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Srinagar, May 27: At least six militants were killed as army foiled a fresh infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rampur sector of Uri in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Saturday. Sources said troops noticed the movement of a heavily armed group of militants along the LoC, who were trying to infiltrate into Indian side late Friday night."As the troops challenged the

New Delhi, May 26: BJP chief Amit Shah said today his party will notch up a bigger victory in the next Lok Sabha polls than the 2014 elections, asserting that India will emerge as a "great nation" in various fields under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The saffron tally of 282 seats in 2014 was unprecedented but Shah expressed confidence that the BJP would surpass it in 2019 on the back of a better

Rohtak, May 26: A Pakistani national living in the Iskcon temple in the Delhi-Haryana border town of Bahadurgarh was arrested on Thursday evening. Sources said the police recovered a Pakistani passport from him in which his name has been mentioned as Raja, a resident of Hindu Colony in Larkana, Pakistan. The Indian visa given to him expired in 2016. He has been living in the temple for nine months

Tezpur (Assam), May 26: The wreckage of the IAF Sukhoi fighter jet that went missing with two crew members on board was found today after three days of search operations. The Sukhoi jet had gone missing after taking off from the Tezpur Salonibari Air Force station in Assam at 10:30 AM on Tuesday on a routine training sortie. Defence spokesperson, Tezpur 4 Corps, Lt Col Sombit Ghosh said that the

Sadia (Assam), May 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Dhola-Sadia Bridge, the country's longest river bridge, over the Lohit in the eastern most tip of Assam connecting Arunachal Pradesh. After inaugurating the Rs 2,056 crore strategic bridge at Sadia in Assam's Tinsukia district, Modi walked a short distance over it. A vehicle carrying the prime minister, union minister Nitin

Hyderabad, May 26: A resident of Vatepally was promised the job of a maid in Dubai and was told that she would get Rs 80,000 salary a month. Ms Rubina Fatima, 46, flew to Dubai on February 3 and from there she was taken to Oman by one Md Abdul Sattar of Ababil Group Tours and Travels. In Oman she was sold to Rajat Arabi. Since three months she is being continuously transported from one place to

New Delhi, May 26: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will on Friday host a luncheon meet where deliberations on a consensus presidential candidate will take place. The Congress leader has invited prominent opposition leaders for the meet in the Parliament House Library on a day that also marks the third anniversary of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre. Bihar Chief

New Delhi, May 26:"Pakistan is like a well of death", said Uzma Ahmed, the Indian woman repatriated to the country from Pakistan where she was allegedly forced and duped into marrying against her choice. "I am an orphan. I am an adopted child and have nobody," Uzma told reporters here, hours after she crossed into India through the Wagah border, a day after the Islamabad High Court permitted her

Thiruvananthapuram, May 25: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today informed the state assembly that he would take up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the issue of release of priest Tom Uzhunnalil, abducted by IS terrorists in war-torn Yemen last year. Replying to a calling attention motion in the House, he said the government was viewing the matter with utmost seriousness and would inform

New Delhi, May 25: An Indian woman who has been staying at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, after accusing a Pakistani man named Tahir Ali of marrying her at gun point, is returned to India on Thursday, said an official. Accompanied by Indian mission officials and escorted by Pakistani police personnel, she crossed into India through the Wagah Border crossing near Amritsar. "The Indian