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PATIALA: Retired Chandigarh DSP Dilsher Singh allegedly shot AAP functionary Nitin Nanda after a quarrel at a wedding near Anandpur Sahib in Punjab’s Ropar district Wednesday. The bullet hit Nanda in the back of the head, and he was rushed to PGI Chandigarh 80km away for surgery. A case of attempted murder has been registered…

NEW DELHI: Undercurrents of two-decade-long discontent over the apex court framing service rules for state judicial officers brimmed over on Wednesday with the Allahabad high court bluntly telling Supreme Court to adopt a “hands-off approach” over the issue.Allahabad HC, which in the recent past has been censured by Supreme Court for delays in deciding cases,…

NEW DELHI: Mocking Ottawa’s decision to designate it a terror group, Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for Monday’s killing of 68-year-old Indian-origin millionaire Canadian businessman Darshan Singh Sahsi. The group said the target refused to pay “protection money”, reports Rajshekhar Jha.The group has also claimed responsibility for firing at Punjabi singer Channi Nattan’s residence…

EKTA NAGAR, NARMADA: Women empowerment in police and paramilitary forces will be in the spotlight during this year’s Rashtriya Ekta Diwas parade here on October 31, to be presided over by PM Narendra Modi.Sporting crisp uniforms, women officers will lead marching contingents of all the participating state police and central paramilitary forces, save NSG. And…

NEW DELHI: After she retired from Supreme Court, Justice Ranjana Desai has had no time to relax, having been asked to head six commissions on a range of issues – from electricity to delimitation and uniform civil code to revision of pay scales for central government employees.Justice Desai, 76, who was part of the bench…

NEW DELHI: A year after troop disengagement between India and China from the two remaining face-off sites at Depsang and Demchok in Ladakh, there is no actual de-escalation on the ground, with the rival armies set to remain forward deployed for the sixth successive winter, reports Rajat Pandit.The military thrust amid diplomatic detente is to…

VIJAYAWADA/HYDERABAD: Cyclone Montha weakened into a deep depression Wednesday after leaving a trail of destruction across Andhra and Telangana – from overflowing lakes and collapsed homes to snapped power lines and stranded trains, report Madhu Rasala, Amisha Rajani & Shiva Kumar Pinna.A 90-year-old woman, of Palnadu in Andhra, was killed after a mud wall collapsed…