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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

New Delhi, Oct 30: Amid tension on the border with Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today saluted the valour of the armed forces and lauded their sacrifice while dedicating the festival of Diwali to them. He hailed the people including celebrities for sending overwhelming messages to his "Sandesh2Soldiers" campaign. In his monthly "Mann ki Baat" programme on All India Radio, Modi also urged

New Delhi, Oct 30: Heavy casualties have been inflicted on the Pakistani side, he said, without giving further details. Army on Saturday said it has destroyed four Pakistani posts in a massive assault across the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Four Pakistani posts have been destroyed in a massive fire assault in Keran Sector,” an army official said

New Delhi, Oct 29: India is offering to buy hundreds of fighter planes from foreign manufacturers - as long as the jets are made in India and with a local partner, air force officials say. A deal for 200 single-engine planes produced in India - which the air force says could rise to 300 as it fully phases out ageing Soviet-era aircraft - could be worth anything from $13-$15 billion, experts say

New Delhi, Oct 29: Personal assistant of a Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha MP has been detained by Delhi Police in connection with the espionage racket in which a Pakistan High Commission staffer was expelled from the country and three persons were arrested. Farhat, the PA of SP's Rajya Sabha MP Munabbar Saleem, was detained last night, said a senior Crime Branch officer, adding his interrogation is

New Delhi, Oct 29: Amid the continuing ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along LoC, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today assured the nation that security forces were giving "befitting reply" to firing from across border and that the country will not bow down before anyone. "I want to assure the nation that the security forces are giving befitting reply to the firing from Pakistan. We will not

Srinagar, Oct 29: A BSF jawan was today killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops in Macchil sector along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. 28-year-old Constable Koli Nitin Subhash, hailing from Sangli in Maharashtra, was martyred this morning in firing by Pakistani security forces, a BSF official said. Subhash had joined BSF in 2008 and is survived by his wife and two sons aged

Srinagar, Oct 29: In a "barbaric" incident, terrorists, aided by the cover fire by Pakistani Army, tonight crossed the Line of Control and killed an Indian army jawan and mutilated his body in Macchil sector of Kupwara district of Kashmir. One attacker was killed in the incident which the Indian army said will be "responded to appropriately". "In an encounter close to the Line of Control this