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Two soldiers injured in ongoing encounter in Kashmir’s Bandipora

Bandipora, 24/4: Two Army personnel were injured in an ongoing encounter with terrorists in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday. Reports said the encounter started when a joint team of the army and the J&K police launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Renji forest area of Chintibandi village in Bandipora, after receiving input of a…

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Priyanka Gandhi responds to PM Modi’s ‘steal mangalsutra’ jibe: My mother’s mangalsutra was sacrificed for country

Bengaluru,24/4: In a fierce retort to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who accused her party of going after women’s jewellery, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday said her mother’s mangalsutra was “sacrificed” for the nation. Priyanka chose the Bangalore South constituency, where her party has fielded Sowmya Reddy against BJP’s Tejasvi Surya, to respond to…

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Ex-Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren moves SC over HC not pronouncing verdict on his plea challenging ED’s arrest

Ranchi, 24/4: Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court saying the High Court is not pronouncing a verdict on his plea challenging the arrest by the Enforcement Directorate, PTI reported. Soren told the top court that the HC had reserved its verdict on February 28 on his plea against the arrest…

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Delhi police detains shopkeeper over biryani served on plate with Lord Ram image, releases him later

New Delhi, 23/4: Delhi Police had briefly detained an eatery owner following a complaint that he had sold biryani on disposable plates purportedly having a picture of Lord Ram on them in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, officials said on Tuesday. During investigations, it was found that the shopkeeper had bought 1000 plates from a factory and…

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