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Srinagar, Aug 3: Two Army men, including a major, were killed and another jawan was injured when militants opened fire on a search party of security forces in Shopian district of south Kashmir, police said on Thursday. In an another shoot-out in Kulgam, two militants killed, police said. A cordon and search operation was launched by Army in Zaipora area of Shopian during the night following

New Delhi, Aug 2: More than 11.44 lakh permanent account numbers (PANs) were deleted or de-activated in cases where multiple PANs were found allotted to one person, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. This was informed by Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. "As on July 27, 11,44,211 PANs have been identified and deleted or de-activated in

New Delhi, Aug 2: The Opposition Congress led by its party president Sonia Gandhi staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha today protesting Income Tax raids against what it said was targetted at Gujarat legislators in Karnataka. Congress floor leader Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the government is trying to create a situation wherein the democratic values have come under severe attack. "This is

New Delhi, Aug 2: Popular Front of India has sent legal notice to Times Now television channel for telecasting report against the organization with “baseless allegations.” Times Now telecasted a news report on 23rd June in its prime time as well as in the online portal under the heading of “Upfront India: How was a conversion factory allowed to thrive in a State”. The entire news report tells

Guwahati, Aug 2: Miscreants shot dead president of All Bodoland Territorial Council Muslim Student's Union Lafiqul Islam Ahmed at Kokrajhar town in broad daylight on Tuesday. The ethnically volatile Bodo heartland witnessed spontaneous protests across the minority-dominated pockets of the state, within hours the incident. Eyewitnesses said that the student leader was sitting at his shop at

New Delhi, Aug 1: The Kerala government has so far not sent any report to the Centre over the recent political violence in the state despite being asked for it twice, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir told the House that incidents of violence due to political rivalry have been reported from some districts of Kerala. "The central government

Thane, Aug 1: Union minister Ramdas Athawale has said there was nothing wrong if one didn't recite the national song 'Vande Mataram.' Athawale, the leader of Republican Party of India (A), said the issue of the national song was being brought out deliberately to cause feud among communities. "Everybody should recite Vande Mataram, but if it is not recited what will go wrong?" he asked, while

New Delhi, Aug 1: Lashkar-e-Toiba's (LeT) Kashmir head Abu Dujana was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Tuesday morning. Also reportedly killed is another LeT terrorist Arif Lilhaari. One or two more terrorists were reportedly trapped in the encounter along with Dujana and Lilhaari. Their fate is not known yet. Acting on specific intelligence

Mumbai, Aug 1: After the crew members of the Air India flight from Mumbai to Jeddah flight were detained in Saudi Arabia for three hours due to a permit issue on June 26, a senior Air India Captain has requested the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to take cognizance in the matter and find an amicable solution by coordinating with the appropriate department at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. "We

Patna, Aug 1: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday tore into Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, insisting continuing in the Grand Alliance would have amounted to "compromising with corruption". Having embraced the BJP after a four-year hiatus, Nitish claimed there would be "no challenge" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2019 general elections. He also said the proposal for a