Bathinda (KP) - In another shameful situation for Punjab politics, two youth Akali Dal leaders have been arrested in separate incidents transporting illegal drugs across Punjab. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized several kilograms of heroin worth over 5 crore rupees from Rajinder Singh, a senior Youth Akali Dal leader, and his uncle Sukhchain Singh near Dera Baba Nanak border belt

New Delhi, The US had an “interest” in Punjab militancy and hatched a “covert action plan” in collusion with Pakistan’s ISI in 1971 to encourage a separatist movement in the border state, says a new book by a former top Indian Intelligence officer.

LONDON: A British court has held a 70-year-old Indian-origin woman and her son guilty of murdering his wife in a so-called ‘honour killing’. The wife had demanded divorce, which, the mother-in-law believed, would bring shame to the family.

Chandigarh, One of the longest assassination trials in India came to an end on Friday with a trial court here convicting six people for the 1995 murder of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh.

The Indian government today asked Australia to re-issue visa to Mohammad Haneef to facilitate his return in the wake of the dropping of terror charges against him by the Australian police.

The US showed an “interest” in Punjab militancy for a little more than a decade through the seventies and eighties before it waned after the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, says a new book by a former top Indian Intelligence officer.

Fervent protests and a deadly explosion quickly followed the Pakistani government’s first attempt to reopen Islamabad’s Red Mosque, which was closed after a standoff with Islamic militants killed over 100.

PESHAWAR: Rescuers searched for survivors yesterday after rain-triggered landslides and lightning killed more than 80 people and destroyed homes in three remote villages in northwestern Pakistan, officials said.

Pratibha Patil is to become India’s first woman president after winning a comprehensive election victory, Indian officials say. Mrs Patil, 72, won nearly two-thirds of votes cast in state assemblies and in India’s parliament, they said.

NEW DELHI: The 123 negotiations between the US and India spilled over to the third day even as it became apparent that the two sides are now engaged in a last-ditch attempt to salvage the deal that has been stuck over a few key issues