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Killing of 3 alleged KZF militants in Pilibhit: Local trader registers FIR against pro-Khalistan groups for ‘extortion calls’

The trader apprehended that the three alleged KZF militants came to Pilibhit to target him as he did not pay ₹10 lakh extortion to him

Pilibhit businessman Malkeet Singh lodged the FIR on December 28, said police. (For Representation)

Published on Dec 29, 2024 09:21 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

UK soldier under Punjab Police lens was declared PO in 2011 UAPA case

As per the police dossier, accessed by HT, Jagjeet Singh and his associates were planning to target heads of religious sects to vitiate communal harmony in the state by recruiting youth from Punjab

Police investigating the attack on an outpost in Gurdaspur district on December 18. (Sourced)

Updated on Dec 25, 2024 08:46 AM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh

Princess Diana's hairdresser shares unseen anecdotes, calls her hair ‘disaster'

Richard Dalton, Princess Diana's former hairstylist, just released a memoir that offers never-before-heard stories from his service to the beloved royal

Richard Dalton, Princess Diana's former hairstylist, has unveiled a deeply personal memoir(Instagram / @ lady.diana._)

Published on Sep 03, 2024 06:47 PM IST

ByAadrika Sominder

Prince Harry is ‘bored’ as ‘difficult’ Meghan makes it impossible for him to…

Prince Harry yearns for past connections in the UK, struggles to reconnect with old friends due to Meghan's perceived difficulties.

FILE - Britain's Prince Harry, right, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, arrive to a wheelchair basketball match at the Invictus Games in Duesseldorf, Germany, Sept. 13, 2023. Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will visit Nigeria in May 2024 for talks on the Invictus Games, which he founded to aid the rehabilitation of wounded and sick servicemembers and veterans, a Nigerian official said Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)(AP)

Published on Jul 08, 2024 06:22 AM IST

ByAditi Srivastava

Prince Harry's long-time friend asks King Charles III this

King Charles III connects with a British Army veteran over shared cancer experiences as he snubs Prince Harry.

A new book has claimed that Prince Harry asked his father, King Charles, a heartbreaking question after he was asked to leave Frogmore cottage (AP/PTI, James Manning/Pool via REUTERS)

Published on May 14, 2024 08:15 AM IST

ByTuhin Das Mahapatra

British Army celebrates Sikh festival of Holla Mohalla

This year’s British Army Sikh Holla Mohalla event took place at the Ash Ranges in Hampshire, south-east England, on Tuesday and involved traditional games such as tug of war and quoits as an ode to the military forebears who played these games

Sikhs have been serving in the British Army since the 1800s and there were many Sikh regiments in the British Indian Army, who won battle honours including Victoria Crosses for immense bravery. (PTI)

Updated on Mar 23, 2024 08:32 AM IST

ByPress Trust of India

6 years, 14 extensions later Koregaon Bhima Commission’s work still unfinished

It has been six years since the caste conflict broke out at Koregaon Bhima and the work of the Commission to probe into the events that led to the clashes is yet to be completed after 14 extensions

It has been six years since the caste conflict broke out at Koregaon Bhima and the work of the Commission to probe into the events that led to the clashes is yet to be completed after 14 extensions. (HT)

Updated on Dec 26, 2023 06:28 AM IST

ByNadeem Inamdar, Yogesh Joshi

Watch | India, UK armies exhibit military synergy on Day 5 of 'Ajeya Warrior-23'

The exercise, which is conducted biennially with the United Kingdom, alternates between the UK and India.

Soldiers of the 2 Royal Gorkha Rifles from the UK and Indian Army soldiers from the Bihar Regiment are participating in the exercise. (ANI)

Published on May 01, 2023 04:08 PM IST

ByLingamgunta Nirmitha Rao | Edited by Kunal Gaurav

Animal rights group PETA is suing UK military, a request to King Charles as well

PETA has long campaigned to stop using the fur of Canadian Black Bears.

PETA: The animal rights group has developed a prototype replacement hat.

Updated on Dec 10, 2022 06:26 AM IST

Sikh prayer books issued to British military personnel, a first in 100 years

UK Military: The British military had first issued Nitnem Gutkas more than a century ago.

UK Military: The books called Nitnem Gutkas were issued by the UK defence Sikh network at a ceremony in London.

Published on Nov 10, 2022 04:24 PM IST

UK deploys soldiers to clear backlog of truck drivers as France closes border

Around 1,000 soldiers were deployed after France first briefly closed its border to the UK, then demanded coronavirus tests from all amid fears of a new, apparently more contagious, virus variant.

A board showing the French speed limits is set on the Eurotunnel site, meters before the tunnel linking France to Britain, in Coquelles, northern France (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Published on Dec 25, 2020 10:20 PM IST

London | ByAssociated Press

Queen Elizabeth’s birthday marked with smaller ceremony

The extravagant display of pomp and pageantry, a highlight of the royal calendar that typically attracts thousands of tourists to line the streets of central London, has only been cancelled once before during almost 70 years of the queen’s reign — in 1955, during a national rail strike.

The queen celebrated her 94th birthday on April 21, but her “official” birthday has always been marked with the Trooping the Color parade in June. (HT Photo)

Published on Jun 13, 2020 03:38 PM IST

London | ByAssociated Press

JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE : Year on, Amritsar admn yet to identify spot to build memorial

It has been nearly a year since Capt Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government had directed the cultural affairs and tourism department to build a memorial with soil from all 13,000 villages of Punjab to mark centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, but the authorities have failed to even identity a spot for the memorial in the holy city.

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Published on Jan 30, 2020 11:11 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Amritsar | ByAnil Sharma, Amritsar

‘Shoot me’: INA veteran court-martialed for deceiving British government

Initially Parmanand fought World War-II as a British Army soldier and was made a Prisoner of War. Later, he joined INA and was arrested for spying British bases.

INA veteran Parmanand at his residence in Fazilpur Badli, Farrukhnagar in Haryana.(HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 15, 2019 11:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurugram | ByArchana Mishra

Singapore to Gurugram in ₹45: INA veteran recalls his 1,500 km journey

The INA veteran, Jagram, who left British Army to join the Subhash Bose-led INA, was invited to Rashtrapati Bhawan last week for a reception held in honour of freedom fighters.

Jagram, who lives in Sector 15 with his son and daughter-in-law, said it was the turning point of his life when he decided to join INA.(HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 15, 2019 11:39 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurugram | ByArchana Mishra

World Cup 2019: Red Devils enthral fans, hand match ball to umpires before England-New Zealand final

England vs New Zealand: The parachutists jumped from a helicopter and landed at the venue and handed over the ball to the umpires to mark the opening of the blockbuster championship clash.

Members of the Red Devils, the British Army's Parachute Regiment display team, deliver the match ball ahead of the 2019 Cricket World Cup final.(AFP)

Updated on Jul 14, 2019 03:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Jallianwala Bagh massacre: Modern Britain needs to come to terms with its own history

While a verbal apology would be in order (considering the spread of Britain-India relations in all sectors --social, economic and political), the Jallianwala Bagh massacre is actually one of many such misdemeanours of the British government during its long rule in India.

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh pay homage at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar(HT PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 11, 2019 08:40 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

Heirs of havaldar who fought Bhima Koregaon battle apply for caretaker status of the Vijay stambh

Vijay stambh (victory pillar) at Bhima Koregaon was erected by the British to commemorate the victory of their army comprising Mahars and other communities over the Peshwas in 1818.

The stambh area located at Perne Phata in Bhima Koregaon village has been cordoned off with armed policemen on standby round the clock.(HT/ FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 11, 2018 03:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByHT Correspondent

First Sikh guardsman in UK Army tests positive for cocaine, could be kicked out

Charanpreet Singh Lall, who was born in Punjab moved to the UK with his family as a baby. He later joined the British Army in January 2016.

Guardsman Charanpreet Singh Lall of the Coldstream Guards became the first soldier to wear a turban during the Trooping the Colour parade in central London, Britain, in June 2018.(Reuters File Photo)

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 11:30 AM IST

London | ByPress Trust of India

Hidden ammunition storage room discovered in Red Fort

The chamber in Red fort may have been originally used to store ammunition although when it was discovered it, the crypt was full of mud and no explosives or firearms were found.

During the cleaning of rampart at Lahore Darwaza of Delhi’s Red Fort, a spot from where the Prime Minister addresses the nation every Independence Day, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has stumbled upon a hidden underground chamber.(HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 21, 2018 05:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByParvez Sultan

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