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  SRINAGAR: A policeman of the Jammu and Kashmir Police was killed in a brief encounter with terrorists in Soura area of Srinagar city on Tuesday, with terrorists managing to flee the spot. A terrorist sustained injuries in the shootout but escaped from the spot taking the advantage of a huge rush of commuters, the […]

  NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered 1,999 cases of money laundering and 18,003 cases under sections of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) between April 1, 2011, to March 31, 2020, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. In a written reply to an unstarred question by Congress MP Manish Tewari […]

  NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inspected 29 stolen antiquities dating as far back as the 9th century that were returned by Australia. The antiquities have been divided into six categories: Shiva and his disciples; worshipping Shakti; Lord Vishnu and his forms; Jain tradition; Portraits and other decorative objects. The art pieces had […]

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday nominated five persons for the Rajya Sabha from Punjab where it stormed to power in recently-held assembly elections. The five nominees include former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, Delhi Jal Board Vice Chairman Raghav Chadha, Lovely Professional University’s (LPU) Founder-Chancellor Dr. Ashok Mittal, IIT Professor Dr Sandeep Pathak, and […]

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee on Monday joined the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe at its headquarters here in New Delhi, in connection with an illegal coal scam case. Abhishek Banerjee, who is also Lok Sabha MP from Diamond Harbor, arrived at the agency […]