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Multi-layered security in Delhi for I-Day celebrations

9:31 am August 15, 2019

New Delhi: SWAT commandos, NSG snipers and facial recognition software are part of a thick security blanket to secure the Red Fort where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hoist the national flag on the 73rd Independence Day on Thursday. Around 500 CCTV cameras have been installed around the venue, where ministers, bureaucrats, foreign dignitaries and […]

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

Govt launches Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2:18 pm August 14, 2019

New Delhi: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday launched the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019, which will be three times bigger in scale than the previous editions of the survey. Around 700 districts and 17,475 villages will be covered under the survey to be conducted in 34 states and union territories. In 2018, […]

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Eight Myanmarese nationals arrested in Manipur

2:08 pm August 14, 2019

Imphal: EightMyanmarese nationals were arrested by Assam Rifles from the Indo-Myanmar border town of Moreh town in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district as they did not have valid travel documents, police said on Wednesday. Three of the Myanmarese were apprehended by the AR personnel while they were trying to sneak into Myanmar, a police officer said. The […]

NSA Ajit Doval attends BRICS meet on security

NSA Ajit Doval undertakes aerial survey of Kashmir Valley

3:26 pm August 12, 2019

Srinagar: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Monday undertook an aerial survey of the city and South Kashmir areas to take stock of the security situation as the valley celebrated Eid al-Adha amid strict restrictions that are in place after the decision to revoke provisions of Article 370. Officials said police chief Dilbag Singh and […]

Amarinder dubs Kejriwal's announcement of observing fast as 'theatrics'

Happy to see Sonia Gandhi back in the saddle: Amarinder Singh

9:58 am August 11, 2019

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has welcomed Sonia Gandhi’s appointment as interim president of the Congress as the best decision in the current circumstances and said her experience and understanding will help guide the party. Other Congress leaders from Punjab and Haryana also hailed her appointment as interim president and said Sonia Gandhi has […]