagund) area…

Mob sets Central minister's house on fire in Imphal

Imphal (IANS) Violating curfew, a mob vandalised and set ablaze Union Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh's house in Imphal town of Manipur, officials said on Friday.

According to police officials, a mob of 200…

Giani Raghbir Singh is new Jathedar of Akal Takht

Chandigarh (IANS) In a surprise decision, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday appointed Giani Raghbir Singh as the new Jathedar of the Akal Takht, replacing Giani Harpreet Singh.

The decision was taken at an emergency…

Nadda hauls up BJP MPs for not taking interest in party programmes

New Delhi (IANS) BJP national president J. P. Nadda has hauled up party MPs for not showing interest in party programmes.

For the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the saffron party has been running a special campaign Maha Jan Sampark Abhiyan from May…

Bengal Governor visits violence-hit Bhangar, interacts with common people

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Friday visited Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, the epicentre of the recent violence clashes over nomination for the July 8 panchayat elections.

Just an hour before the Governor…

Former Tamil Nadu DGP gets 3 yrs imprisonment in sexual harassment case

Chennai(IANS) A local court in Villupuram on Friday sentenced former Tamil Nadu Special DGP Rajesh Das to three years of imprisonment in a sexual harassment case.

The accused was charged of sexual harassment by his junior woman IPS officer…