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Police held the mastermind of undertrial excape
Panchkula: The Panchkula police have arrested the mastermind behind the prisoner escape incident. The police arrested Mandeep, alias Mani, a resident of Sector 41, Chandigarh. Mani, a key member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, was an engineering student and close friend of gangster Sampat Nehra, who had freed Deepak Kumar from the custody of the Panchkula police on June 17.
EC to continue hearing office of profit case against AAP MLAs
In a major jolt to the AAP, the Election Commission has ruled that it will continue hearing a plea against the party's nearly two dozen MLAs for allegedly holding office of profit, despite the Delhi High Court setting aside their appointment as parliamentary secretaries. The office of profit petition was filed against 21 AAP MLA
DU announces first cut-off list
Delhi University has announced its first cut-off list for the academic year 2017-18 for merit-based undergraduate courses, with many registering a drop in cut-offs across colleges. The highest was 99.66 per cent for BSc (Hons) Electronics in SGTB Khalsa College. In humanities stream, Khalsa again set the highest cut- off at 99 per cent for BA (Hons) Political Science, according to the list available on DU website
Deputy SP was killed by the same people he protected: J-K BJP
The Jammu and Kashmir BJP today condemned the lynching of a police officer outside the Jama Masjid in downtown Srinagar, claiming he was killed by the people he was protecting. "Henchmen of a few people derive sadistic pleasure by lynching and killing people just to appease their bosses sitting across the Line of Control (LoC)," state BJP spokesman Khalid Jehangir said
Passports to be in both English and Hindi
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today announced that passports would now be in both Hindi and English, and not just in English.
Two arrested for lynching officer outside mosque
Srinagar: Two persons were arrested in the wee hours today in connection with the lynching of a police officer by an irate mob outside Jamia Masjid in downtown area. "Two persons have been arrested so far and a third has been identified. All of them (involved in lynching of the officer) will face the law," DGP S P Vaid told reporters on sidelines of the wreath laying ceremony of slain officer Mohammad Ayub Pandit at district police lines here.
Kovind files nomination in presence of PM, NDA CMs
New Delhi: NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind today filed his nomination papers in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a battery of NDA chief ministers and party leaders. BJP President Amit Shah and party veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi were present during the filing of nominatons. All chief ministers of BJP-ruled states and its allies except Manohar Parrikar of Goa and Mehbooba Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir were present.
53 diarrhoea cases reported in Mandi
Mandi; Deputy Commissioner, Mandi, Sandeep Kadam visited the village yesterday and reviewed the situation. He directed the officials concerned to provide adequate water supply with proper chlorination.
25 tourists stranded at Saach Pass rescued
Chamba: All the 25 tourists stranded at Saach Pass on the Chamba-Killar high-way due to inclement weather are safe, said Chamba Deputy Commissioner Sudesh Mokhta here today.
BJP denies horse-trading
Shimla: Reacting sharply to the charge of horse-trading in elections of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) leveled by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, the BJP today said that it only guarded its councilors from poaching by the ruling party.