Srinagar, March 30 Rain and snowfall continued across Kashmir for the second day on Monday, with plains receiving light to moderate showers and higher reaches witnessing fresh snowfall. Officials said the latest spell of precipitation has reduced Jammu and Kashmir’s rainfall deficit for March by nearly five per cent. They also said that there is […]
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Dubai, March 30 Iran on Monday confirmed the death of Revolutionary Guard navy chief Alireza Tangsiri. Israel had claimed on Thursday that it killed Tangsiri, a rear admiral in the Iran navy. A statement from the Guard on Monday, read on state television, said Tangsiri “joined the ranks of Allah due to the severity of […]
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New Delhi, March 30 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has told Parliament that India’s economic fundamentals remain strong and said the rupee is “absolutely going fine” against the US dollar, despite a sharp fall since the start of the West Asia conflict. Replying to a supplementary question in the Lok Sabha on Monday, Sitharaman said India’s […]
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Rahul Chawla The North News Dharamshala, March 30 The Kangra district police have intensified action against vehicles running without number plates and high-security registration plates and issued a total of 538 challans during a week-long special drive. Of these, 332 were for vehicles without number plates, while 206 were for vehicles lacking high-security plates. Officials […]
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Dehradun, March 30 A retired Army brigadier was killed here after he was caught in cross firing between two car occupants during a road rage incident on Monday, police said. The incident took place in Johri village on Mussoorie Road when an argument broke out between the occupants of a Delhi-registered Fortuner and a Scorpio […]
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Belda (WB), March 30 Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of stoking fight among all sections of society and claimed the saffron party wants to loot the country by taking advantage of the situation. Addressing a poll rally here, the chief minister expressed strong reservations about Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s […]
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Jammu, March 30 Two BSF personnel were injured after they were allegedly attacked by some locals in a village in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Monday, officials said. The incident occurred around 1.30 am when the two, an inspector and a sub-inspector of the Border Security Force (BSF), had […]
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New Delhi, March 30 The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha, protesting purported disparaging remarks by BJP leader Nishikant Dubey against former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik. Soon after the official listed papers were laid on the table, BJD leader Sasmit Patra rose to record a “serious protest […]
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New Delhi, March 30 The Indian government has temporarily allowed the ad-hoc allocation of public distribution system (PDS) kerosene in 21 states and Union Territories, including areas previously declared kerosene-free, as it seeks to ease pressure on household fuel supplies amid disruptions linked to the conflict in West Asia. The move comes after a month-long […]
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Beijing, March 30 IndiGo on Monday launched a daily direct flight between Shanghai and Kolkata, in a fresh boost to air connectivity between India and China as the two neighbours continue efforts to normalise ties. The new IndiGo 6E service was formally launched by India’s Consul General in Shanghai, , Pratik Mathur, who said the […]
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