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Pigeon carrying ‘IED blast’ note puts Jammu station on high alert

Jammu railway station has been put on high alert after officials of the Border Security Forces (BSF) found a pigeon carrying a threatening note at the India-Pakistan international border. According to officials,…
Earthquake of 3.5 magnitude hits Kashmir

Srinagar: An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale hit Kashmir on Thursday, but there was no damage, officials said. They said the epicentre of the quake was in Kupwara district…

UP magistrate resists Hindutva group pressure over false land grab

A government officer stood his ground and refused to be bullied by a Hindutva organisation in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district, which alleged that a Muslim man had encroached on government land. Mau…
‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ resumes in Bihar

Sheikhpura: The ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar resumed on Thursday after a day-long break, with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav accusing the Nitish Kumar government of “lacking vision” and “merely copying his ideas”…
UAE-based Indian tycoon Yusuff Ali donates Rs 10 cr for Wayanad rehabilitation

Thiruvananthapuram: United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian businessman and LuLu Group Chairman, M A Yusuff Ali, has donated Rs 10 crore to the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund (CMDRF) to aid families affected…
Court sets August 28 to hear Shahi Jama Masjid-Harihar temple dispute case

Sambhal: A court in Chandausi on Thursday fixed August 28 to hear the ongoing Shahi Jama Masjid-Harihar temple dispute. The matter was listed for hearing before civil judge (senior division) Aditya Singh.…
Schools in Delhi receive bomb threats; students evacuated

New Delhi: Several Delhi schools have again received bomb threat emails, prompting extensive search and evacuations of the staff and students, the authorities said on Thursday. Six schools in the national capital’s…

Monsoon session of Parliament to conclude on Thursday

New Delhi: The monsoon session of Parliament is set to conclude on Thursday after running for nearly a month since July 21. The proceedings in both Houses — the Lok Sabha and…
Russian oil continues to flow to India: First Deputy PM Manturo

Moscow: Russian oil and energy resources continue to flow to India as Moscow sees potential for LNG exports, Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturo said on Wednesday. “We continue to ship…
MEA rejects Bangladesh’s allegations of Awami League activities in India

Dhaka: The interim government on Wednesday urged India to take immediate steps to ensure that no anti-Bangladesh activity is undertaken by any Bangladeshi national from its soil. In a statement, the Foreign…
Telangana CM pushes for lower Assembly poll age limit of 21

Hyderabad: Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, August 20, called for the age limit to contest in Assembly elections to be reduced to 21 years from the present 25 years. While offering…
Chhattisgarh: 8 Naxalites carrying collective bounty of Rs 30L surrender

Narayanpur: Eight Naxalites, including two women, carrying cumulative rewards of Rs 30 lakh on their heads, surrendered before the security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Wednesday, police said. The Naxalites turned…
Junaid Khan mob lynching case: HC rejects prime accused bail plea

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday, August 20, rejected the bail plea for prime accused Naresh Kumar in the 2017 mob lynching case involving 16-year-old Junaid Khan. “This Court, looking…
Nine armed poachers arrested in Palamau Tiger Reserve crackdown

Latehar: Nine armed poachers were arrested in Jharkhand’s Palamau Tiger Reserve on Wednesday, an official said. Among the items seized from them were eight country-made guns, 400 gram of gunpowder, 14 gram…
J&K: Expanded search underway to trace missing persons in cloudburst-hit village

Chisoti: The expanded search operation continued in this cloudburst-hit village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on the seventh day on Wednesday, officials said, as Principal Secretary, Home, Chandraker Bharti, chaired a…