Six members of family found dead at their residence in Jammu’s Sidhra

Jammu, August 17 Six members of a family were found dead under suspicious circumstances at their home here on Wednesday, police said. The deceased were identified as Sakina Begum, her two daughters Naseema Akhter and Rubina Bano, son Zafar Salim and two relatives Noor Ul Habib and Sajad Ahmad, they…

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‘New India?’ Opposition slams govt as Bilkis Bano rapists freed

New Delhi, August 16 Opposition parties on Tuesday expressed outrage at the BJP-led Gujarat Government’s decision to remit life sentences of 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang rape case and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he meant what he said about according respect to women during his…

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Another targeted killing in Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandit orchardist shot, kin injured

Samaan Lateef Srinagar, August 16 Terrorists shot dead a Kashmiri Pandit and injured his brother at an apple orchard in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, forcing community leaders to call for mass migration from the Valley. Sunil Kumar, 52, and his brother Pinto Kumar, 45, were working in…

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Sonia Gandhi names Ghulam Nabi Azad head of J-K campaign committee, he says no

New Delhi, August 16In fresh friction with the Congress on Tuesday, Ghulam Nabi Azad declined to accept the position of Jammu and Kashmir campaign committee chief to which party president Sonia Gandhi appointed him tonight.Moments after Congress chief Sonia Gandhi appointed Azad as the campaign panel head in a reconstituted…

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Viral video: Chandigarh cop caught on camera ‘stealing’ cigarette packs from a shop in Panchkula

Panchkula, August 16A sub-inspector of the Chandigarh Police has been caught allegedly stealing two cigarette packets from a shop in Sector 17 of Panchkula.The incident came to light after the video of the incident went viral on social media. According to information, the sub-inspector is posted in Mauli Jagraan police…

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Viral video: Chandigarh cop caught on camera ‘stealing’ cigarette packs from Panchkula shop

Panchkula, August 16 A sub-inspector of the Chandigarh Police has been caught allegedly stealing two cigarette packets from a shop in Sector 17 of Panchkula. The incident came to light after the video of the incident went viral on social media. According to information, the sub-inspector is posted in…

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India’s security establishment keeping eye on visit of Chinese ship to Sri Lanka

New Delhi, August 16India is concerned over the visit of a Chinese satellite tracking ship to Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port as it signals an attempt by China to expand its maritime influence in the region, sources in defence and security establishment said on Tuesday.The ship, Yuan Wang 5, arrived at…

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Lumpy skin disease: 61 cattle dead in border districts of J-K; officials say it is spreading from Pakistan

Arjun Sharma Jammu, August 16 At least 61 deaths of cattle have been reported from different border districts of Jammu division during the past some days due to Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) that is spreading in districts bordering Pakistan. Most of the cases of the disease have come from Kathua,…

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Six-year-old girl raped, murdered in Panipat; accused held

Chandigarh, August 16A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly abducting, raping and murdering a girl child in Haryana’s Panipat, police said on Tuesday.Police said the incident took place Monday when the girl, 6, was playing in a park near her home in Panipat’s Sector 29, with her brother two…

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‘Prima facie not so improper’: SC on Talaq-e-Hasan

New Delhi, August 16Describing the Islamic practice of ‘Talaq-E-Hasan’—pronounced once a month over a period of three consecutive months—as “prima facie not so improper”, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was not akin to triple talaq that was declared unconstitutional in 2017.”Prima Facie this is not so improper. Women…

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Air service to Kullu begins from Delhi-Chandigarh; 36 passengers in first flight; Know the timings

Chandigarh, August 16 Flights on Tuesday started from New Delhi and Chandigarh to Bhuntar airport in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu. In the first flight, 32 passengers landed at Bhuntar Airport in an ATR-42 aircraft. Inaugural landing of ATR42 at Kullu Manali Airport today.@aaikmbairport welcomes #ATR42 flight with #watercanonsalute. @aaiRedNR…

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Assam man beheads villager over football match bet of Rs 500, walks into police station with severed head

Tezpur (Assam), August 16A man allegedly beheaded his fellow villager following an altercation over a bet on a football match and walked into a local police station with the severed head in Assam’s Sonitpur district, a senior officer said on Tuesday.The incident occurred on Monday in Doyalur area under the…

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