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New Delhi, Jul 12: With Kashmir on the edge, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has postponed his visit to the United States to attend the Indo-US Homeland Security Dialogue scheduled for next week. A Home Ministry official cited the busy schedule during the coming Monsoon session of Parliament beginning July 18 as the reason for the deferment of the visit. However, tension in Kashmir Valley in the wake

Mumbai, Jul 11: State Bank of India has expressed its inability to divulge details of loans given to Vijay Mallya and his now defunct Kingfisher Airlines in response to an RTI query, holding that the matter is sub-judice and being looked into by investigation agencies. Mumbai-based RTI activist Anil Galgali had asked SBI about the total amount of loans given to the beleaguered businessman and his

New Delhi, Jul 11: In mounting troubles for embattled Vijay Mallya, markets regulator Sebi has stepped up its probe into the fund diversion from his erstwhile listed group firms to other entities, including some abroad and his various sport ventures. With the latest disclosures taking total suspected fund diversion at United Spirits alone to over Rs 2,500 crore, the Sebi is also referring to the

Srinagar, Jul 11: The death toll in the clashes between protesters and security forces in Kashmir mounted to 23, as normal life remained paralysed for the third day today in the Valley due to curfew-like restrictions and separatists- sponsored strike in the wake of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter on Friday. "Two persons have died in an incident of violence in

Srinagar, July 10: Kashmir continued to be on the boil with five more people, including a cop, getting killed in violence today, raising the death toll to 20, even as curfew- like restrictions were in place and Mobile internet services remained suspended. Amarnath Yatra also remained suspended for the second day owing to the unrest in the valley in which over 200 people, many of them police and

Srinagar, July 10: A police driver was killed today after a mob pushed his mobile bunker vehicle into river Jhelum in Anantnag district of Kashmir even as there was no trace of three cops reported missing since yesterday following a mob attack on a police station. In another incident, a head constable of police was shot in both legs by militants last night at his residence in Tral area of Pulwama

Srinagar, Jul 10: Normal life was hit for the second day today in Kashmir Valley due to curfew-like restrictions and strike following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. The restrictions have been imposed in most of Kashmir Valley as a precautionary measure. Restrictions have been imposed in most areas of Srinagar city and four districts of south Kashmir, officials said. They

New Delhi, Jul 10: Captain Radhika Menon, first woman captain of the Indian Merchant Navy will receive IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea, the government had said on Saturday. "Menon, Master of the oil products tanker Sampurna Swarajya, is to receive the 2016 International Maritime Organisation Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea for her role in the dramatic rescue of seven fishermen from a

Washington, Jul 10: A legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives by a bipartisan group of US lawmakers which if passed by the Congress would prevent Indian companies from hiring IT professionals on H-1B and L1 visas. The 'H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2016' introduced by New Jersey's Democratic Congressman Bill Pascrell and Republican Dana Rohrabacher from California would

Srinagar, Jul 10: A youth was today killed in fresh clashes between locals, protesting the gunning down of Hizbul Mujhaideen poster boy Burhan Wani, and security forces in Pulwama district, taking the death toll to 16 in the violence which also left 200 people injured. An 18-year-old youth was critically injured in clashes between protestors and security forces at Newa in Pulwama this morning, a