The Supreme Court on Wednesday appointed a panel comprising two of its former judges to examine the justification for closing 241 anti-Sikh riot cases probed by the Special Investigation Team.

Punjab Police DSP Avneet Kaur Sidhu has won 4 medals in shooting and AIG Ashish Kapoor won 2 medals in Tennis events during the World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) held from August 7 to 17 in Los Angles, USA.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "dividing" the country by allowing the BJP cadres to "beat up Dalits and kill minorities".

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has expressed profound grief over the sad demise of Jathedar Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib, Giani Mall Singh, who passed away on Tuesday after a brief illness.

A teenage girl returning home after attending the Independence Day function at her school here was sexually assaulted by a man on Tuesday, police said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for a "New India" that will be free of casteism, communalism, terrorism and corruption as he urged those wielding the gun in Kashmir to join the mainstream so that the Kashmir problem is solved through "embrace".

Many countries are actively helping India in the war against terror, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on the deaths of over 60 children in a government hospital in Gorakhpur and called for a detailed report.