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New Delhi, Apr 25: The 25 CRPF jawans who were killed in a deadly Naxal ambush in Chhattisgarh's Sukma, were having lunch when a hail of bullets and grenades hit them fatally. A party of about 36 troops, out of the total 99, came under the first assault after they had ventured out from Burkapal yesterday to sanitise and provide protection to a 5.5-km long road construction work connecting

New York, Apr 25: Cautioning against protectionism, RBI Governor Urjit Patel has said where would giant American corporations like Apple, Cisco and IBM be if they had not sourced the best products and talent from across the world. "I don't think that we have heard the last word on US policy talk about this because there is a push back internationally that the world has benefited from an open

Raipur, Apr 25: Home minister Rajnath Singh today described as "a cold-blooded murder" the Naxalite attack on a CRPF patrol that killed 25 men in Chattisgarh. Singh, who paid homage to the CRPF personnel at a wreath-laying ceremony at the headquarters of the 4th battalion of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force in the Mana camp area, said it was a "cowardly" act. Chhattisgarh Governor Balramji Das Tandon

Sukma, Apr 25: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma on Tuesday to pay tribute to 25 CRPF jawans who have been martyred in a deadly Maoist attack. The attack took place between Burkapal-Chintagufa area in south Bastar, the worst Maoist violence-affected district area of the state. President Pranab Mukherjee, PM Narendra Modi and other senior leaders had yesterday

Mumbai, Apr 25: In an unexpected turn of events Shaimaa Selim, sister of Eman Ahmed, world's heaviest woman, weighing around 500 kg, has shot a video saying that her sister is very sick and she is not getting good treatment in Saifee Hospital in Mumbai where she was admitted to undergo bariatric surgery. The video was shot on April 14 inside the facility at Saifee Hospital. Shaimaa has called Dr

Raipur, Apr 24: At least 26 CRPF personnel were killed and six wounded in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district today, the deadliest attack by Naxalites targeting security forces this year. The Naxalites mounted the assault around 12:25 PM in Kalapathar area of south Bastar region, one of the worst-hit by Left-wing extremism in the country. The area is close to the Chintagufa-Burkapal-Bheji axis, the

New Delhi, Apr 24: In a major setback to the CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, the Supreme Court reinstated TP Senkumar as the Kerala police chief on Monday. Kerala government had replaced Senkumar with Loknath Behra, shortly after it came to power in May last year. But TP Senkumar chose to undermine the local ramifications and viewed the apex court’s landmark judgment against the

New Delhi, Apr 24: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir would improve in the next two or three months, after which a dialogue could be initiated. Though the CM did not specify who the talks would be with, she had earlier invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's policy on Kashmir at a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Srinagar, Apr 24: Militants today shot dead the PDP district president for Pulwama, Abdul Gani Dar, in the south Kashmir district, police said. Gani was shot at by the militants in Pinglena area of Pulwama district, 31 kms from here, this afternoon, a police official said. Dar, an advocate by profession, was referred to SMHS Hospital here but succumbed to injuries. The PDP leader was shot at three

Ahmedabad, Apr 24: Video of a man seeking help from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that he has been threatened for not paying the bookies after losing money in cricket betting, has prompted Rajkot police to take action. Deepak Dhanani, the man in the video, apparently recorded it on his mobile phone. Bookies and some criminals are threatening to kill him, he says in the video. Dhanani