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Srinagar, Oct 3: One BSF jawan was killed while another injured when terrorists tonight carried out a 'fidayeen' (suicide) attack on a BSF and adjoining army camps in Baramulla, barely four days after the Indian Special Forces smashed seven terror launch pads during a surgical strike across the Line of Control (LoC). The terrorist, who ganied entry into the 46 RR camp through an adjoining BSF camp

Bengaluru, Oct 2: The Supreme Court's direction to form the Cauvery Water Management Board (CWMB) latest by Wednesday has left Bengaluru in a difficult situation. The formation of the board is likely to deprive the city of its share of Cauvery water as Bengaluru was never recognised as a part of the Cauvery basin.The state government has called for an emergency meeting of the Bangalore Water

New Delhi, Oct 2: The nation today remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 147th birth anniversary, with President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders paying floral tributes to him at his memorial here. Vice President Hamid Ansari, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior BJP leader L K Advani also paid tributes to the Father of the Nation. "Gandhiji made this world a

New Delhi, Oct 1: As much as Rs 65,250 crore of blackmoney was declared during the four-month compliance window -- the Income Declaration Scheme -- that ended on September 30, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. Jaitley said 64,275 declarations were made in the four- month window and this figure could go up once all the declarations filed online and manually are compiled. The money declared

Udhampur, Oct 1: Army chief Dalbir Singh on Saturday visited the Northern Command headquarters in Udhampur and took stock of the operational preparedness along the border in the wake of heightened tension with Pakistan following India's surgical strikes against terror camps across the Line of Control. “Gen. Singh arrived at the Northern Command headquarters this morning and chaired a high-level

Jammu, Oct 1: Violating the ceasefire again, Pakistani troops today targeted Indian posts and civilian areas with mortar bombs and heavy machine guns along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor tehsil. There was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the firing, which started at 0330 hours and ended at 0600 hours. Indian troops guarding the border retaliated effectively, defence sources said.

New Delhi, Oct 1: India's biggest auction of telecom spectrum kicks off on Saturday with seven operators in fray for a total of 2,354.55 MHz across seven bands, towards which a reserve price of Rs 5.66 lakh crore ($85 billion) has been fixed by the government. The companies that have qualified for the auction are Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Reliance Communications, Idea

Delhi, Sept 30: The Centre today issued a country-wide alert asking the states to heighten vigil to foil any attempt by Pakistan-based terror groups to carry out attacks amid apprehensions of backlash by terrorists after the surgical strike on their launch pads in PoK. In a advisory, the Home Ministry conveyed to the states that additional forces should be deployed in all sensitive places

New Delhi, Sep 30: The Supreme Court today set aside the Patna High Court order granting bail to controversial RJD leader Shahabuddin in a murder case. The apex court ordered that either the gangster-turned- politician should surrender or Bihar Police should take him in custody "forthwith". A bench comprising Justice P C Ghose and Amitava Roy directed the state government and the lower court to

New Delhi, Sep 30: All attempts are being made to secure the release of an Indian soldier, who inadvertently crossed over to Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today. Singh said the government has taken note of the reports which stated that an Indian soldier is in Pakistan's captivity. "All attempts are being made to secure his release," he told reporters here. The Home Minister also said