According to J&K’s additional DGP, Vijay Kumar, the encounter broke out when a joint team of police, army and CRPF were on an operation in Nagbal village

A weapon was recovered from a snatchers’ bike in Sector 16, Panchkula, on Tuesday

Five persons were found dead on the spot and three others succumbed to injuries while being taken to a hospital, officials said, adding three more injured were hospitalised in a critical condition

The Gayatri Mantra dedicated to Lord Ganesha is a prayer that inspires us to have only one goal in life, which is to unfold our personality to the fullest. Our profession is the means and the goal is inner joy. It is not about pleasing others or winning an award, recognition or title, rather we revel in bliss through a single-pointed pursuit.

The Punjab Police have got accused Sachin Thapan Bishnoi detained in Azerbaijan while the location of another accused, Anmol Bishnoi, has been traced to Kenya. Both had fled India on fake passports a month before the murder was committed on May 29.

Punjab Police special investigation team (SIT) claimed that the murder of singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moose Wala, was part of a long series of revenge killings between Bishnoi and Bambiha gangs. The probe team claimed it all started with the killing of Goldy Brar’s cousin Gurlal Brar in Chandigarh in October 2020 by the Bambiha gang.

After a lull on Thursday, the weather system is likely to get stronger from Friday and light to moderate rain is expected over the weekend.

According to official records, the PRTC on an average records a daily receipt of ₹ 2.2 crore, but almost ₹ 1.2 crore goes as free travel, cutting short the revenue of the state transport and making it fully dependent on the government. The previous Captain Amarinder Singh-led government had last year launched the scheme of free travel for women in government-run buses.

The UT administration was responding to a public interest litigation seeking directions to “ensure safety of life and property of the public” and that an inquiry be conducted by a high court judge in a time bound manner to fix responsibility for the Carmel Convent School tree mishap.