Gangster sustains bullet injuries while attempting to flee in Punjab

IANS | December 13, 2023 7:03 PM

Chandigarh, Dec 13 (IANS) In a major action by the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of the Punjab Police, notorious gangster Karanjit Singh alias Jassa Happowal sustained bullet injuries on his both legs while attempting to escape from police custody in Zirakpur, near here, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Wednesday.

Centre proposes to expand definition of 'terrorist act'

IANS | December 13, 2023 3:10 PM

New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Centre has revised the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill, 2023, which was tabled by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the Lok Sabha on December 12, to replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) and proposed to expand the definition of “terrorist act” under the penal law by bringing within its fold threats to “economic security” and “monetary stability” of the country.

ASI official asked to explain pictures with car inside the Taj Mahal

IANS | December 13, 2023 12:56 PM

Agra, Dec 13 (IANS) After a group of women were made to apologise for performing yoga on a red sandstone platform at Taj Mahal, pictures of an official of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) clicking photos with a car inside the centrally protected monument, Mehtab Bagh, with the Taj in the background, have surfaced on social media.