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Labourer killed, another missing after avalanche hits central Kashmir's Ganderbal

Srinagar/IBNS: The body of a labourer buried under snow following a massive avalanche was recovered in the Sarbal area of central Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Thursday, reports said.

Anushka Sharma in Bombay HC challenging 'inflated' taxes

Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma has knocked the doors of the Bombay High Court challenging two orders passed by the deputy commissioner of Sales Tax on taxes, media reports said.

PM Modi asks youth to follow Swami Vivekananda's views on innovation

Hubballi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to the youth to stick to their innovative ideas even if they are ridiculed and opposed.

Security breach at PM Modi's roadshow in Karnataka's Hubbali, boy runs to him with garland

Bengaluru/IBNS: The security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the highest in the country, was breached on Thursday in Karnataka's Hubbali as a boy suddenly jumped onto the road and managed to run up to an arm's length of him.

AYUSH has potential to make India a hub of health tourism: Yogi Adityanath

Varanasi/UNI: Emphasising the importance of centuries-old traditional medicine systems, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Thursday said that AYUSH possesses the potential to make India a hub of health tourism.

IT Dept seizes Rs 16 cr cash in raids on TMC MLA Jakir Hossain's beedi factories

Kolkata/IBNS: The Income Tax (IT) Department initiated raids on several premises belonging to TMC’s Jangipur MLA and beedi baron, Jakir Hossain, in Murshidabad's Suti and recovered over Rs 16 crore in cash from his house and business locations.

Home Minister Amit Shah to visit J&K's Rajouri to inspect security situation post twin terror attacks on minorities

New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Friday to take stock of the security situation after twin terror attacks in the Union Territory killed seven people, media reports said.

Delhi: 2 men attempt to rob female Uber driver, hit her beer bottle

New Delhi/IBNS: A female Uber cab driver was badly injured after two men threw stones at her car and tried to rob her near the inter-state bus terminus in Delhi's Kashmere Gate on Monday night, media reported.

Australia: BAPS Swaminarayan temple attacked, defaced with anti-India graffiti in Melbourne

Melbourne: A Hindu Temple in Australia’s Melbourne was allegedly attacked and vandalized by Khalistan supporters, The Australia Today said in a report.

Delhi: AAP ordered to pay Rs 163 cr in 10 days for 'political ads'

New Delhi/IBNS: The Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP) has issued a notice to Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Admi Party (AAP), asking it to pay Rs 163.62 crore in 10 days for its political advertisements allegedly published in the garb of government advertisements, media reported.

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: 200 witnesses to be examined, trial to take 5 years

New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that a report filed by the Uttar Pradesh government, the trial in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case involving Ashish Mishra as prime accused, will take at least five years to conclude as over 200 witnesses have to be examined.

CBI searches 50 locations over massive corruption in FCI; arrests businessman, FCI DGM

New Delhi/UNI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches over 50 locations across Punjab, Haryana and Delhi in a massive operation against an alleged nexus of channelized corruption in FCI and others, the Central probe agency statement said on Wednesday.

Minority community members allege fresh incident of stone pelting in Kashmir's Poonch

Jammu/UNI: Security has been heightened after members of minority communities yet again alleged stone pelting on Tuesday in the bordering Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Mumbai: Dhirubhai Ambani International School receives bomb threat, FIR registered

Mumbai: Dhirubhai Ambani International School in Mumbai on Tuesday received a threat call, after which police registered an FIR, media reports said.

CBI books Amrapali Group MD Anil Sharma in 2014 Bihar murder case

New Delhi/IBNS: Managing director of the Amrapali Group, is among six persons accused of the murder of a man in Bihar that happened in 2014, media reports said.

'Act itself sufficient to outrage modesty of women': Man who peed on woman on Air India flight denied bail

New Delhi/IBNS: Mumbai-based businessman Shankar Mishra, the man who urinated on an elderly woman on an Air India flight, has been denied bail by a Delhi court.

'Telegu flag? We are Indian first': Adnan Sami slams Andhra CM Jagan Reddy over his RRR congratulatory tweet

Hyderabad/IBNS: With SS Rajamouli's RRR team bagging a historic Golden Globe Award in the Best Original Song category, a flood of congratulatory messages swept Twitter all through Wednesday.

Mallikarjun Kharge writes to like-minded parties to join Bharat Jodo Yatra's concluding function in J&K

New Delhi/UNI: Congress president Mallikaarjun Kharge has invited presidents of 21 like-minded parties to join the concluding function of the Bharat Jodo Yatra which is scheduled to be held in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar on Jan 30.

RSS ideology poses a threat to India’s future: Asaduddin Owaisi

Hyderabad/UNI: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday alleged that the ideology of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is a threat to the country's future.

Viral News: Calcutta HC judge Rajasekhar Mantha initiates criminal contempt proceedings against lawyers for 'ruckus in courtroom'

Kolkata/IBNS: Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of the Calcutta High Court has initiated a criminal contempt proceedings against lawyers for creating a ruckus inside the courtroom, media reports said.

Viral News: Petition filed in Supreme Court seeking menstrual leave

New Delhi/IBNS: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking menstrual leave for female students and working women across the country, media reports said.

Stability and democratic values make India flawless investment destination: Modi at MP Global Investors Summit

Indore/UNI: Emphasising that India’s political stability and robust democracy are the twin positive factors fuelling optimism and making everything possible, Prime Minister Narendra Modi averred on Wednesday that – as a corollary – ideal conditions exist for investment in the country.

Maharashtra: Ajit Pawar meets injured party workers at SIGMA hospital

Aurangabad/UNI: Leader of Nationalist Party and Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar on Wednesday went to SIGMA Hospital to meet the injured NCP worker Bhausaheb Tarmale during recent gram panchayat election.

Kashmir: Three soldiers killed in line of duty in Kupwara

Srinagar/UNI: Three soldiers including a JCO were killed after they slipped into a deep gorge near Line of Control in Machil sector of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir, Army said on Wednesday.

ED raids at multiple places linked to NCP leader Hasan Mushrif

Pune/UNI: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday carried out raids to various premises belonging to NCP leader and former Maharashtra Minister Hasan Mushrif in connection with a money laundering case.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat defends LGBT rights as biological truth, says Hindu society accepts it without fuss

Nagpur/IBNS: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has come out in defending the rights of the LGBTQ community, holding that the Hindu tradition always accepts this biological truth without the present hullabaloo around it.

India leading in technology, renewable energy for global transformation, says Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali who is attending PBD

New Delhi: Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali has appreciated India for leading the way in technology, renewable energy, and sustainable development.

India and US are complementary economies, natural and trusted partners: Goyal

New Delhi: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal is on a three-day visit to the United States from Jan 9-11.

Ahead of Republic Day, homeowners to submit tenants’ details to police station: Jammu DC

Jammu: Ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, Deputy Commissioner Jammu Avny Lavasa on Tuesday directed homeowners to submit details of their tenants and any property let or sublet or rented to the nearby police station within three days of issuance of the order.

66th annual URS of Naanga Baji Sahib concludes in Kashmir's Rajouri with thousands in attendance

Rajouri/IBNS: The 66th annual URS of Syed Rasool Shah famously known as Naanga Baji Sahib (RA) concluded today at Baroie, Kalakot in the Rajouri District of Kashmir at the residence of his grandson Syed Muzafar Shah Baji.