Added on August 1, 2025
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New Delhi: The government on Thursday said there have been eight air accidents that killed 274 people in the country so far this year. Apart from the Air India plane crash on June 12 that killed 260 people, there were three trainee aircraft accidents and four helicopter accidents. Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar […]
Added on August 1, 2025
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Chandigarh: The two soldiers killed in an accident in Ladakh were cremated with full military honours at their native places in Punjab on Thursday. Lt Colonel Bhanu Pratap Singh Mankotia and Lance Dafadar Daljit Singh died, and three officers were injured, when a boulder fell on their army vehicle in eastern Ladakh on Wednesday. The […]
Added on July 31, 2025
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New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday categorically said there was no third-party intervention in bringing about a ceasefire with Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, asserting that the halting of the military action was also not linked to trade as claimed by US President Donald Trump. Intervening in the special discussion on Operation Sindoor […]
Added on July 31, 2025
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New Delhi: No time-frame can be fixed for consideration of the demands for inclusion of more languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution since there are no fixed criteria at present, Rajya Sabha was informed Wednesday. In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the government is conscious of […]
Added on July 31, 2025
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New Delhi: Families of Pahalgam attack victims and many other people wanted the three terrorists to be shot in their heads and they met the same fate in Operation Mahadev, Home Minister Amit Shah said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Replying to the debate on Operation Sindoor in the House, Shah said during investigations […]
Added on July 31, 2025
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New Delhi: The Resistance Front, a proxy of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group, has found a mention in a UN Security Council (UNSC) report for its role in the Pahalgam attack, a move that is expected to bolster India’s diplomatic offensive against Pakistan-backed cross-border terrorism. The report by the UNSC’s Monitoring Team (MT) quoted one […]
Added on July 31, 2025
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Jammu: Two heavily-armed terrorists, believed to be members of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), were killed in a fierce gunfight as alert Army troops foiled their infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said. The encounter comes two days after security forces eliminated three hardcore terrorists, who were involved in […]
Added on July 31, 2025
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Boulder falls on vehicle in eastern Ladakh Leh: Two army personnel, including a Lt Colonel, died and three officers were injured when a boulder fell on an army vehicle, part of a convoy, in a remote area in eastern Ladakh on Wednesday, officials said. They said the accident occurred at Charbagh near Durbuk in Galwan, […]
Added on July 31, 2025
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New Delhi: India’s electricity demand is expected to grow by a moderate 4 per cent in 2025, after cooler summer temperatures in the first half of the year reduced consumption and shifted peak load to September, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said. In its mid-year update on electricity, IEA said while global power demand is […]
Added on July 31, 2025
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Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the imposition of a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming from India starting August 1, plus an unspecified penalty for buying military equipment and crude oil from Russia. The surprise announcement came a day after Indian officials said that a US trade team would visit […]
