Nine civilians injured in grenade attack outside Srinagar’s Mughal garden

Srinagar, August 21Nine civilians were injured after terrorists hurled a grenade in the Nishat area of the city here on Sunday, officials said.The attack took place outside the famous Mughal garden on the banks of the Dal Lake, they said.The officials said nine civilians were injured.Seven of them were taken…

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Delhi police beef up security at Tikri border ahead of farmers’ protest on Monday; Rakesh Tikait detained

New Delhi, August 21 The Delhi Police on Sunday tightened the security and installed cemented barricades across the Delhi-Haryana Tikri border ahead of farmers’ protest in the Capital on Monday. The farmers are agitating against the Centre “for not fulfilling their legitimate demands and going against its promises”. BKU…

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Delhi police beefs up security at Tikri border ahead of proposed farmers’ protest on Monday, Rakesh Tikait detained

New Delhi, August 21The Delhi Police on Sunday tightened the security and installed cemented barricades across the Delhi-Haryana Tikri border ahead of farmers’ protest in the Capital on Monday.The farmers are agitating against the Centre “for not fulfilling their legitimate demands and going against its promises”.BKU leader Rakesh Tikait was…

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India in advanced stage of talks with US for procuring MQ-9B Predator drones

New Delhi, August 21India is in an “advanced stage” of negotiations with the US to procure 30 MQ-9B Predator armed drones for over USD 3 billion to crank up its surveillance apparatus along the frontier with China as well as in the Indian Ocean region, people familiar with the developments…

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IndiGo flight suffers ‘false cargo smoke warning’ before landing at Kolkata airport

New Delhi, August 21An IndiGo flight from the national capital suffered a “false cargo smoke warning” prior to landing at Kolkata airport on Sunday, according to the airline.After arrival, inspections were carried out in the Airbus aircraft and the “warning was confirmed as spurious”, it said in a statement.According to…

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CBI issues Look Out Circular against 8 accused named in Delhi excise policy FIR; Sisodia not on list

New Delhi, August 21 The CBI Sunday issued Look Out Circulars against eight private persons named in the FIR registered in the Delhi excise policy “scam” case, officials said. They said no LoCs have been opened against four public servants named in the FIR, including Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish…

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Dolo 650 maker rejects allegations of Rs 1,000 crore worth freebies to doctors

New Delhi, August 21Drug firm Micro Labs has termed the allegations that it offered freebies worth Rs 1,000 crore to doctors to promote its anti-inflammatory drug Dolo 650 as baseless.The Supreme Court on Thursday was told by an NGO that the Central Board of Direct Taxes has accused the Bengaluru-based…

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25% extra seats, no entrance test for foreign students: UGC’s plan to increase international outreach

New Delhi, August 21 Universities and higher education institutions across the country will now be allowed to create up to 25 per cent supernumerary seats for foreign students in their undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) programmes while the students will not be required to go through the entrance process for…

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Anti-competitive practices: Apple, Google, Netflix, Amazon India executives to depose before Parliamentary panel on Tuesday

New Delhi, August 21 Top executives of the Indian arms of Apple, Google, Amazon, Netflix and Microsoft will on Tuesday depose before a parliamentary panel looking into anti-competitive practices in the digital space, the committee’s chairman Jayant Sinha said. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance has been looking into various…

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