In a first, the government is preparing to deploy commandos of central paramilitary force – CRPF – at the Indian embassy in war-ravaged Iraq, which is under threat from Islamic State, Al Qaeda and other terror groups. A contingent of 45 highly trained men, led by a deputy commandant rank officer, will be initially posted …
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who is in India on a week-long visit has been welcomed with open arms. Trudeau and his family arrived at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on February 17, 2018. Something weird happened while he was in Mumbai, two bikers couldn’t stop themselves from showing off their skills between Mumbai’s Bandra-Worli Sea Link. Twitter How …
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A senior Indian-origin police officer is in the running to take charge as Britain’s anti-terrorism chief when Scotland Yard’s National Lead for Counter Terrorism resigns in March. Neil Basu, currently Metropolitan police deputy assistant commissioner and Senior National Coordinator for UK Counter Terrorism Policing, is tipped to take over one of the British policing’s toughest jobs from Mark Rowley, ‘The …
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The three heavily-armed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists who carried out the deadly attack on Sunjuwan military camp in Jammu had infiltrated into Kashmir from Pakistan in June last year, Army sources said. According to preliminary investigation of the Army, the three terrorists were hiding in various parts of Jammu and Kashmir for the last seven months and were looking at carrying …
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has offered the indigenous ‘Advanced Light Helicopter-Dhruv’ (Civil version) for manufacturing to potential Indian private companies through Transfer of Technology. The company today said it has invited Expression of Interest (EOI) for identification of Indian Partner. HAL, which is the Design Authority and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of ALH-Dhruv, in a release said the company is …
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In a shocking crime, a 14-year-old school student in Tamil Nadu was doused with petrol and set ablaze by a man because she rejected his marriage offer. The spine chilling crime happened on Friday in Madurai district’s Naduvakottai when the teenager was on her way back from school. According to the girl’s family, the man identified as 22-year-old Balamurugan, a …
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Let us admit it, it is difficult to catch some sleep when the person next to you is snoring uncontrollably aloud. If you have ever taken a sleeper class train journey with a snoring co-passenger, you know exactly what we are talking about, and it is not pretty. But passengers onboard the LTT-Darbhanga Pawan Express last week found a way …
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A 19-year-old gunman returned to a Florida high school where he had once been expelled for disciplinary reasons and opened fire with an assault-style rifle on Wednesday, killing 17 people and injuring more than a dozen others before he was arrested, authorities said. The violence erupted shortly before dismissal at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a placid, middle-class …
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The Uttar Pradesh government has said that the body of a non-government person can’t be wrapped in the Tricolour as it violates the Indian National Flag Code, 2002. The government’s move comes a fortnight after photographs of the funeral procession of Kasganj communal violence victim Chandan Gupta getting wrapped in Tricolour went viral on social media. “The flag shall not …
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Fast depleting ground water in nearly 30% of the assessed blocks in the country has pushed the Centre to fast-track its Rs 6,000 crore ambitious plan aimed at efficient management of available water resources and strengthening of recharge mechanism through community participation. Half of the total cost of this central scheme – named Atal Bhujal Yojana – will be supported …
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