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Srinagar, Aug 10: Authorities imposed curfew and called out the Army to control the situation as two persons died and around 80 sustained injuries in the worst communal riots to shake Jammu and Kashmir at Kishtwar on Friday. Official sources said people from the peripheral villages of Bandirna, Hullar and Kuleed were heading for the spacious Chowgan Grounds to join congregational Eid-ul-Fitr

New Delhi, Aug 10: India on Friday night activated the miniature reactor on board the country's first indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant. With this, the country has moved a step towards completing the nuclear troika - capability to launch nuclear weapons from land, air and sea. According to a news channel report, all systems of the indigenously-made 83 MW pressurised light-water reactor are

Hyderabad, Aug 9: Protests continued across coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions on the ninth day against the Congress' announcement favouring bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to create a separate Telangana state. Though several "pro-united" Andhra Pradesh outfits announced a break to the protests due to Ramzan today, rallies, sit-ins, human chains and fasts continued at several places in both the

New Delhi, Aug 9: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev called on the Centre to adopt an eye for an eye approach and kill at least 50 Pakistani soldiers in retaliation for the five Indian soldiers killed in Poonch on Tuesday. “India should retaliate with killing at least 50 Pakistani troops, against the five Indian soldiers that they have killed. And then, the Congress should tell the nation that this is the

New Delhi, Aug 9: Pakistan scurried to de-escalate tension after New Delhi shed its wishy-washy stance and warned Islamabad that the recent killing of five Indian soldiers on the Line of Control (LoC) will have consequences on bilateral relations. Pakistan premier M Nawaz Sharif expressed “his sadness over the recent incidents on the LoC and the loss of precious lives.” He did not admit the

New Delhi, Aug 8: With A K Antony speaking of involvement of Pakistani troops in the LoC attack, BJP today came out in support of the government on the response over the killing of Indian soldiers, saying it was happy that the Defence Minister has accepted his mistake and rectified it. "We are happy that the Defence Minister has accepted his mistake and tried to rectify it...He has said the

Ahmedabad, Aug 7: Justice R A Mehta, whose appointment as Gujarat Lokayukta was opposed by Narendra Modi, today declined to assume office, saying the controversy has "denigrated" the office of the anti-corruption watchdog. A retired Gujarat High Court judge, Mehta, blasted the Modi government for calling him "biased" and "anti-government" while opposing his appointment. A Lokayukta unwanted by the

New Delhi, Aug 7: Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday defended his statement to parliament on killing of five Indian soldiers, and said he would come back to parliament if he gets any more details. As agitated members of opposition parties demanded a clarification and apology from Antony for his statement Tuesday, the minister said he has to be "careful" in giving statements. "As a defence

Islamabad, Aug 7: Two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire with Indian troops in Kashmir in the latest flare-up of tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, officials on both sides said Wednesday. The shooting came just hours after India accused Pakistani forces of killing five Indian soldiers along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir in a incident that threatened to

Srinagar, Aug 7: India said a group of militants from Pakistan killed five of its soldiers in an ambush along the disputed border in Kashmir on Tuesday, an accusation that threatens to derail efforts to resume peace talks. Pakistan rejected the allegation, saying there had been no exchange of fire along the heavily militarised border in Kashmir, the cause of two of three wars between the nuclear