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The Army on Friday killed six militants near the Line of Control (LoC) as it foiled fifth infiltration bid from Pakistan into Kashmir in three days, raising to 12 the total number of infiltrators gunned down during this period The six militants were killed in Uri sector during a counter-infiltration operation launched on Friday after the troops detected movement of ...

The Supreme Court today upheld the validity of the law making Aadhaar mandatory for allotment of PAN and filing of Income Tax(IT) returns but exempted those without it for now until the larger privacy issue is decided. In effect, those who possess an Aadhaar card must link it to their Permanent Account Number(PAN) card and those who have enrolled and ...

The main accused in the Saharanpur caste violence and Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar, alias Ravan, was yesterday arrested from Dalhousie in Chamba district in a joint operation of the UP Special Task Force and the Himachal Pradesh Police. Chandrashekhar, a 30-year-old Dalit rights activist, who had been absconding since clashes broke out in Saharanpur last month, was carrying a reward ...

Public sector oil marketing companies will revise petrol and diesel prices across the country on a daily basis, Indian Oil said on Thursday. Currently, fuel prices are revised on a daily basis across the country, except five cities. The oil marketing companies had earlier implemented daily revision of petrol and diesel prices on a pilot basis in Udaipur, Jamshedpur, Puducherry, ...

Contingents of Rapid Action Force (RAF) were today deployed in Madhya Pradesh’s violence- hit Mandsaur district where the situation remained tense. Two companies of RAF, comprising around 100 men each, have moved into Pipliamandi in Mandsaur, the site of Tuesday’s shooting of five farmers, police said. While two companies of RAF have been posted in Garoth area in the district, ...

A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two drivers and a conductor in a private bus in Omalur on Monday night. She later managed to raise an alarm, alerting villagers, who rescued her and handed over the accused to the police. The police said the girl left home at 11.30 a.m. after an argument with her parents in the city. ...

Bhubaneswar: A student today allegedly attempted self-immolation in front of the CBSE’s regional office here protesting alleged discrepancies in XII results published by the Board. The student, who has been detained by the police before he could lit the match stick, said he attempted the drastic step over the alleged discrepancies in CBSE class 12 results and “inordinate delay” in ...

Amarnath Yatra -2017 from 29th June to 7th August this year The process of registration of pilgrims for Amarnathji Yatra 2017 has commenced from all the Bank Branches from March 01, 2017 onwards. Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board chaired by the Governor, Jammu and Kashmir has issued following procedure for registration of yatris through bank:- 1. The registration and issue of ...

India today scripted history as it successfully launched its heaviest rocket GSLV MkIII-D1 carrying communication satellite GSAT-19. The 43.43 metre tall rocket lifted off at 5.28 pm from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here and launched the 3,136 kg GSAT-19, the heaviest satellite to be launched from the country yet, into orbit about 16 minutes ...

At least 22 passengers were charred to death and 15 injured when a bus burst into flames after crashing into a lorry on the national highway here early today. The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) bus, carrying 41 passengers from Delhi, was on its way to Gonda in eastern Uttar Pradesh when the accident took place near Bada ...