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SRINAGAR: Two terrorists of banned terror outfit Lashker-e-Toiba were killed in an anti-terrorist operation in Zakura, in the outskirts of Srinagar city on Saturday. Among the killed terrorists is one who shot dead a J&K Police Head Constable last week in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. His name is Ikhlaq Hajam. “#Encounter has started at Zakura […]

SRINAGAR: After over three decades, the people of Kashmir valley want an end to terrorism and this is evident from the anti-terror operations carried out since 1 January 2022. Eight out of 12 anti terror operations conducted last month were based on human intelligence and not on technical basis. Senior security officials in valley say […]

New Delhi: At a time when India is making great strides towards exemplifying Prime Minister’s ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ credo, India’s exports to China have increased substantially in the last two years. From $17.1 billion in 2019, the exports have soared to $22.9 billion in 2021 — a growth of 33.9%. That has happened despite the […]

SHIMLA: Heavy snowfall along with rains has been forecasted in Himachal Pradesh during the next two days. Issuing a yellow alert, the Met department has warned tourists against undertaking treks and venturing towards the high reaches of snow clad ranges, particularly in areas of Chamba. The government has instructed people in the remote and tribal […]

ISRO, India’s premier space agency will be looking for some better days in the coming year as it plans to speed several pending and new missions that have been delayed due to successive lockdowns this year. They have already given signals that there will be more launches and possibly 2022 will be the year of […]

On December 9 and 10, 2021, two events took place. The first event was “Summit for Democracy 2021”, hosted by the US State Department. The summit was attended by more than 100 countries, including Taiwan. The notable absence from the Summit was Russia, China and Pakistan. The second event was organised in Pakistan by the […]

NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday cracked down on Pakistani propaganda by ordering blocking of 20 YouTube channels and websites run by Islamabad.  In a fast paced development, the Information and Broadcasting ministry directed the Department of Telecom (DoT) and YouTube to block 20 identified YouTube channels and websites being run from Pakistan. These channels and […]

NEW DELHI: Upping the ante against the government over the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs for the entire session of Parliament, opposition MPs took out a protest march from Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament to Vijay Chowk on Tuesday. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi described it as the crushing of the voice of the opposition […]

Uday Mahurkar’s latest book, ‘Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition’ may be one of the most challenging works in Indian writing that attempts to decode multidimensional personality of Savarakar. Presently in office as India’s Information Commissioner, we discuss the book and beyond, with this veteran journalist, columnist, and author in our Book […]

A non-resident Indian citizen based in Paris, Akshay Bakaya has been teaching Hindi for the last 30 years to French and other foreign nationals, many of whom have made a name for themselves in diplomacy, academia and classical arts. In other words, he has been a vehicle of India’s soft power in France. He spoke to Aarti […]