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Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

IRCTC to restore service charges on e-tickets

1:46 pm August 9, 2019

New Delhi: E-tickets bought through IRCTC will get more costly as the Indian Railways has decided to restore service fee charges, almost three years after they were withdrawn to promote digital payments, a pet project of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government. The Railway Board has given its approval to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism […]

Bipin Rawat appears before parliamentary panel on defence, members question him on eastern Ladakh situation

Army chief briefs defence minister on Kashmir

11:25 pm August 8, 2019

New Delhi: Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Thursday briefed Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and on Indo-Pak border. The Army has been put on high alert along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir to effectively repulse any possible Pakistani misadventure in the wake of the […]

Woman constable commits suicide in Delhi

10:03 pm August 8, 2019

New Delhi: A 33-year-old woman constable of Delhi Police allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself inside her rented accommodation in Dwarka’s Chhawla area, officials said on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Lalitha, a resident of Durga Vihar in Chhawla, they said. She was living with her friend, who is also in Delhi Police, […]

Delhi cabinet gives nod to 1.4 lakh more CCTV cameras

8:22 pm August 8, 2019

New Delhi: The Delhi cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal to install 1.4 lakh more CCTV cameras in the national capital. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the process of installing 1.4 lakh CCTV cameras across all 70 assembly constituencies in Delhi is already underway. Two thousand cameras are being installed in each constituency, he told […]

Pakistan stops Samjhauta Express at Wagah

5:17 pm August 8, 2019

New Delhi: Indian crew members and guard escorted the Samjhauta Express from Wagah border to Attari after Pakistan authorities stopped the train on their side, sources said. They said that Pakistan had stopped the train at Wagah border claiming security concerns, and passengers were stranded briefly. “When we received the information from the Pakistani authorities […]