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NEW DELHI: Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district have entered the fifth day of their operationto flush out terrorists hiding in Gadole forest area. Mortar Shells Target Hideouts:Sunday morning saw a renewed assault with several mortar shells fired towards the forest, targeting identified cave-like hideouts. Drone footage ...

HYDERABAD: The first meeting of the reconstituted Congress Working Committee on Saturday decided that seat-sharing talks with its INDIA bloc partners should be concluded at the earliest, reports Roushan Ali.At the first-ever CWC meeting in Hyderabad - ahead of assembly elections in Telangana - almost all members suggested the ...

SRINAGAR: A soldier wounded in retaliatory fire by a group of Pakistan-backed terrorists being chased by security forces in J&K's Anantnag for three days died in hospital on Friday, making him the fourth casualty of the operation after two Army officers – a Colonel and a Major – and ...

NEW DELHI: Heartwrenching scenes unfolded in Punjab's Mohali on Friday when the six-year-old son of Colonel Manpreet Singh, who died during a gunfight with terrorists in Kashmir, gave his braveheart father a final salute.The stoic child, dressed in Army-style camouflage, saluted his father one last time before the cremation.Since ...

NEW DELHI: A soldier has gone missing and two others have been injured amid the ongoing encounter between security forces and terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir's Anantnag district.The encounter, which began on Wednesday evening, entered the third day on Friday with Army now using drones to pinpoint the location ...

Central team of officials to visit Nipah-hit areasA Central team of officials is expected to visit Maruthonkara and Ayancheri areas in Kozhikode district of Kerala on Friday where two persons died due to Nipah infection recently. Five people have so far tested positive for the virus, of whom two ...

NEW DELHI: The INDIA bloc is aiming to resolve the bulk of the seat-sharing talks by the end of this month even as it realises the problems that await in states like Punjab, Delhi, West Bengal, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. According to sources, the exercise is already underway and ...

NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar is likely to participate in both Quad and Russia and China-led SCO meetings on the margins of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly later this month, during what will be his first visit abroad after the G20 summit in Delhi.Jaishankar was ...

“Basmati garibon ka chaaval nahi hai. Iske niryaat par paabandi kyon lagaya hai (basmati isn’t the poor man’s rice. Why has the government put restrictions on its exports)?,” asks Satyavan Sehrawat. The 56-year-old’s question relates to a department of commerce directive, on August 25, practically banning basmati rice exports ...

NEW DELHI: India, along with the US, EU, Saudi Arabia and UAE, clinched a deal Saturday to set up the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEE EC) that will provide faster and cheaper sea and rail transit option to west Asia and Europe and is seen as a counter to ...