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Ahmedabad, Aug 13: Senior Gujarat police officer PP Pande has surrendered, a day after the Supreme Court refused to him any protection from arrest in the 2004 fake encounter killing of college student Ishrat Jahan and three others, saying his conduct did not entitle him to an anticipatory bail. "You were an absconder earlier also. Your conduct makes you dis-entitled to anticipatory bail," the

Mumbai, Aug 13: The Union civil aviation ministry's decision to permit unbundling of services earlier this year has got carriers trying out ever newer ideas. SpiceJet on Monday became the first airline in India to offer passengers the option of paying extra to get a chance to secure empty seats next to theirs. Called Empty Seat Option or ESo, the facility is on offer on SpiceJet's domestic flights

Jammu, Aug 12: Four persons, including two policemen, were injured in fresh clashes which broke out in Kishtwar on Monday as locals defied the curfew to protest against the arrest of a youth for his alleged involvement in Friday's communal violence in the area. Trouble erupted when police tried to stop protesters from marching to the Hidyal area of the town after defying the curfew, which entered

New Delhi, Aug 12: Insisting that the situation in violence-hit Jammu and Kashmir is under control, the Centre today said it will extend all help to the state government in maintaining law and order and asserted that the repeat of forced migration witnessed in 1990 will not be allowed. Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who made a statement in Rajya Sabha on behalf of indisposed Home Minister

Jammu, Aug 12: Jammu and Kashmir's MoS home Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo tendered his resignation on Monday amid widespread communal violence in Kishtawar district. Kitchloo said his consciousness didn't allow him to head the police department since J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah had ordered a judicial probe into the clashes. Kitchloo, before announcing this resignation, in a hurriedly called press

Kochi, Aug 12: India today launched its first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, joining the elite club of nations with the capability of designing and building a warship of this size and capability. Defence Minister A K Antony's wife Elizabeth launched the 37,500-tonne carrier at Kochi shipyard almost four-and-a-half years after its keel was laid by the minister. "It is a red-letter day for

New Delhi, Aug 12: With car sales in India falling for a record ninth month in a row in July posting 7.4 per cent decline and that of heavy and medium commercial vehicles dipping for 17th month in succession, industry body SIAM today said auto sector has started retrenching temporary workers. According to the latest data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), domestic

Jammu/Srinagar, Aug 12: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the state government has decided to order a judicial inquiry into the communal clashes in Kishtwar district that left two persons dead and 20 others injured. "In order to establish the truth behind the Kishtwar violence and what followed, the State Government has decided to order a Judicial inquiry," Omar wrote on

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 12: In a massive show of strength, thousands of LDF volunteers converged around the Secretariat here this morning as part of their indefinite campaign to demand resignation of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in connection with the solar panel scam. While the protesters blocked three gates of the secretariat, police managed to keep one gate open, through which Chandy and his

Jammu, Aug 12: Pakistani troops started heavy firing on forward Indian locations in Edgar area of Poonch late Sunday night. Confirming this, Defence Ministry spokesman Lt Col R K Kalia said they were firing from small and automatic weapons. It is still going on, he said. The Indian Army also retaliatiated. The exchange of fire was so fierce that people in Poonch town had climbed on their rooftops