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Srinagar: A most-wanted terrorist belonging to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed in an encounter with the Rashtriya Rifles in the higher reaches of Budgam district in central Kashmir, security officials said. While Kashmir-based Chinar Corps did not reveal the identity of the slain terrorist, officials...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Tuesday criticised the Odisha government for adjourning sine die the monsoon session of the assembly four days ahead of schedule and for not holding any debate on an amended mining law, claiming that the ruling BJP was "not interested in discussion" about...

Sidhi: In a daring daytime attack, miscreants arriving in multiple vehicles surrounded an Odisha Police team in the Chhuhiya Valley of Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh, Tuesday and freed an NDPS accused from custody after opening fire and assaulting the officers. The incident occurred in the...

New Delhi: In a scathing observation, the Supreme Court Tuesday said that most states tend not to follow the judgment in the 2006 Prakash Singh case in order to have directors general of police (DGPs) of their choosing. The observation was made by a bench...

Bhubaneswar: The Union Ministry of Education has forwarded to the state government a complaint alleging financial irregularities, conflict of interest and an alleged cover-up in the printing of school textbooks, adding another dimension to the ongoing controversy over errors in textbooks for Classes I to...

New Delhi: India Tuesday rejected the "unwarranted references" to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir made by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his address at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) recently, asserting that no external party has any locus standi on the issue....

Jammu: Four Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, including an assistant commandant, were killed after a colleague allegedly opened fire in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday evening, officials said. The incident took place at around 7.30 pm at Sewa-III hydroelectric power project located...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Tuesday stated that there are currently 163 Indian seafarers on board 12 commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf transiting through West of Strait of Hormuz. "At this point in time, we have six India-flag commercial vessels in...

New Delhi: Top leaders of the INDIA bloc will meet here Wednesday to finalise an action plan for a joint agitation over alleged irregularities in the SIR exercise and to press for CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, as the opposition group seeks to close ranks amid...

New Delhi: India hosted the 11th meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (JWG-CTTC) in New Delhi September 28 and 29 with delegations from all member states in attendance, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Tuesday. "The 11th...