INDIA

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Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

10:25 am December 14, 2021

Jammu: An encounter is underway between security forces and terrorists in Surankote sector of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. This came a day after two policemen of Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed while 14 others injured after terrorists fired at police vehicle near a police camp at Zewan on the outskirts of Srinagar in […]

Counting underway for Karnataka MLC polls

10:05 am December 14, 2021

Bengaluru: Counting of votes is under way for the biennial election to the Karnataka Legislative Council’s 25 seats from 20 Local Authorities’ constituencies on Tuesday, the results of which will have a bearing on the power equation in the Upper House of the State Legislature. The election held on December 10, was necessitated as the […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

9:50 am December 14, 2021

New Delhi: The floor leaders of Opposition parties in both the Houses of the Parliament will meet on Tuesday to discuss a proposal for a march by all the opposition MPs from Gandhi statue to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with 12 suspended members of Rajya Sabha. The meeting will be held today at 10 am […]

JEE-Main result: 44 candidates score 100 percentile, 18 share top rank

3:28 am September 15, 2021

New Delhi: A total of 44 candidates have scored 100 percentile in the engineering entrance exam JEE-Main this year while 18 candidates have shared the top rank, Ministry of Education (MoE) officials said on Tuesday midnight. The first rank holders included Gaurab Das (Karnataka), Vaibhav Vishal (Bihar), Duggineni Venkata Paneesh (Andhra Pradesh), Siddhant Mukherjee, Anshul Verma and Mridul Agarwal (Rajasthan), Ruchir Bansal and Kavya Chopra (Delhi), Amaiya Singhal and Pal Agarwal (Uttar Pradesh), , Komma […]

Twitter unlocks Rahul Gandhi’s handle

2:06 pm August 14, 2021

New Delhi: A week after temporarily suspending his account, Twitter restored Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s handle Saturday, but not before the principal opposition party accused it of bias. Gandhi’s account was temporarily suspended last week after he tweeted pictures of the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Northwest Delhi. Twitter […]