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Jammu, Feb 13: The mortal remains of nine soldiers who died in an avalanche on Siachen glacier were today brought down to Siachen base in Ladakh sector from where they will be later taken to Leh after the weather clears. "All the mortal remains have reached Siachen base camp today," a senior Army officer said. Choppers ferried them to Siachen base from the high altitude post after a brief

Chennai, Feb 13: Senior Congress leader and Leader in Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad announced on Saturday that the party will contest the upcoming Assembly election in Tamil Nadu in an alliance with DMK. Azad, after meeting the DMK chief Karunanidhi at his residence in Chennai, announced the news to reporters, “DMK and Congress will fight Tamil Nadu assembly elections in alliance. Our

New Delhi, Feb 13: India and the UAE have strongly condemned state sponsors of terrorism and use of terrorism as a state policy, according to a joint issued on Friday, the concluding day of the three-day visit to India of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Commander of the USE Armed Force Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The statement said that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sheikh

New Delhi, Feb 13: India is "disappointed" that the US has approved the sale of eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan and it plans to summon the US ambassador to New Delhi to convey its "displeasure". "We are disappointed at decision of the Obama administration to notify the sale of F-16 aircrafts to Pakistan. We disagree with their rationale that such arms transfers help to combat terrorism," the

New Delhi, Feb 12: JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on Friday in connection with a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy over holding of an event at the prestigious institute against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. The case was registered yesterday under Section of 124 A (sedition) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC against unknown persons at Vasant

New Delhi, Feb 12: The Supreme Court said that proceedings in the National Herald case against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party vice president Rahul Gandhi and three others will continue at the trial court. However, the court made some serious observations on the trial against the Gandhis in the National Herald case. A bench of Justices JS Khehar and C Nagappan said that the Delhi High Court

New Delhi, Feb 12: Stepping up their cooperation, India and the UAE Thursday night signed a wide-ranging set of seven agreements including on cyber security, infrastructure investment and insurance after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. At their restricted as well as delegation-level talks here, the two leaders

Delhi, Feb 12: On a day that Siachen braveheart Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad died leaving more than a billion haearts saddened, three days after miraculously being rescued alive from beneath tonnes of snow following an avalanche that hit his post at an height of 19,600 feet, Pakistan said on Thursday that time had come for both the countries to resolve the issue. "We hope Siachen issue is

New Delhi, Feb 11: To ensure that prices of pulses do not flare up any further, central security agencies including Intelligence Bureau and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence have been asked to keep a close watch on tur, urad and gram traders to check speculation and hoarding. Pulses prices have been under pressure since last year due to production fall in the wake of unfavourable weather. For

New Delhi, Feb 11: In a first of its kind deal, UAE’s national oil company Adnoc has agreed to store crude oil in India’s maiden strategic storage, and give two-third of the oil to it for free. India, which is 79% dependent on imports to meet its crude oil needs, is building underground storages at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Mangalore and Padur in Karnataka to store about 5.33 million