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Srinagar, Jun 3: Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed in cross-border firing by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor sector. The incident took place on Saturday night. This comes days after India and Pakistan mutually agreed to undertake sincere measures to improve the existing situation ensuring peace and avoidance of hardships to

New Delhi, Nov 3: The Centre will give environment clearance (EC) to regularise illegal mining projects provided the companies pay penalty as directed by the Supreme Court, the environment ministry has said. The apex court in its August 2, 2017 order had said the mining companies in Odisha operating without EC will have to pay a 100 percent penalty to the state. In the latest directive, the

Vidisha, Jun 3: Professor Sanjeev Srivastava whose dancing video went viral on social media, has been appointed as the brand ambassador by Vidisha Municipal Corporation. Sanjeev Srivastava, 46, is an electronics professor who stormed the social media after his dancing videos from a wedding went viral. The 46-year-old professor said that he is a die-hard fan of actor Govinda. In the video

Istanbul, Jun 3: Turkey on Saturday arrested at least 51 foreigners over their alleged links to the terror group Islamic State (IS) in Istanbul, a police source said. The source was quoted by Anadolu News Agency as saying that simultaneous raids were carried out by the Turkish counter-terrorism squads to nab the suspects, who were reportedly planning to carry out terror attacks. The police also

Bengaluru, Jun 2: Despite winning just 37 seats, constant protestations that he’s chief minister due to Rahul Gandhi’s benevolence and of him being beholden to the Congress and not to the people of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy has emerged from a protracted cabinet-formation exercise with a clear upper hand. The JD(S) has walked away with plum portfolios — finance, energy, excise and public works —

Thane, Jun 2: Bollywood actor and filmmaker Arbaaz Khan has told the police that he has been betting on cricket matches for the past five to six years, a police official claimed on Saturday. The actor, however, claimed that he had not placed bets on any match of the 2018 season of the Indian Premier League that ended on May 27, the official said. Khan arrived on Saturday for recording his

Tokyo, Jun 2: A Japanese mother who allegedly delivered and killed her newborn baby at a Tokyo cafe before dumping the corpse in a locker was arrested Saturday, police said. Officers found the decomposing body of an infant, who appeared to have been choked to death, in the locker last month after unpleasant smells were reported there. The 25-year-old mother, Mao Togawa, was detained on suspicion

Lucknow, Jun 2: Uttar Pradesh was hit by another deadly dust storm that claimed 17 lives and left 11 persons injured last evening. An Uttar Pradesh government spokesperson today said that most of the deaths were caused due to the falling of trees and house collapse. Moradabad bore the maximum brunt of the storm, with as many as seven deaths reported from the district, followed by three deaths from

Purulia, Jun 2: The body of a 35-year-old man was today found hanging from a high-tension tower here, triggering protests by locals, police said. The incident comes two days after the BJP claimed that its worker Trilochon Mahato (20), who was found hanging from a tree at Balarampur in the district on May 30, was killed by the TMC. However, the Trinamool Congress has denied the allegations and

Singapore, Jun 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Hindu and Buddhist temples and a mosque in Chinatown here, demonstrating the age-old people-to-people contact between India and Singapore on Saturday. The prime minister, who is here on a three-day tour, visited Sri Mariamman Temple and participated in prayers. Sri Mariamman is the oldest Hindu temple in the country. The priest of the temple