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Jammu: Two Jammu & Kashmir policemen were killed in a firing incident Sunday when they were travelling from Srinagar to Jammu. Officials said that two policemen belonging to Sopore area of Baramulla district were killed in Udhampur while travelling from Srinagar to Jammu Sunday. “Two...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday extended his best wishes to priest George Jacob Koovakad on his elevation to the rank of Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Francis. The 51-year-old priest from Kerala was promoted to the rank of Cardinal by...

Chandigarh: A group of 101 farmers will resume their foot march to Delhi at 12 noon Sunday from the Shambhu border point to press the Centre for various demands, including a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP). Heavy deployment of police and paramilitary has...

Chandigarh: Punjab farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said Saturday they have not received any message from the Centre for talks to address their issues and a group of 101 farmers will resume their march to Delhi December 8. Protesting farmers suspended their march to the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has constituted a special bench to hear a batch of PILs challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law that prohibits filing a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from...

New Delhi: Amid the row over claims on a mosque in Sambhal and Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti's shrine in Ajmer, Muslim organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Saturday called for strict enforcement of the Places of Worship Act and urged the courts to reject "malicious petitions" aimed...

Mumbai: Mumbai Police Saturday received a message threatening to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official said. The number from which the message was sent was traced to Ajmer in Rajasthan and a police team was sent there immediately to nab the suspect, said an...

Mumbai: The Samajwadi Party Saturday said it was quitting the Maha Vikas Aghadi over Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray's close aide hailing the demolition of the Babri Masjid and a related newspaper advertisement congratulated those behind the act. The Samajwadi Party has two MLAs...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will embark on a three-day trip to Russia Sunday to witness the commissioning of a stealth warship into the Indian Navy and hold talks with his Russian counterpart Andrey Belousov on the expansion of bilateral cooperation in co-production of...

Moga: A 24-year-old man was left stranded on his wedding day in Moga after allegedly being duped by a woman he met on Instagram and believed to be his bride, a source said Saturday. Deepak, a labourer from Dubai, returned to Punjab from his workplace...