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Mendhar/Jammu: Security forces Thursday launched a search operation in six border areas of Poonch district as part of beef-up security measures in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The operation was carried out by a joint team of Special Operations Group (SOG), Army, and the CRPF...

Saharanpur (UP): A flight ticket has been recovered from near Dr Adil Ahmad's house in Saharanpur, showing he had travelled from Srinagar to Delhi October 31, just days before the November 10 car explosion near Red Fort that killed 13 people and injured over 20....

New Delhi: The CISCE board exams for class 10 will begin from February 17 and those for class 12 from February 12, officials said Thursday. About 2.6 lakh candidates will appear for the ICSE (class X) examination while about 1.5 lakh candidates are set to...

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Thursday that not every Kashmiri is a terrorist, and looking at every citizen of J&K with suspicion prevents people from following the right path. Omar Abdullah told reporters here that in his first reaction to the...

Srinagar: Intensifying crackdown on suspects across Kashmir Valley in the aftermath of the Delhi terror blast, the J&K Police have picked up over three dozen people for questioning. Officials said some of these people are government employees, and have been picked up in Srinagar, Sopore,...

Kanpur (UP): The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has detained a medical student from Kanpur in connection with the ongoing investigation into the recent Delhi blast, officials said  Thursday. The doctor, identified as Dr Mohammad Arif, 32, a first-year DM (Cardiology) student at the state-run...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday remarked that the purpose of the inquiry into the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad June 12, claiming over 260 lives, is not to assign blame, but to ascertain the causes of the incident so that such tragedies...

Chennai: The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has called for a statewide protest Sunday, November 16, voicing strong objections to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The party, led by actor-turned-politician Vijay, is gearing up for a major mobilisation across Tamil Nadu with...

Jaipur: As the security has been tightened across Rajasthan following the Delhi blast, the Sriganganagar district administration has issued an order banning public movement within a three-kilometre radius of the India-Pakistan border for two months. Sriganganagar District Collector Dr Manju issued the restrictive orders along...

New Delhi: The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has issued a show-cause notice to Al-Falah University, which is under scanner in connection with the Delhi blast probe, for displaying false accreditation on its website, officials said Thursday. In the show-cause notice, the NAAC said...