“This time, I will not leave papa,” says eight-year-old Zohra, whose poignant image of tears rolling down her cheeks during her father’s funeral last-year had taken social-media by storm. A year-on, her family has managed to convince her that her father will return one day. Abdul-Rasheed-Shah, an ASI of J&K police, was shot dead by militants in Anantnag district of south-Kashmir on Aug-28 last-year.

ASI has allowed tourists to take photographs within the premises of centrally protected monuments after Prime Minister Narendra Modi questioned the rules. In Rajasthan, there are 163 protected monuments being conserved by the ASI while state-protected monuments are 227. The monuments coming under ASI list includes the magnificent fort of Chittaur, Ranthambore Fort, Sun Temple, Medha Ji Ka Mahal and Kala Pahar Temple .

An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) posted at Fatehgarh Churian police station near Batala was suspended for "misconduct" after he touched the feet of Punjab minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa at his Qadian residence, police said on Tuesday. ASI Palwinder Singh, who was in police uniform, entered the minister's residence on Monday and touched his feet seeking some favour from him, they said.