ASI killed for saving daughter from eve-teasers; SAD leader booked
Amritsar, December 5
A Punjab Police assistant sub-inspector was allegedly shot dead by Akali leader Ranjit Singh Rana near Chheharta police station on the GT Road here today after he stopped him and his accomplices from molesting his daughter.

Wailing daughter and relatives of the deceased Ravinderpal Singh. Tribune photo

China cautions India against oil exploration
Beijing, December 5
China today cautioned India against any “unilateral” attempt to pursue oil exploration in the disputed South China Sea, saying that it is opposed to nations outside the region to intervene in the disputed area.

GMR caught in political polarisation in Maldives
New Delhi, December 5
Having warned Maldives of adverse consequences in the wake of its controversial cancellation of the GMR Group’s Male airport project, the assessment in the Ministry of External Affairs is that the development portends polarisation of politics in that country with New Delhi as the target.

Namdhari’s police remand extended by two days
New Delhi, December 5
A Delhi court today extended sacked Uttarakhand Minorities Committee chief Sukhdev Singh Namdhari’s police custody by two days. He is booked under charges of murder in the Ponty Chadha shootout case. Metropolitan Magistrate Rajinder Singh extended Namdhari’s police custody till December 7 saying he was required to be interrogated for the recovery of the alleged weapon and vehicle used in the crime.