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This is the dramatic moment a packed British holiday jet had to make an emergency landing at an Italian airport as hundreds of gallons of fuel leaked from a wing. The Boeing 757 belonging to holiday company Thomas Cook had just taken off from Turin’s Caselle airport en route to Birmingham, with 231 passengers who [...]

A mysterious consignment of 10 AK-47 rifles along with telescopes landed in Chennai in a cargo plane three days ago and now security agencies are hot on trail of a man from Uttar Pradesh. Yusuf, a resident of Varanasi and a Customs Clearing agent in Chennai, is on the run and the police are looking [...]

Court today rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and dismissed similar bail applications of Peru, Mahendra Yadav, Brahmanand Gupta, Balwant Khokhar, Krishna Khokhar and Ved Prakash. CBI earlier chargesheeted these six persons along with Sajjan Kumar in two cases for their involvement in November 1984 massacre of Sikhs. The two charge [...]

By Kitu Southall A 63 year old shopkeeper from Huddersfield has been stabbed to death by a group of youths who fled the scene with just small amounts of cash, cigarettes and sweets. Gurmail Singh, a leading and long serving community member later on died in Huddersfield’s Royal Infirmary on Sunday 3.30am. The attack took [...]

By  Kitu Southhall News of the beheading of Sikhs in the Orakzai areas near Peshawar has shocked the global Sikh community. Earlier unconfirmed reports from India suggested that the Pakistan Taliban had beheaded three Sikhs and dumped their heads at Bhai Joga Singh Gurudwara in Peshawar. The reports sent a wave of anger and revulsion [...]

LONDON: A popular Indian-origin shopkeeper in the Yorkshire town of Huddersfield has been killed while trying to repel members of a teenage gang who were trying to rob him. Gurmail Singh, 63, suffered head injuries and fell to the ground during the scuffle at his shop, and died of his injuries at the Huddersfield Royal [...]

LUDHIANA: In a tie-up that is likely to benefit thousands of commuters, Punjab Roadways would soon run 24 AC buses reportedly in collaboration with private contractors. While the transport department would look after diesel and maintenance costs, the contractor would give his bus for the purpose, in exchange of Rs 14 per km. Sources said [...]

LUDHIANA: The matter of defusing arms and ammunition recovered from the dry port is still hanging fire despite directives from Punjab and Haryana High Court. According to information, the district administration is still waiting for state government’s approval. The district administration started the process of defusing arms and ammunition recovered from the dry port by [...]

CHANDIGARH: Coming to the rescue of senior Congress leader Ashwani Sekhri, PPCC president Mohinder Singh Kaypee has withdrawn the showcause notice issued to him by the party’s disciplinary committee. Sekhri’s position had become awkward after GK Chatrath, heading the party’s state disciplinary unit, asked him to explain his outburst challenging the appointment of Fatehjang Singh [...]

ATTARI: “I am proud of my brother, he has not been killed, he has attained martyrdom for the honour of Sikh religion. He refused to convert to Islam and preferred to lay down his life,” an inconsolable Taranjit Singh told TOI here on Monday, a day after his cousin’s beheaded body was found. Pakistani Taliban [...]