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DJ Varnika Kundu takes on VIP stalkers

India, April 19 -- The Varnika Kundu stalking case of 2017 brought national attention to issues of women's safety and the influence of political connections in criminal probes. On the night of August... Read More


SC axes Camelot project to protect Sukhna

India, April 19 -- The Rs.1,800-crore Tata Camelot multi-storeyed residential project, purported to be the tallest in the Union Territory, was conceived in 2007 by the Tata Housing Development Company... Read More


Panjab University's dwindling stature on the world stage

India, April 19 -- When the Times Higher Education World University Rankings started in 2013, everyone was in for a surprise as Panjab University was ranked number one in India. It defeated prominent... Read More


10-year-old Nepalese girl's rape by uncles shocks city

India, April 19 -- A 10-year-old Nepalese girl was found to be over 30 weeks pregnant in July 2017. Her parents had taken her to the hospital when she complained of abdominal pain, but doctors discove... Read More


Teen gangraped for two years; dentist, cloth trader booked

Chandigarh, April 19 -- A complaint of extortion by a Sector 19-based dentist has led police to uncover a shocking case of gangrape, involving a minor girl, which lasted over a two-year period. The d... Read More


Mohali police crack case in 24 hrs, 7 held

Mohali, April 19 -- A day after a broad daylight robbery at a jewellery shop in Zirakpur's Shiva Enclave, Mohali police have cracked the case within 24 hours by arresting seven members of a gang. The... Read More


AAP leader's son dies in road mishap

Chandigarh, April 19 -- A road accident claimed the life of Uday Singh, 25, son of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Vikram Pundir, after his motorcycle collided with a pole at the Sector 38/40 light point... Read More


UP woman, friend held for killing husband

MEERUT, April 19 -- A 25-year-old woman and her lover allegedly killed her 35-year-old husband by poisoning and strangulating him and tried to pass it off as suicide in Bareilly district of Uttar Prad... Read More


TMC has no right to be in power: Scindia

Indore, April 19 -- Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday targeted the ruling TMC over the recent violence in West Bengal, saying that it has no justification to remain in power as it "failed ... Read More


Key depts get new heads in bureaucratic rejig

New Delhi, April 19 -- Senior IAS officer Arvind Shrivastava was on Friday appointed the new revenue secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre. An order, issued by... Read More