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Srinagar: One militant was killed on Friday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said. The militant’s body was recovered from the gunfight area in Gandole village of Kokernag area. “Firing has now stopped, but a search operation is ongoing. Identity of the victim is being ascertained,” the […]

Srinagar: Clashes erupted between stone pelting youths and the security forces in some parts of the Kashmir Valley immediately after the Eid prayers ended on Wednesday, police said. The security forces used tear smoke shells to disperse the protesters in Srinagar’s Eidgah area. Similar protests occurred in Anantnag, Sopore and Kupwara towns. The police said […]

Mumbai: At least four persons, including an elderly woman, were killed and 16 others injured on Wednesday when a massive fire ripped through a highrise building here, officials said. The fire broke out on the 12th floor of 17-storeyed Crystal Tower building located in Parel. The flames quickly spread to the 13th floor and adjacent […]

Jakarta: Indian shooters Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma bagged the gold and bronze medal, respectively in the Men’s 10 metre Air Pistol final in the ongoing 2018 Asian Games here on Tuesday. Saurabh clinched the gold after a score of 240.7 while Abhishek stood third scoring 219.3. Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan secured the silver with […]

Jakarta: Shooter Deepak Kumar handed India it’s third medal at the ongoing 2018 Asian Games after he clinched silver in the Mens 10m Air Rifle category here on Monday. Deepak finished second with a score of 247.7 while compatriot Ravi Kumar finished fourth scoring 205.2. It was also the 30-year-old’s first medal at the Asiad. […]

Thiruvananthapuram: A total of 724,649 people are sheltering in 5,645 camps following “one of the worst ever floods” in Kerala that has claimed some 370 lives and caused widespread destruction, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Sunday. “Our prime concern was to save lives. It appears it has been met,” Vijayan told the media amid […]

Jaipur: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s remains will be immersed in three water bodies of Rajasthan, the Mahi in Banswara, the Chambal in Kota and in the Pushkar Sarovar, said BJP state president Madal Lal Saini on Saturday. He said state minister Arun Chaturvedi will bring Vajpayee’s remains to Jaipur from Delhi on August […]

New Delhi: Senior leader Ashutosh on Wednesday quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), citing personal reasons. “Every journey has an end. My association with AAP which was beautiful/revolutionary has also an end. I have resigned from the party (and) requested (it) to accept the same,” he tweeted. “It is purely from a very very personal […]

Miami: NASA on Sunday said it had launched Parker Solar Probe, the US space agency’s historic small car-sized probe, on its seven-year space odyssey that will take it gradually closer to the Sun at 3.8 million miles. The spacecraft, launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, will transmit its first scientific observations in […]

Washington: NASA is targeting Sunday for the launch of its historic small car-size probe to “touch the Sun” from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida after its scheduled launch on Saturday got scrubbed. NASA cited the cause of delaying the launch as a “violation of a launch limit”. “The launch of a United Launch […]

Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan will take over as Prime Minister on August 18 and Indian cricket legends Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Navjot Sidhu have been invited for the swearing-in ceremony, a party spokesperson said on Friday. Javed Khan, Additional Information Secretary of PTI, said the members of Imran Khan’s 1992 World Cup […]

New Delhi: The Monsoon session of Parliament saw 20 bills being passed by the two Houses, out of which 22 were introduced in the Lok Sabha and one in the Rajya Sabha, according to an official release. The 20 bills passed by the two Houses includes four bills related to Goods and Services Tax (GST) […]

Bengaluru: Tibetans are ready to be a part of China if guaranteed full rights to preserve their culture, the Dalai Lama said on Friday. Tibetans are not asking for independence. We are okay with remaining with the People’s Republic of China, provided we have full rights to preserve our culture,” the 83-year-old spiritual leader said […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday granted more time to former Telecom Minister A. Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others in the 2G spectrum case to file their replies to a CBI plea challenging their acquittal. Justice Najmi Waziri allowed the pleas of some accused seeking more time to file response on the […]

Thiruvananthapuram: At least 18 people were killed as heavy rains and landslides hit parts of Kerala early today, officials said. According to the disaster control room sources, 10 people were killed in landslides in Idukki, five in Malappuram, two in Kannur and one in Wayanad district. Three persons are missing — one each in Wayanad, […]