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Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF) Tuesday said it targeted 76 Pakistani border outposts and 42 forward defence locations (FDLs) and destroyed three terrorist launch pads in strong retaliation to unprovoked firing and shelling by Pakistani Rangers along the International Border (IB) in the Jammu...

New Delhi: India is likely to receive above-normal rainfall amounting to 108 per cent of the long-period average in June, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Tuesday. The weather office said the country may receive 106 per cent of the long-period average rainfall of 87...

New Delhi: The US Embassy in India Tuesday warned international students studying in the US that if they "drop out, skip classes, or leave your programme of study" without informing the school, then their student visas may be revoked. The Embassy in a post on...

Pahalgam: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday held a special Cabinet meeting in Pahalgam, which was shaken by a deadly terror attack last month, to give a clear message that the government will not be "intimidated by cowardly acts of terror". After the...

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said terrorism practiced by Pakistan is not a proxy war but a deliberate war strategy and India will respond accordingly. Pakistan is engaging in war through terrorism, Modi said, while speaking about ‘Operation Sindoor’ at the urban development programme...

Chandigarh: A suspected Khalistani terrorist died in a blast while retrieving explosive material from a vacant area on the Majitha road bypass in Punjab's Amritsar Tuesday, police said. The intensity of the explosion, which took place around 9:30 am, was such that both arms of...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and state governments on a petition challenging the validity of several provisions of the Waqf Act, 1995. At the outset, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai indicated that it...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the ‘execution model’ to implement a mega project to indigenously develop a fifth-generation deep penetration advanced medium combat aircraft for the Indian Air Force India has been working on the ambitious AMCA project to develop the medium-weight...

Manama: Workers at Kohinoor and Evershine, two souvenir shops right at the entrance of Bab Al Bahrain, were taken by surprise when Indian parliamentarians made a surprise appearance at this historical market area of Manama Souq. Kohinoor is owned by an Indian, while Evershine is...

Chandigarh: Seven members of a family, comprising three minors, from Uttarakhand reportedly were found dead in a car parked on a vacant plot in Sector 27 of Panchkula in Haryana, police said Tuesday. Preliminary investigations indicate the family allegedly committed su*cide owing to mounting financial...