North Korea is buying Chinese surveillance cameras in a push to tighten control, report says Seoul (South Korea): North Korea is putting surveillance cameras in schools and workplaces and collecting fingerprints, photographs and other biometric information from its citizens in a technology-driven push to monitor its population even more closely, aRead More

Indian Ambassador Devyani Khobragade dresses as ‘apsara’ on Cambodian New Year Phnom Penh (Combodia): Indian Ambassador to Combodia Devyani Khobragade, who was at the centre of a controversy that fuelled tension between India and the US in 2013, surfaced on social media in an image from a photo shoot dressedRead More

Hafiz Saeed’s aide who killed Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh shot in Pakistan New Delhi: Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh and close associate of LeT terror outfit founder Hafiz Saeed, was killed by unidentified gunmen in Lahore on Sunday,Read More

Punjab: Congress first list out, faces rebellion on key seats Chandigarh: With the announcement of candidates for Punjab, rebellion stares the Congress in the face. Keeping in mind the impending rebellion by ticket claimants against the candidates whose names were discussed in the central election committee meeting, AICC general secretaryRead More

Chirag Antil, 24-year-old Indian student, shot dead in car Vancouver: Vancouver: Amid a series of students killed in foreign, another student from India was shot dead in Canada’s South Vancouver, police said on Saturday. According to the statement released by the police, the deceased student was identified as 24-year-old ChiragRead More

Amritsar: ‘Jallianwala Bagh toll 57 more than recorded’ Amritsar: More than a century has passed, but the ambiguity over the exact number of martyrs in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre continues to pique interest of researchers. In the latest development, a research team of Jallianwala Bagh Chair at Guru Nanak DevRead More

Sikhs celebrate ‘Khalsa Sajna Divas’ on New York Assembly premises Amritsar: Sikhs, under the banner of the World Sikh Parliament, celebrated ‘Khalsa Sajna Divas’ (Baisakhi) on the New York State Assembly premises. The occasion is celebrated as National Sikh Day in various states of the US. New York Assembly memberRead More

Israel says Iran attack ‘foiled’ amid fears of wider conflict Jerusalem: Iran’s unprecedented overnight attack on Israel has been “foiled”, the Israeli military said on Sunday, with hundreds of missiles and drones intercepted with the help of the United States and allies. Iran had launched more than 300 drones andRead More

Sydney knife attacker shot dead after killing 6 in Bondi mall Sydney: An attacker who fatally knifed six people in a mall was shot dead by police in Sydney’s beachside suburb of Bondi on Saturday, police said, as hundreds fled the scene. The assailant was shot by a police officerRead More

Manish Tewari to contest from Chandigarh, Vikramaditya from Mandi Chandigarh: The Congress on Saturday finalised the names of a few Lok Sabha candidates from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh at a meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee here. The CEC meeting for Himachal Pradesh was attended by Congress presidentRead More