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Jammu, Oct 24: One Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was killed and another injured in a heavy shelling and firing by Pakistan along International Border in RS Pura sector of Jammu on Monday morning. Pakistan troops targeted 13 Border Out Posts (BoP) and civilian areas along International Border in R S Pura, Pargwal and Kanachak in Jammu. Sushil Kumar is the second jawan to be killed after Gurnam

New Delhi, Oct 23: Priyanka Gandhi will be a "force multiplier" for Congress in Rahul Gandhi's "forceful" campaign in Uttar Pradesh and people will reject any attempt by BJP to use army's surgical strikes across the LoC for political gains, Congress' Chief Ministerial candidate Sheila Dikshit has said. The Congress veteran, who has been on a whirlwind tour of Uttar Pradesh where assembly polls are

New Delhi, Oct 23: The BSF jawan Gurnam Singh, who was injured in Saturday’s crossborder fire in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, succumbed to his injuries at night. The 26-year-old jawan had been undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Jammu. According to news agency, Singh died at around 11.45 pm. Chief Medical Officer, Dr Rajinder Thappa, told ANI that

Vadodara, Oct 23: Using the analogy of surgical strikes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wondered what would have happened if the government had adopted similar strategy in the recent campaign against blackmoney, which unearthed Rs 65,000 crores. "We gave some time to those who had generated black money (to declare it). You will be happy to know that Rs 65,000 crore in black money came

Lucknow, Oct 22: Udayveer Singh, a Samajwadi Party MLC and one of the closest aides of Akhilesh Yadav, was today expelled from the party for "undignified" conduct days after he wrote to SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav suggesting him to elevate the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister as the party's national president. A decision to expel Singh was taken after the inaugural meeting of the executive

Mumbai, Oct 22: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has imposed a fine of Rs five crore on films with Pakistan actors, say media reports. MNS chief Raj Thackeray made the announcement on Saturday after meeting Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and as a condition for allowing films with Pak actors to release in India. The meeting was also attended by Bollywood personalities such as Karan Kohar, Mukesh

Jammu, Oct 22: A Pakistani spy was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district for passing on vital information regarding deployment and movement of security forces to Pakistan. Two Pakistani SIM cards and a map showing deployment of security forces was recovered from his possession. "Based on information received from Military Intelligence on involvement of one Bodh Raj of village Changiia

New Delhi, Oct 22: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday claimed to have killed at least seven Pakistan Rangers personnel in Hiranagar, Jammu, in retaliation for a sniper attack that injured one of their men along the International Border. A BSF official said the sniping incident came after a lull of almost 15 months. Officials cautioned that it was a worrying development as the 192 km IB in

Lucknow, Oct 21: The chasm in UP's ruling Samajwadi Party grew wider today with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav skipping an important meeting called by state party chief Shivpal Yadav to strategise for the assembly polls due early next year where the latter declared him the party's chief ministerial face. Akhilesh, however, met the delegates, who earlier attended the meeting called by Shivpal, at

New Delhi, Oct 21: In the wake of apprehending of a few persons in Tamil Nadu for allegedly circulated rumours regarding Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's health status, NHRC chairperson Justice H L Dattu today said arrest may not be an answer and there are other avenues for checking rumour-mongering. "People have the fundamental right to express. And, whether it is (IPC section) 500 or 505, arrest