The Chandigarh Police has confirmed that it has retrieved CCTV footage of the incident of alleged stalking by Haryana BJP chief’s son Vikas Barala and his friend, who followed an IAS officer’s daughter’s car on her way home. “The Chandigarh Police have retrieved footage of five CCTV cameras on the route, capturing the chase of victim’s vehicle by the alleged ...

Suspended Pune police constable couple Dinesh Rathod and Tarkeshwari Rathod, who lied about climbing the Mount Everest and circulated morphed photos of their ‘mountaineering feat’ in May last year, have been dismissed from the force, a senior official said today. The couple was suspended in November last year after a probe panel formed by the police called out their lie. ...

Police claimed to have cracked the mystery of the murder of a woman whose body was found in Bhujiyaghat in Haldwani after arresting her husband for the crime. Police said that Anil Kumar, who works as a driver in the Indian Army and is posted in Haldwani Cantt, was angry over his wife delivering a girl eight months ago and ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover which found evidence that ancient Mars had the right conditions to support microbial life has marked five years of exploring the red planet. Curiosity, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago, is examining clues on that mountain about long—ago lakes on Mars. On August 5, 2012, the mission team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, ...

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy today accused the Chandigarh Police of doing a “somersault” on a case involving the Haryana BJP chief’s son, accused of stalking a woman, and said he would file a PIL in the Punjab and Haryana High Court for a court-monitored CBI probe into the incident. “With my associate lawyer AP Jagga on attempted abduction of an ...

Recently, Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply informed the Rajya Sabha that as on July 27, 11,44,211 PANs have been identified and deleted or de-activated in cases where multiple PANs were found allotted to one person. A person cannot hold more than one PAN. A penalty of Rs. 10,000 is liable to be imposed ...

Heavy rain may cause Tehri dam reservoir levels to rise to critical state, said dam officials who have written to district magistrates of downstream districts to be prepared for overflowing of Ganga and its tributaries when excess water is released. The warning letter has been issued to district administration of Tehri, Pauri, Dehradun and Haridwar. This would cause Ganga and ...

Vijender Singh’s undefeated streak in Pro boxing remained intact with a win over Chinese Zulpikar Maimaitiali in Mumbai. Infront of a hugely supportive home crowd the 31 year old bronze medalist was adjudged the victor with a 96-9, 95-94 95-94 scoreline at the end of a grueling 10 round match. Vijender dedicates title to Indo-China peace; ready to return Zulpikar’s ...

NDA nominee M Venkaiah Naidu was today elected as the next Vice President of India by securing over two-thirds of votes leaving opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi far behind. Naidu got 516 votes out of total 771 votes cast while Gandhi could only manage 244 votes. Of the total 771 votes polled, 11 were found to be invalid. Although 785 MPs ...

A partial lunar eclipse will take place on August 7 night and will be visible from across the country. “Starting from 10.52 p m, the full moon will enter the Earth s shadow in space and create a spectacular celestial phenomenon, which is commonly known as partial lunar eclipse. This will be the first properly visible lunar eclipse this year,” ...