COP WHO SAVED MAN FROM MOB TO BE FETED ON AUG 15

DEHRADUN: Sub-inspector Gagandeep Singh of Uttarakhand police who save a Muslim youth from an angry mob on May 22 at a Nainital temple, would be awarded by chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Independence Day. Singh is among 40 policemen who would be awarded for their commendable and outstanding service at the event. Singh would be awarded with ‘Sarahniya Seva Samman Chinha’. The S-I had saved the youth who was allegedly found with a Hindu girl at a temple in Ramnagar town of Nainital.

Maldives seeks withdrawal of Indian helicopters

NEW DELHI: The Maldives wants India to withdraw military helicopters and personnel posted there following the expiry of an agreement in June, its envoy said, in the latest snub to New Delhi by the Abdulla Yameen government. India and China are head-to-head in the Maldives, the Indian Ocean island chain, where Beijing is building roads, bridges and a bigger airport, upstaging India which has been the country’s prime provider of military and civilian aid for decades. India has opposed President Yameen’s crackdown on political rivals and the imposition of an emergency this year and some of the president’s rivals have called on New Delhi for military intervention, worrying the Maldivian government.d.

Discrimination in JAG: Delhi HC seeks Centre’s reply

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre asking it to explain how a person’s marital status affects the ability to become an officer in the Judge Advocate General (JAG). A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and