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Anger builds in Kashmir before Eid

Srinagar: Anger is mounting in Kashmir against the government’s decision to revoke the special status of the Muslim-majority region, residents and officials said, although authorities eased some curbs to allow people to offer Friday prayers. Seeking to tighten its grip on the region, which is...

An aerial view of a flooded area in Kolhapur district

26 people dead so far in Maharashtra floods

Kolhapur/Sangli (Maharashtra): At least 26 people have been killed, including 14 in Kolhapur and 12 in Sangli as a rescue boat capsised, as rains continued to wreak massive havoc in these Maharashtra districts, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here Thursday. Fadnavis was talking to reporters...

BK Sharma becomes new DGP

Bhubaneswar: In a major reshuffle among senior bureaucrats Wednesday, the state government has given new responsibilities to 18 senior IAS and IPS officers. The government has appointed senior IPS officer BK Sharma as the new Director General of Police (DGP) in addition to his present...

Article 370 revocation: Imran warns of another Pulwama

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has reacted sharply to Monday's developments in Jammu and Kashmir insisting that with an approach like this, “incidents like Pulwama are bound to happen again”, the Dawn reported. “I can predict this will happen. They will attempt to place...

Centre scraps Article 370

New Delhi: The government Monday revoked Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and proposed that the state be bifurcated into two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, a bold decision that seeks to tackle head-on the vexatious 72-year-old problem wracking...

IGIT, Mother’s Public School bag Mettle Meet 2019

Bhubaneswar: In a dramatic nail-biting moment in Odisha’s biggest quiz extravaganza – Mettle Meet – the Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT), Sarang, Sunday bagged the award for 2019 edition in the senior’s category. The defending champion of 2018 Mother’s Public School continued its winning...

Whizz-kids make it to grand finale today

Bhubaneswar: Sixteen brilliant teams Saturday won the tough battle of wits on the first day of Odisha’s mega quiz extravaganza – the Mettle Meet 2019 – and made it to the grand finale scheduled for Sunday. The select teams of students will now battle it...

Yatris, tourists asked to leave Valley right away

Srinagar: Pakistan-based terrorists are planning to target the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, the army said Friday citing intelligence inputs, prompting the Jammu and Kashmir administration to ask the yatris and tourists to “curtail” their stay in the Valley and leave immediately. Stating that weapons and explosives...

 

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