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‘Thumbs’ excluded from border parade

Indian and Pakistani border guards have done away with the “insulting display of thumbs” as part of the marching drill exhibited during the daily ceremonial retreat at the Attari-Wagah Border.

Amarinder Singh plans World War 1 book

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51 dead in Haryana & Punjab due to floods

The continuing moonsonal floods across large tracts of Haryana and southern Punjab have already cost 51 human lives apart from hundreds of crores in the large scale devastation to the canal network, rural roads and thousands of acres sown with summer paddy.

Punjab storm over MLAs’ Scotchland trip

The decision to send 12 legislators on a trip to distilleries in Scotland while Punjab desperately grapples with an unprecedented flood situation has raised a huge storm with politicians of all hues crying foul over the “blatant abuse of authority and taxpayers’ money”.

‘Sultan’s daughter’ arrested for extortion

A young woman posing as the daughter of the Sultan of Dubai was arrested in Punjab after she tried to extort large sums of cash from families of the 17 Indians currently on death row in Sharjah for the murder of a Pakistani national.

Army in a spot over Kargil War history

The Army’s decision to seek a review of the Armed Forces Tribunal judgment ordering a rewrite of the official Kargil War history to accurately reflect Briggadier Devinder Singh’s execution of the vict

Haryana blames Punjab

Haryana’s irrigation minister Ajay Singh Yadav has demanded exemplary action against Punjabi farmers who “deliberately” caused breaches in the Ghaggar river embankment to divert Monsoonal flows into the incomplete Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal to cause massive flooding in both states.

Pakistan spy has PAN card, driver’s licence from Delhi

Pakistani spy Kashif Ali, arrested in Chandigarh, has been found to be in possession of a PAN (permanent account number) card issued by the income tax department and is believed to have been paying his taxes to establish his Indian alias, Pawan Kumar.

Fresh breach in Punjab’s Ghaggar

A fresh breach in the seasonal Ghaggar river embankment inundated dozens of villages in the southern Punjab district of Mansa amidst heavy downpours early on Sunday morning.

Rao has closed-door meet with Dalai

Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao has concluded a series of meetings with top functionaries of the Tibetan government-in-exile, including the Dalai Lama, at McLeodganj (Dharamsala) in Himachal Pradesh.

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