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Adi Kailash Yatra likely to be postponed

PITHORAGARH: The winter edition of Adi Kailash Yatra will likely be postponed due to unprecedented chill and freezing water, officials familiar with the matter said.

SONEPAT MAN BOOKED FOR RAPING, IMPREGNATING 15-YEAR-OLD

Sonepat police have booked a shopkeeper for raping and impregnating a 15-year-old girl, who delivered a premature baby girl on Friday.

8 ALUMNI OF MOHALI INSTITUTE COMMISSIONED INTO ARMY, IAF

Eight alumni from Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (MRSAFPI), Mohali, were commissioned into the Indian Army and Air Force on Saturday.

Of the 491 cadets who passed out of IMA, 35 are from 13 friendly countries; Nepal army chief reviews parade

A total of 491 cadets passed out of the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, as officers on Saturday, including 456 from India and 35 from 13 friendly countries with the passing-out parade (PoP) for the autumn course.

24-yr-old woman burnt to death by mob, 43 booked

THE WOMAN SUFFERED FROM WALKING DISABILITY AND DIED ON THE SPOT

DELIVERY OF PUBLIC SERVICES TOP PRIORITY, SAYS CM SAINI

Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday said ensuring uninterrupted delivery of public services is the top priority of the Haryana government and officials have been asked to ensure that benefits of welfare schemes reach people without any delay.

Gangster wanted for brutal double murder killed in Meerut encounter

NEW DELHI: A 39-year-old gangster, wanted for a brutal double murder in east Delhi on Diwali, was killed in a fierce gun battle with police teams from Delhi and UP in Meerut's TP Nagar area early on Saturday morning.

KEJRIWAL SEEKS MEETING WITH HOME MINISTER SHAH ON LAW & ORDER

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal has written to Union home minister Amit Shah, seeking an urgent meeting to address what he termed the \"dire\" law and order situation in the national capital.

GGM COURT GIVES LIFE TERM TO FOUR MEN FOR 2020 MURDER

GURUGRAM: A city court sentenced four men to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering a man with a knife and broken beer bottles after a petty argument over fetching a bottle of liquor in January 2020, police said on Saturday.

Top court exonerates former IPS officer charged in narcotics case

THE TOP COURT QUASHED THE ORDERS OF BOTH THE SPECIAL JUDGE AND THE HIGH COURT AGAINST BHARTI ARORA

Battlefield New Delhi: Kejriwal set to take on sons of two former CMs

NEW DELHI: As the national capital heads for a high-octane assembly election, nothing exemplifies the contest more than the likely showdown in the city's highest-profile seat - New Delhi - where former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal may face the sons of two former Delhi CMs.

8 schools get bomb threat; day after alert at 30 others

NEW DELHI: At least eight more schools in Delhi received hoax bomb threats via email on Saturday morning, marking the third such incident targeting educational institutions in the city this week, and the second in as many days.

Any plans to open more labs to check cooking oil adulteration, HC asks Centre

The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has directed the Centre to apprise the court whether it has plans to open more laboratories to check adulteration of miscible oil in cooking oils available in the market.

BID ON SUKHBIR BADAL'S LIFE: POLICE GET 2 MORE DAYS TO GRILL CHAURA

AMRITSAR: The local court on Saturday extended the police remand of former militant Narain Singh Chaura by two more days.

SAD shuns events to mark foundation day

AMRITSAR: Amid the turmoil in the party, for the first time in recent history Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) did not observe its foundation day on December 14 on a large scale.

3 HELD FOR BLAST SENT TO SIX-DAY POLICE REMAND

The Gurugram police have taken the three suspects arrested for the Sector 29 blast outside two nightclubs on remand for six days, police officials said on Saturday.

Lives of farmers committing suicides more valuable than mine, says Dallewal

Veteran farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death entered the 19th day on Saturday, said the lives of those farmers, who are committing suicide because of the \"wrong policies of governments\", are more valuable than his.

24x7 water supply, e-buses among AAP's promises for Jalandhar and Phagwara

JALANDHAR: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday launched its campaign for the December 21 municipal elections, coming up with five-point agendas for Jalandhar and Phagwara municipal corporations.

Chief secretary slams brakes on promotion of 8 ADGPs as DGPs

Home dept initiated the process of promoting the 1994 batch officers in November last month

One held in fake Canadian visa, passport racket

Cold weather conditions persisted across many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Saturday, with Faridkot shivering at a minimum temperature of one degree Celsius, the meteorological department said.

3 KZF operatives arrested for grenade attack at police post

JALANDHAR: Days after the hand grenade attack at the police post, Asron in Nawanshahr, counter-intelligence (CI), Jalandhar, in a joint operation with SBS Nagar district police, have successfully cracked the case masterminded by the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) with the arrest of three members of the terror module.

'JUSTICE NOT A TOOL FOR PRIVILEGED, BUT A SHIELD FOR THE MARGINALISED'

The law must not serve as a mere tool for the privileged but act as a shield for the marginalized, Supreme Court judge, Justice Surya Kant, emphasised on Saturday, highlighting the interplay between justice and compassion and urging the legal community to adopt these twin principles as guiding beacons in the pursuit of equity and fairness.

FARM LOANS UP TO ₹2 LAKH TO BE COLLATERAL FREE, SAYS RBI

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked all banks to waive collateral, mortgage and any margin deposits against farm loans up to a limit of ₹2 lakh, the central bank said on Saturday.

South Korean prez impeached

SEOUL: South Korea's parliament on Saturday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his stunning and short-lived martial law decree, a move that ended days of political paralysis but set up an intense debate over Yoon's fate, as jubilant crowds roared to celebrate another defiant moment in the country's resilient democracy.

Bishnoi jail interviews: Punjab home dept recommends DSP's dismissal

The Punjab home department has recommended dismissal of a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) who was named as a \"key conspirator\" in connection with facilitation of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's interview to a private news channel while in incarceration.

Hry women's panel vice-chief, her driver held on graft charges

ACCUSED HAD SOUGHT ₹1-LAKH BRIBE TO DISPOSE OF A COMPLAINT AGAINST A JBT TEACHER BY HER WIFE: ACB SPOKESPERSON

Series reaching a tipping point

As cricket moves to Gabba, this is where one team might gain a psychological advantage over other

At the nets, Gill, Pant show they mean business

BRISBANE: There was a time when the eve of a match would mean that the venue would be a beehive of activity.

Winning ploy: Play long, tire Ding out

BENGALURU: Grzegorz Gajewski was on his way to dinner on Thursday night, running through lines for Friday's possible tiebreaks when Ding Liren blundered and lost in what was seemingly a drawn game.

France's Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as PM

PARIS: Veteran centrist figure, Francois Bayrou, became France's fourth prime minister in a year, on Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron named his longtime ally as the new head of government.