J&K: Encounter between security forces and terrorists breaks out in Srinagar

Srinagar, 2/11 : An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists on Saturday in the Khanyar locality of Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital here, officials said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Khanyar area of the city on Saturday morning following inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area,…

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Two migrant workers shot at and injured in Kashmir’s Budgam; search op under way

Srinagar, 1/11: Two migrant workers were shot and injured by terrorists in Mazahama area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday. Terrorists fired upon two labourers from Uttar Pradesh in Mazhama on Friday evening resulting in injuries to the duo, reports said. They were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital where their condition is stated…

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Suspect in hoax bomb threats to airports and railway stations surrenders before Nagpur Police

Nagpur, 1/1: A 35-year-old man who was allegedly behind a series of hoax bomb threats to airports and railway stations across the country has been arrested after he presented himself before Nagpur Police, an official said on Friday. Jagdish Shriam Uikey, resident of Arjuni Morgaon in Gondia district of eastern Maharashtra, arrived in Nagpur by…

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Delhi man shot dead in front of son: AAP slams BJP over rising crime

New Delhi, 1/11: The ruling AAP on Friday questioned the Bhartiya Janta Party’s handling of law and order, accusing the central government’s inaction as a contributing factor following a double murder in East Delhi’s Shahdara. The incident took place around 8 pm on October 31 in Shahdara’s Farsh Bazar area, where Akash Sharma (40), alias…

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Chairman of PM’s Economic Advisory Council Bibek Debroy passes away at 69

New Delhi, 1/11:  Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Debroy passed away this morning, a senior EAC-PM official said. He was admitted to AIIMS. Debroy (69) was educated in Ramakrishna Mission School, Narendrapur; Presidency College, Kolkata; Delhi School of Economics; and Trinity College, Cambridge.    

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Firecracker ban defiance makes New Delhi world’s most polluted city

New Delhi,1/11: New Delhi topped charts on Friday as the world’s most polluted city after revellers defying a ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, helped drive air quality to hazardous levels. Thick smog wreathed the Indian capital, shrouding the presidential palace in the central district and the surrounding gardens popular…

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Firecrackers being transported on two-wheeler explode in Andhra Pradesh, 1 killed

Eluru , 31/10: A man died after the firecrackers he was carrying on a two-wheeler exploded in Eluru town on Thursday, police said. The incident occurred when two persons were transporting a bag of firecrackers bought for Diwali celebrations. The bag containing “onion bombs” and other crackers exploded after falling on the road, resulting in…

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