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Islamabad, Jan 16: Indian troops killed a Pakistani soldier in the disputed territory of Kashmir late on Tuesday, the Pakistani army said, the fifth fatality in hostilities between the nuclear armed neighbors since the new year. The soldier was killed at a position called Kundi during firing from the Indian side that began at 10 p.m. EST, Pakistan's army said in a statement. Two Pakistani and two

New Delhi, Jan 16: Ten days after being set up to try cases of sexual offences against women, a fast-track court in Dwarka, west Delhi, on Tuesday gave the death sentence to a 56-year-old farmhouse guard for raping and killing a three-year-old girl in 2011. This was the first sentence handed out by any of the fast-track courts set up in the capital after the Nirbhaya gang-rape. Terming the crime

New Delhi, Jan 15: Government today cautioned against "jingoism" after the BJP upped the ante on the issue of beheading of an Indian soldier by Pakistani Army along the Line of Control. "Professional Armies respect rules of engagement. Transgressions are surmounted through tactical responses and not driven by jingoism," Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said on micro-blogging

New Delhi, Jan 15: If Pakistan does not return the head of martyred soldier Hemraj, India should get at least ten heads from the other side, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said and asked the Centre to take tough action against that country. "If his (Hemraj's) head could not be brought back (from Pakistan), we should get at least 10 heads from their side," Swaraj told reporters here after visiting Hemraj

New Delhi, Jan 14: The Supreme Court on Monday questioned “khap panchayats” ’(village councils of male elders), active in Haryana and some parts of Uttar Pradesh, for issuing diktats prescribing a particular dress code for women and prohibiting them from using mobile phones. A bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai said the orders issued by the panchayats were unlawful and violated

Lucknow, Jan 15: More than 10 million devotees from across the world took a holy dip in the sacred waters of “sangam” (the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers) at Allahabad amid tight security as the Mahakumbh mela began at Allahabad on Monday. The first “shahi snan” (“royal baths” at the sangam by saints and sadhus of the 13 akharas) began at 5 am in the morning with

New Delhi, Jan 14: Terming as "unpardonable" the beheading of a soldier by Pakistan on the Line of Control, Army chief Gen Bikram Singh on Monday warned that India's military will retaliate aggressively in case of any further provocation. Talking tough, he said the killing of two Indian soldiers on the LoC in Mendhar area of Jammu and Kashmir on January 6 was a pre-planned and pre-meditated action

Hyderabad, Jan 14: Police in Hyderabad Monday arrested spiritual leader Swami Kamlananda Bharati for making a hate speech against Muslims. The police arrested him in Srisailam, about 250 km from here. He is being brought to Hyderabad, police said. Two cases were booked against him by the police in two police stations in the old city. Bharati has served as president of Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana

Godhra, Jan 14: Maulana Hussain Umarji passed away Sunday night. He was 73. Maulana Umarji was called the “key conspirator” of the Godhra train burning incident by Special Investigation Team (SIT). He spent eight years in jail for no fault of his. He was acquitted in 2011 by a special court. Umarji organized relief camp in Godhra in 2002 for the survivors of Panchmahal & Dahod districts in the

New Delhi, Jan 14: Notwithstanding a huge controversy over expenditure on her foreign travels, the then President Pratibha Patil ran up a bill of Rs 18.08 crore on her last trip abroad shortly before demitting office, according to official information accessed through RTI. The chartering of the Air India Boeing 747-400 jumbo for her two-nation trip to South Africa and Seychelles from April 29 to