A personal security officer (PSO) of murdered liquor baron Ponty Chadha, deployed at his farmhouse in Delhi's Chhattarpur area, has committed suicide by shooting himself in his house in Gurgaon, police said on Thursday. ...
01:04 AM, Mar 01, 2013
As India and Pakistan clashed in the Security Council over relevance of the UN observer group at the LoC, a spokesperson for UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the force can be terminated only by a decision of the 15-nation body. ...
12:29 PM, Jan 23, 2013
The judicial custody of sacked Uttarakhand minority panel chief S S Namdhari and nine others, arrested for their alleged role in the murder of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother, was extended on Friday till January 24 by a Delhi court. ...
06:40 PM, Jan 11, 2013
The judicial custody of sacked Uttarakhand minority panel chief SS Namdhari and his PSO Sachin Tyagi, who were arrested for their alleged roles in the Ponty Chadha shootout case, ends on Thursday. ...
06:33 AM, Dec 27, 2012
United Nations: The end of 2012 will see India complete an eventful two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, leaving the high-table of the world body with confidence of returning "very" soon having established its credentials as a dominant global power. India joined the 15-nation Council in January, 2011, after a gap of 19 years, winning an overwhelmingly high number of votes, which its Permanent Representative...
03:45 PM, Dec 21, 2012
United Nations: India has called for "zero tolerance" towards gender-based violence as it noted that protection of human rights of women in armed conflict continues to pose a "pressing" challenge. "The promotion and protection of the human rights of women and girls in armed conflict continue to pose a pressing challenge. There should be zero tolerance for gender-based violence," India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri said...
12:29 PM, Dec 01, 2012
New Delhi: Former Uttarakhand minorities commission head Sukhdev Singh Namdhari will be produced in a Delhi court on Wednesday after his five-day police custody ends. Namdhari is accused in a case related to the double murder of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep. Delhi Police is likely to seek further custody of Namdhari with investigators claiming that they have to collect more evidence. Namdhari was arrested last week...
08:59 AM, Nov 29, 2012
New Delhi: The noose is tightening around sacked Uttarakhand Minorities Commission chief Sukhdev Singh Namdhari's son, maternal uncle and driver in the twin murder case of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep Singh at a farmhouse in Delhi's Chhatarpur area. The police suspect that the Namdhari's son tampered with the pistol that was allegedly used in the shootout at the farmhouse. On Tuesday Delhi Police Crime Branch officials...
01:48 PM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: Sukhdev Singh Namdhari has claimed that the plans to take over the Chhatarpur farmhouse from Hardeep Singh had been hatched several days in advance by liquor baron by Ponty Chadha. Delhi Police took Namdhari, who was brought to Delhi from Uttarakhand, to the farmhouse where the two brothers - Ponty and Hardeep - were killed and have also recovered a double barrel gun and a pistol. The police...
11:42 AM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: Sacked Uttarakhand Minorities Commission chairman Sukhdev Singh Namdhari has been arrested on the charges of trespassing in the double murder case of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep Singh by Delhi Police on Friday. Namdhari, who was a close aide of Ponty Chadha, was present at the Chhatarpur farmhouse in Delhi on November 17 when the two brothers allegedly opened fire at each other. Namdhari is...
05:53 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Police are now investigating the conspiracy angle in the double murder of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep Singh. On Tuesday, four people including Ponty Chadha's two guards were arrested and it is becoming increasingly clear that if the police had act on time the bloodshed could have been avoided. Delhi Police and forensic teams have been been looking for clues at Farm Number 42...
11:37 AM, Nov 21, 2012
United Nations: India will showcase its low-cost Aakash tablet at the UN, highlighting the country's innovation involved in creating the "most competitively priced" tablet computer. India's Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri said a presentation on the tablet will be held on November 28 at the world body's headquarters here to which UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will be invited. Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO of Canada-based Datawind, which...
01:39 AM, Nov 03, 2012
United Nations: Citing its non-proliferation record, India told the UN Security Council that given its ability and willingness to promote global non-proliferation objectives, its membership of the four nuclear export control regimes should be "the next logical step." India's Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri said India has never been a source of proliferation of sensitive technologies and it is determined to further strengthen its export control systems...
02:50 AM, Apr 22, 2012
United Nations: India has given over $ four million to the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF), bringing to nearly $ 30 million its total contribution to the entity launched in 2005 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the then US President George Bush for promotion of democratic values. India's Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri handed over a cheque for $ 4.17 million on Friday to UN Secretary General...
06:30 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Boston: India has expressed worry over the events unfolding in the Ivory Coast, saying the situation in the West African country is deteriorating "by the hour" and hoped that a solution would be worked out between the warring factions. "We are extremely worried about the unfolding situation (in Cote d'Ivoire)," India's envoy to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri told. He said the UN Security Council is reviewing the situation in...
10:25 AM, Apr 11, 2011
Talks have been on for an international treaty to tackle terrorism. ...
09:38 AM, Oct 09, 2009
Hardeep Singh Kohli is on the panel of judges for the Bookers this year. ...
06:27 PM, Sep 07, 2008
