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'Int'l police' racket busted, 6 held for extortion

NOIDA, Aug. 12 -- With police-style insignia and red-blue signboards, an "International Police & Crime Investigation Bureau" operated in Noida's Sector 70, claiming affiliation with Interpol, Internat... Read More


16-yr-old girl stabbed; juvenile, kin at large

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- A 16-year-old girl is battling for her life at a government hospital after a minor boy living in her neighbourhood at Sunder Nagri near Nand Nagri in northeast Delhi on Wednesday... Read More


Third security lapse at Red Fort in I-Day run-up

NEW DELHI, Aug. 12 -- A "dummy terrorist" from the Delhi Police's Special Cell snuck into the Red Fort, carrying mock explosives up to the children's enclosure for the Independence Day celebrations, w... Read More


Key accused in gang rape case arrested

Haridwar, Aug. 12 -- A 19-year-old man, alleged to be the key accused in connection with the gang rape of a 14-year-old girl, was arrested in Haridwar district on Sunday, a police officer said. SSP Pr... Read More


Verification drive for missing people begins in Uttarkashi

Uttarkashi, Aug. 12 -- District magistrate Prashant Arya said on Sunday that the administration has begun a verification exercise to trace those unaccounted for as uncertainty continues over the numbe... Read More


Cong demands FROM govt exact data of 'missing' people

Dehradun, Aug. 12 -- The Uttarakhand Congress on Sunday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for "not releasing the exact number of missing people" in the Dharali tragedy in Uttarkashi ... Read More


Facing backlash, Mann govt rolls back controversial land-pooling policy

Chandigarh, Aug. 12 -- Amid stiff opposition from political parties and farmer bodies, the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party government on Monday rolled back the controversial land-pooling policy. "Th... Read More


Giani Harpreet is head of SAD's breakaway faction

Amritsar, Aug. 12 -- Former Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh was unanimously elected as the president of the breakaway faction of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in a meeting of the deleg... Read More


LS clears revised I-T Bill

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Income-Tax (No 2) Bill -- a revised version of the earlier legislation - by extensively incorporating suggestions of the select committee of Pa... Read More


Explosion at US steel plant, several trapped under rubble

Clairton, Aug. 12 -- An explosion on Monday at a US Steel coking plant near Pittsburgh has left people trapped under the rubble, with emergency workers on site trying to rescue them, an official said.... Read More