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India, Pakistan exchange heavy firing on LoC

Jammu: Indian and Pakistani armies exchanged heavy fire across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district till early hours Wednesday, Defence Ministry said. The Pakistan Army used mortar shelling and small arms as they resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in the...

Tathagata Satpathy

Tathagata quits politics; to zero in on journalism

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and four-time MP Tathagata Satpathy Tuesday announced his decision to quit active politics to refocus on journalism. Satpathy, the BJD chief whip in Lok Sabha, made public his decision in a tweet Monday at the 11th day function of a person...

CM remembers the ‘Tall Man’ of Odisha on his birth anniversary

Cuttack: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday remembered his father Biju Patnaik, rightly remembered as the Tall Man of Odisha on his 103rd birth anniversary. Many political leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to the ‘Kalinga Sandha’ cum-legendary statesman Biju Patnaik on his birth...

Pak plans decisive action against JeM

Islamabad: Pakistan has been contemplating to take decisive action against all proscribed outfits, including Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM), and even withdraw its opposition to the move to list terror outfit's chief Masood Azhar in the UN Security Council terror list. The US, the UK and France Wednesday...

Want to return to cockpit soon, Abhinandan tells officials during debriefing

Pilot wants to return to cockpit

New Delhi: Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who became the face of the tense military confrontation between India and Pakistan, conveyed to the IAF brass that he wants to return to the cockpit as soon as possible. For the last two days, the Indian Air Force...

I was subjected to mental torture: Abhinandan

New Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday met Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman and conveyed to him that the entire nation is proud of his courage and determination, a day after Pakistan released him in its bid to scale down tensions between the two countries.  ...

Mathematics question papers go viral, 3 suspended

Bolangir/Kalahandi: Even though mobile phones are strictly banned in examination centres, question paper leaks during the ongoing Matric exams, conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), continue.   The question papers go viral on the social media and mobile phones within a few minutes...

Abhinandan returns to hero’s welcome

IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman returns home after 58 anxious hours in Pakistan army custody Wagah/Attari: After a suspenseful wait lasting hours, Indian Air Force pilot, Abhinandan Varthaman, finally returned home Friday night from his nearly three-day captivity in Pakistan, a major step towards defusing a...

People awaiting the arrival of IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman celebrate with the Tricolour at the Attari border

Excitement mounts as Abhinandan arrival time draws near

Attari (Amritsar): Excitement is slowly rising to a crescendo here Friday at this border town as the time of return of IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman draws near. Hundreds of people have here to catch a glimpse of the IAF pilot. The Pakistan government had...

 

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