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Jammu, Nov 1: The BSF on Tuesday said it destroyed 14 posts of Pakistani Rangers in retaliatory action along the International Border (IB) in the Ramgarh and Arnia sectors of Jammu frontier. Eight people, mostly children and women, were killed and 22 injured when Pakistan troops resorted to heavy shelling on border hamlets and military posts with 82 and 120 mm mortar bombs along the IB and LoC in

New Delhi, Nov 1: Amidst a raging controversy over killing of eight SIMI activists who had fled from a jail, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said raising doubts and questioning the police should stop as no conclusion should be drawn on the basis of videos only. Rijiju said facts will come out soon and decried the "habit" of raising doubts and questioning the authorities and police in such

Jammu, Nov 1: Eight people were killed and 22 injured when Pakistan troops heavily shelled border hamlets and posts with mortar bombs along the International Border (IB) and the LoC in Samba, Jammu, Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir today. Two women were killed and 13 others injured during shelling with 82 and 120 mm mortar bombs in Rajouri, Jammu, Poonch districts. Army sources

London/ New Delhi, Nov 1: British defence major Rolls Royce made 'secret payments' of around 10 million pounds to an Indian defence agent that may have helped the company to win a big contract for engines on Hawk aircrafts used by the Indian Air Force, a media report said today. The person who is alleged to have received the secret payment of over 10 million pounds was arms dealer Sudhir Choudhrie

New Delhi, Oct 31: Congress and other opposition parties today demanded a judicial probe into the killing of 8 alleged SIMI members in an encounter near Bhopal, while BJP accused them of undermining the morale of security forces by raising questions over its authenticity. Congress and CPI-M sought a judicial probe so people get to know the truth, but the BJP accused the Congress of coming in

New Delhi, Oct 31: Traders' body CAIT today said that Chinese goods saw a 60 per cent decline in sales on Diwali this year as people preferred to buy Indian products after the boycott call on social media platforms went viral. According to the survey conducted in major cities by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), even traders showed lack of enthusiasm in selling Chinese products.

New Delhi, Oct 31: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today created ripples by alleging that there is a "widespread" fear that the phones of judges are being tapped and said if it is true, then it is the biggest assault on the independence of the judiciary. Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad promptly denied the allegations, saying the independence of judiciary is fundamental and

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 31: A severe drought is looming large over Kerala as the state has received deficient rainfall during the southwest monsoon. There has been a sharp decrease of rainfall to the tune of 34% during the south-west monsoon, according to figures released by the Indian Meteorological Department here. From June 1 this year to September 30, Kerala received 1352.3 mm rains against

Kinnaur (HP), Oct 30: The first installment of nearly Rs 5,500 crore has been paid for implementing the OROP scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said while asserting that he has "fulfilled the promise" he made to ex-servicemen on the issue that has been hanging fire for the last 40 years. The Prime Minister, while celebrating Diwali with army and ITBP personnel in Sumdo here, over 270 km

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 30: The alumni association of a prominent college has announced gold coins to the civic authorities which would kill the maximum number of stray dogs till December 10 in Kerala where four persons have lost their lives and over 700 have been injured in canine attacks in the last four months. In the wake of increasing stray dog menace in the state, office bearers of Old