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Srinagar: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists 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 Saturday morning following inputs about the...

New Delhi: Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his jibe at the Congress over its poll guarantees, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Friday said before pointing fingers, the prime minister should note that "Modi Ki Guarantee" is a "cruel joke" on 140 crore Indians....

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said the Congress stands "badly exposed" in front of people for promising to them what the party knows it will never be able to deliver. Modi launched a fierce attack on the opposition party as he seized on...

New Delhi: The Congress Friday hit out at the Election Commission after it rejected allegations of "irregularities" in Haryana assembly polls, saying if the poll panel's goal is to "strip itself of the last vestiges of neutrality", then it is doing a "remarkable job" at...

New Delhi: India experienced its warmest October since 1901 with mean temperature recording 1.23 degrees Celsius above normal, the weather office said Friday. It predicted a warmer November, giving no indication of the upcoming winter. Addressing a press conference here, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director...

Srinagar: Two persons from Uttar Pradesh were shot at by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district Friday evening, officials said. Sufiyan and Usman were injured after being shot at in the Mazhama area of Magam in the central Kashmir district, they said. They were...

New Delhi: India's coal production reached 84.45 million tonnes (MT) in the month of October, surpassing 78.57 MT production in the corresponding month last year with 7.48 per cent growth, the government said Friday. Coal production from captive and other entities also showed substantial growth,...

New Delhi:  The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Friday announced the launch of its first analog space mission, to study the challenges of extraterrestrial conditions that will help in future space missions. The mission, which includes a compact, inflatable habitat named Hab-1 will simulate life...

New Delhi: 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...

Jammu: Senior BJP leader and Nagrota MLA Devender Singh Rana, brother of Union minister Jitendra Singh, died Thursday at a private hospital in Haryana's Faridabad. He was 59. According to a senior BJP leader, Rana was undergoing treatment at the hospital. He is survived by...