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Attari (Punjab): Union Ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Puri on Wednesday crossed over to Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah joint check post between India and her neighbour for the Kartarpur Corridor ceremony, and termed it a “historic step”. Both Ministers will represent India when Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will later perform the ground breaking […]

Srinagar: Two militants were killed and three soldiers injured in a gunfight on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district, police said. Security forces had started a cordon and search operation in Kuthpora village after receiving specific information about militant presence. As the search party was closing on the hiding militants they fired triggering an […]

Mumbai: Barely 72 hours after the Centre announced a pre-election bonanza of distributing a staggering 55,649 new petrol pumps in the country, the apex body of their dealers plan to challenge the move in court, a top office-bearer said here on Wednesday. The All India Petrol Dealers Association (AIPDA) President Ajay Bansal said that the […]

Aizawl: Polling is underway for 40 seats to elect a new Mizoram Assembly. Nearly 15 per cent of the over 7.68 lakh electorate cast their votes in the first two hours on Wednesday, officials said. “Till 9 a.m., 15 per cent voter turnout has been recorded,” an Election Commission official said. Around 11,100 security personnel […]

Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday filed a supplementary chargesheet against an accused, Ahmed Kamal Shaikh alias Ahmed Lambu, for his alleged involvement in the March 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, an official said. The CBI lodged the supplementary chargesheet before the Designated TADA Court in the case registered 25 years ago. Thirteen […]

Mathura: Two persons, including a tourist guide, were arrested here on Tuesday for gang raping a young Non-Resident Indian (NRI) in this temple town, police said. The victim, settled in South Africa, had come with a woman friend to Mathura three days back and was allegedly raped in a beauty parlour at Dampier Nagar on […]

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja has been diagnosed with throat and mouth cancer, doctors announced here on Tuesday after a surgery on Monday evening. Jadeja, 56, was admitted to the HCG Hospital in Ahmedabad and a team of doctors led by Kaustubh Patel performed the surgery. Hospital sources said the surgery […]

Yangon: India has extended a $5 million aid to Myanmar in the second round of funding under the Myanmar-India Friendship Project, authorities said on Tuesday. The cash assistance was handed over by Indian Ambassador Vikram Misri to Myanmar Minister of Border Affairs Lt-Gen Ye Aung on Monday, reports Xinhua news agency. Myanmar and India signed […]

Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer and a constable along with an Indian Army soldier were injured in a gunfight in a Jammu and Kashmir village in Kulgam district on Tuesday, police said. The gun battle in Redwani village started earlier following specific inputs about militant presence. At least two to three militants […]

Kolkata: A passenger on board a Jet Airways Kolkata-Mumbai flight was arrested on Monday here after a fellow passenger heard him using words like “terrorist” and “destroy” over telephone, police said. Yogvedanta Poddar, was forced to deboard and handed over to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) after a co-passenger overheard his telephonic conversation and […]

Agra: The World Heritage Week celebrations came to an end on Sunday, after a series of activities including a cleanliness drive at historical monuments, a painting contest, ritualistic welcome of foreign guests and a photo exhibition. The 17th century Monument of Love — Taj Mahal — was visited by more than 40,000 tourists on Sunday, […]

Bengaluru: Former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader from Karnataka Jaffer Sharief died at a private hospital here on Sunday following a heart attack, a party official said. He was 85. “Sharief passed away around 12.30 p.m. at Fortis Hospital in the city centre. “He was admitted on Friday after he collapsed at home. He […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his monthly radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat’ has always been apolitical and that he has always raised issues of social relevance through it. “I have never used Mann Ki Baat to raise political issues or tom-tom government’s achievements. It has been a platform where issues of […]

Ayodhya: Ayodhya is a fortress ahead of the ‘Dharma Sabha’ organised on Sunday by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) where prominent Hindu seers were likely to spell out their stand and strategy for construction of a grand Ram temple. The Uttar Pradesh administration has taken over the town. The massive rally is expected to begin […]

Jaipur: The Election Commission (EC) has issued a notice to senior Congress leader C.P. Joshi after the state’s BJP unit submitted a written complaint against him for making caste-based remarks at a public gathering in Rajasthan. The Bharatiya Janata Party submitted the complaint on Friday for his comment that “only Brahmins have the right to […]