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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Road construction on no man’s land along India-Nepal border halted

6:59 pm July 7, 2020

Pilibhit: The construction of a road on no man’s land along the India-Nepal border here has been halted, Pilibhit District Magistrate Vaibhav Srivastava said on Tuesday. “After talks between officials of both the countries, the construction work near pillar number 38 (near Tatarpur village) has been stopped. Information about this has been sent to senior officials,” he said. Uttar […]

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

When will there be talk of defence & security, Rahul Gandhi asks ahead of PM’s ‘Mann ki Baat’

1:32 pm June 28, 2020

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asked when will there be talk about the nation’s defence and security. His comment came ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme aired on the All India Radio. “When will there be talk of the nation’s defence and security?” he asked in a tweet in Hindi. […]

Barricades put up by Nepal hindering repair of embankments: Bihar minister

8:30 pm June 22, 2020

Patna: Repair of embankments along the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar has been adversely affected as barricades put up by the neighbouring nation is hindering personnel from crossing over to complete work, Water Resources Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha said on Monday. Barricades were put up along the border by both sides during the COVID-19 lockdown period, he said. “We have […]

Woman arrested for trying to sell newborn in Delhi

54-day old assaulted infant still in critical condition

5:07 pm June 21, 2020

Kochi: The 54-day old infant, allegedly slapped and thrown on a cot at home by its father at a town in Kerala, continues to be in critical condition at a hospital, police said on Sunday. The child, admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital at nearby Kolencherry after the attack on Thursday, […]

Nepal Parliament's lower house unanimously passes bill to redraw political map

Nepal Parliament’s lower house passes bill to redraw political map

10:57 pm June 13, 2020

Kathmandu: Nepal’s Parliament on Saturday unanimously voted to amend the Constitution to update the country’s new political map, laying claim over the strategically key areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura along the border with India. India has been maintaining that these three areas belong to it. Major Opposition parties including Nepali Congress (NC), Rastriya Janata […]