Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday slammed the reported “innocent mistake” theory floated by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) about chief minister Parkash Singh Badal having cleared the file for the construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal in 1978. “Presuming that it was an innocent mistake, which …

A private bus owned by a transport company of Gidderbaha Akali leader Hardeep Singh ‘Dimpy’ Dhillon crushed a motorcycle borne couple in Zira, a sub division of Ferozepur, on Monday. The husband, Avtar Singh died on the spot while his wife was critical. The driver abandoned the bus and fled …

MOSCOW (AP) – Rebels in Syria shot down a Russian combat helicopter Monday amid fierce fighting around Aleppo, killing all five people on board in the deadliest single incident for the Russian military since it became embroiled in Syria’s civil war 10 months ago. The helicopter downing came as the …

ISTANBUL (AP) – Turkey summoned a German diplomat Monday over a court decision that prevented President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from addressing a demonstration in Germany, while the top U.S. military official visited Ankara as Turkey navigated through increasingly strained relations with key allies. The government has expressed growing annoyance over …

CAIRO (AP) – The weekend’s hot balloon crash in Texas has been a grim reminder of a similar but deadlier accident in Egypt three years ago, when 19 foreign tourists burned to death or jumped to their deaths from the burning balloon as their sunrise flight over the famed temples …

Ahmedabad/New Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming Assembly Elections in the state, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Monday offered to resign, saying it was time for new leadership to take over. In a Facebook post written in the Gujarati language, Patel called upon the BJP leadership to “relieve” her from …

Dharamsala: Soon after Gujarat Chief Minster Anandiben Patel offered to resign, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the development was the result of the Aam Aadmi Party’s growing popularity in the state. Taking to microblogging website Twitter, Kejriwal cited sources as saying that BJP president Amit Shah will replace Patel …

A defiant Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann on Monday told a committee set up to probe his Parliament House videography issue that he has not breached the security, which members said was a contradiction as he has already tendered an unconditional apology for his act to the speaker. …