Another Border Security Force (BSF) personnel was killed and two others injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistan in RS Pura sector of Jammu on Sunday night. Head Constable Sushil Kumar (47) was injured when he was hit by a burst of fire from the Pakistan side. He was rushed to a government hospital in Jammu but he died of his […]
» Read moreClassical dancer Ashwini Ekbote died on Saturday night after collapsing on stage during a performance in Pune, police said. The 44-year-old, who had also acted in several plays, was performing at the Bharat Natyamandir in Pune this evening when she collapsed on stage, a police official said. She was taken to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead, the […]
» Read moreThe Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Central Council of Homeopathy president Ramjee Singh and a private person on charges of accepting Rs.20 lakh in bribe to give a favourable inspection report for setting up of a homeopathy college.
» Read moreThe security forces on Saturday arrested two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants, involved in an attack that left two Army personnel and a policeman dead, from Baramulla district of Kashmir. According to a police spokesman, a joint operation was launched on Friday. The arrested militants were identified as Safeer Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Janbazpora and Farhaan Fayaz Liloo, a resident of […]
» Read moreIn a move aimed at checking any possibility of leakage of information through hacking of communication devices, Union Ministers have been asked not to carry mobile phones in Cabinet meetings. The Cabinet Secretariat has recently issued a directive to private secretaries of the concerned ministers in this regard. “It has been decided that smartphones/mobile phones will henceforth not be permitted […]
» Read moreRussia’s aviation agency says 19 people have died after a helicopter carrying oil workers crashed in Siberia. The Federal Air Transport Agency says in its statement Saturday that 16 of the 19 passengers on board and all three crew members died in Friday’s crash in northern Russia. The Mi-8 helicopter was traveling from Vankor to Staryi Urengoi in the Yamalo-Nenets […]
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