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Mother, son killed in house collapse in Kishtwar

Jammu: A woman and her son were killed when their mud house collapsed due to heavy showers in Kishtwar district on Friday, officials said. The incident occurred in Drabshalla area, they said, adding that locals recovered the bodies from the debris, they said. The deceased were identified as Prithiv Raj (40), and his mother Ganya […]

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4,422 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath cave

Jammu: A batch of 4,422 pilgrims left a base camp here on Friday 3,880-metre-high Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir amid tight security. Over 1.5 lakh pilgrims from across the country have so far registered themselves for the 46-day pilgrimage, which takes place from the 36-km Pahalgam track in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district and […]

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Kartarpur Corridor: Pak has completed 80 per cent work on the project, officials

Kartarpur Corridor: Pak has completed 80 per cent work on the project, officials

LAHORE: Pakistan has completed over 80 per cent of the work on the Kartarpur Corridor from the zero line to Gurdwara Sahib, a senior engineer working on the project has said, as officials from India and Pakistan are scheduled to meet in a fortnight. The engineer expressed hope to finish the remaining work before the […]

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Pak will not dare attempt Kargil-like infiltration: Army chief

Pak will not dare attempt Kargil-like infiltration: Army chief

New Delhi: Pakistan will not dare to attempt to infiltrate India like it did in Kargil in 1999 because it has “seen the consequences”, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat said on Friday and asserted that the armed forces are keeping a tight watch in border areas. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of […]

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PM Modi to launch BJP’s membership drive in Varanasi

Varanasi/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his parliamentary constituency Varanasi Saturday to launch the BJP’s countrywide membership drive. “The drive will further connect people from all walks of life with the BJP family. It will strengthen our party,” Modi tweeted. “On the Jayanti of our inspiration, Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, BJP’s membership drive […]

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Convict in Rajiv assignation case granted one month parole

Chennai: The Madras High Court Friday granted one-month parole to Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, after she argued in person that she needed the time to make arrangements for her daughter’s wedding. A division bench of justices M M Sundaresh and M Nirmal Kumar directed Nalini to furnish sureties […]

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20 yrs of ‘Op Vijay’: Army launches special tribute video

New Delhi: A special video featuring an original tribute song celebrating the valour and sacrifices of soldiers and officers who took part in the Kargil war, was Friday launched here by Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat to commemorate 20 years of the conflict. Dedicated to Kargil heroes, the video features Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Olympic […]

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Water sharing between India, Pak: No new proposal under consideration, says Govt

Water sharing between India, Pak: No new proposal under consideration, says Govt

New Delhi: There is no new proposal under consideration for water sharing between India and Pakistan, the government said on Thursday. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha on whether there is any proposal for water sharing among India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Rattan Lal Kataria said an agreement […]

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5,522 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath cave

Jammu: The fifth batch with the highest number of 5,522 pilgrims so far left a base camp here for the holy cave shrine of Amarnath, located at a height of 3,880 metres in the south Kashmir Himalayas, amid tight security arrangements on Thursday. As many as 35,000 pilgrims had paid obeisance at the cave shrine […]

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2019 will be remembered as the year of bank frauds

2019 will be remembered as the year of bank frauds

Banks see whopping 73% spike in cheating

Banks see whopping 73% spike in cheating