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New Delhi, Sept 2: One terrorist has been killed in an encounter with security forces in Tantrypora area of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, news agency ANI reported. A counter-operation is currently underway in the area. According to the reports, the slain militant has been identified as Ishfaq Paddar, a resident of Machiwa. Earlier on Saturday, Border Security Force (BSF)

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 1: Days after asking his fans to be ready to march to Fort St George, where the TN Assembly stands, Kamal Haasan met Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. Speaking to reporters after meeting the veteran communist leader, the actor said "Left leaders are my heroes, I am certainly not saffron.'' "My colour is obviously seen over the forty years I have

Bengaluru, Sept 1: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday inducted three new faces into his council of ministers to fill the vacant slots months ahead of the Assembly polls in Karnataka. At a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan, Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala administered the oath of office and secrecy to H M Revanna, R B Thimmapur and Dr M C Mohan Kumari (Geetha Mahadeva Prasad). Revanna and Thimmapur

Bengaluru, Sept 1: It’s official. Senior Congress leader R Ramalinga Reddy, who was the Minister for Transport so far, is the new Home Minister of Karnataka. Reddy, the six-time MLA was on Friday handed over the Home portfolio that was with the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah after G Parameshwara resigned from the powerful post earlier this year. Reddy’s Transport portfolio was handed over to new

New Delhi, Sep 1: Swedish defence giant Saab and Indian conglomerate Adani group today announced a collaboration in defence manufacturing entailing billions of dollars of investment, mainly eyeing a contract for single- engine fighter jets for the Indian Air Force. Announcing the deal, the two companies said the project would encompass design, development and production of Gripen jets for India in

Sept 1: Crores of Muslims around the world are celebrating the Eid al-Adha holiday as some two million pilgrims carry out the final rites of the annual Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims on Friday made their way towards a massive multi-storey complex in Mina after dawn to cast pebbles at three large columns. It is here where Muslims believe the devil tried to talk the

Ongole, Sept 1: Unable to bear the alleged sexual harassment by a group of men, a 21-year-old woman software professional working in Chennai jumped from the moving Kanniyakumari-Hazarat Nizamuddin Express train at Singarayakonda in Prakasam district on Thursday. The woman was returning to her hometown of Vijayawada along with two of her friends, Government Railway Police Sub-Inspector T. Ramanaiah

New Delhi, Sept 1: In a fresh turn of events, the Supreme Court today agreed to hear an appeal filed by BJP leader Ajay Kumar Agarwal challenging a 2005 Delhi High Court order quashing charges against Europe-based industrialists -- the Hinduja brothers -- in the politically-sensitive Bofors pay-off scam case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y

Mangaluru/Udupi, Sept 1: Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, was celebrated with religious fervor across coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and some parts of neighboring districts on Friday. In their sermons, the clerics stressed for unity and communal harmony while delivering the message of the Eid. Locally known as ‘Bakrid’, the second major festival of Islamic calendar is

Mina: After a spiritually intense day on the plains of Arafat, Hajj pilgrims returned to Mina on Friday, the first day of Eid. Making their way from Muzdalifa where they spent most of the night, 2 million pilgrims will undertake a number of rituals to complete their Hajj pilgrimage. Walking on Mina’s winding streets, pilgrims headed to the Jamarat with the help of volunteers and security officials