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JAIPUR: A nine-year-old Dalit child was beaten up by his school teacher for touching the pot of water in a school in Surana village in Rajasthan’s Jalore district. His condition turned critical and he died on Saturday. A case of SC-ST Act has been registered against the teacher and he has been arrested, the Jalore […]

SRINAGAR: A Jammu and Kashmir policeman was killed in a grenade attack by terrorists in the Qaimoh area in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir Saturday night.  The slain policeman was identified as Tahir Khan, a resident of Poonch district in Jammu.   “A grenade incident was reported Saturday night in Qaimoh Kulgam. In this terror […]

  NEW DELHI: With the arrest of an Amritsar resident, Delhi Police Crime Branch has unearthed the main link to the Afghanistan-Punjab drugs nexus that was busted last month.   Anti-narcotics task force (ANTF) unit of the Delhi Police crime branch has arrested Pankaj Vaid alias Sanju Baba, who the police described as the “main link” […]

SRINAGAR: The central government has finally reinstated IAS officer Shah Faesal, and appointed him as deputy secretary in the Ministry of Culture. Officials said that the decision to appoint him in the ministry was approved by the Centre on Thursday. The Centre’s move comes four months after it accepted Faesal’s application for withdrawing his resignation […]

SRINAGAR: Peace is being given a chance in Jammu and Kashmir. The hands that used to pick up stones are holding and flaunting the national flag. In Pulwama 10,000 youths waved the Tricolour, raising slogans like Bharat Mata Ki Jai. In Shopian and other districts too, the youths showed a similar enthusiasm, carrying the Tiranga. […]