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  BARAMULLA: A most wanted commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the longest surviving terrorist in Kashmir, was among the two terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces in Baramulla district on Thursday, police said. Five security personnel including an officer were injured in the encounter and three terrorists are still holed up. Police said that […]

  GANGTOK: A state that has kept over 46 per cent of its Assembly seats reserved for its indigenous communities to ensure their political representation, Sikkim’s complicated political history, competing narratives and complex ethnic-religious compositions have left two major Nepali ethnic groups without any reservation. In the 32-member state assembly, 15 constituencies are reserved — […]

  SHIMLA: Tourists visiting Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti districts in Himachal Pradesh will now be allowed to go up to Patseu on the Manali-Leh National Highway. The Lahaul-Spiti district administration, however, will allow only the vehicles of those residing in Zanskar valley on the highway from Manali to Kargil via Shikun La. The Border Roads Organisation […]

  SHIMLA: In a decision that could attract more industries to Himachal Pradesh, the Central government has selected the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) industrial node in Solan district under its Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) project. The BBN node is one of the 32 such areas identified for development in 11 industrial corridors under the Bharatmala Project. The […]

NEW DELHI: Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat and AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi visited violence-hit Jahangirpuri where the North Delhi Municipal Corporation razed several “illegal” shops on Wednesday, with Karat standing in the front of a bulldozer to stop the demolition. First to visit the area was Karat, who reached there in the […]