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Despite tight security in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, terrorists threw a grenade near Hari Singh High Street. 7 people have been seriously injured in this attack. This grenade attack has taken place when security arrangements are very strict in the valley and intensive deployment of troops has been done everywhere. The injured have been admitted to the local hospital. Where ...

Delhi recorded poor air quality on Thursday for the first time this season, the Central Pollution Control Board said. The Air Quality Index, based on 33 air quality monitoring centres, was at 211. AQI between 201 to 300 is considered as poor. Indications of increased fire activity during the last 48 hours are visible from satellite imagery and further deterioration ...

Delhi may witness scattered rains over the next three-four days which will help reduce humidity and keep air quality within “satisfactory” levels, the weather office said on Monday. An official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said scattered light rains are expected in the national capital over the next three to four days which will help check humidity and pollution ...

After being pounded by heavy rain over the weekend, most parts of the Bihar capital remained submerged even as the state-wide death toll mounted to 25. In Patna, there has been a let up in rainfall since morning though the sky is overcast and the IMD has predicted showers later in the day. According to the state disaster management department, ...

A complaint was filed in a court here on Saturday seeking that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan be tried for waging war against the country and other offences for his speech at the UN General Assembly. Sudhir Kumar Ojha, a lawyer, who earlier filed petitions against Bollywood actors and top political leaders, moved his latest application in the court of ...

A young man and his girlfriend were found dead here inside a government office premises with their skulls blown away by gunshots in what police on Saturday suspected to be a case of a “failed” inter-faith romance driving the lovers to suicide. According to Superintendent of Police, Munger, Gaurav Mangla, bodies of Mohammed Asif and Riya alias Twinkle Yadav the ...

At least 18 people were killed in Bihar in lightning strikes during heavy rainfall since Tuesday, officials said here on Wednesday. According to the Bihar Disaster Management Department, lightning claimed altogether 18 lives with Gaya and Kaimur accounting for three casualties each, followed by Patna, Bhojpur, East Champaran, Siwan and Arwal (two each) and Katihar and Jehanabad districts (one each). ...

A 44-year-old businessman was shot dead allegedly by two unidentified bike-borne assailants after a scuffle broke out between them in northeast Delhi’s Jyoti Nagar area, police said on Tuesday. The victim, identified as Rajul Gupta, owned an electronic goods showroom in Jyoti Nagar. The incident took place outside his house on Monday night when Gupta was returning home after work, ...

A man was allegedly shot dead by two persons in northeast Delhi’s Bhajanpura area, police said on Saturday. Najim Khan was a resident of Subhash Mohalla in Vijay Park and used to operate a stall near Lal Qila, they said. Police said they received information regarding the incident on Friday night. Khan was taken to the GTB hospital where he ...

The odd-even road rationing scheme is set to return in the national capital from November 4-15, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announcing a slew of measures to combat high-level of air pollution during winters. Kejriwal said the odd-even scheme was part of the seven-point ‘Parali Pradushan’ (pollution caused by crop stubble burning) action plan that also includes mass ...