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Srinagar, Dec 15: A soldier was killed and three terrorists shot dead in an encounter which broke out this morning between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said. The security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in Sirnoo village in south Kashmir's Pulwama district after receiving specific intelligence input about the presence of terrorists in

New Delhi, Dec 15: A day after the Supreme Court verdict on the Rafale deal, Public Accounts Committee chairman Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday he will request all members of the panel to summon the Attorney General and the CAG to ask them when was the public auditor's report tabled in Parliament. The senior Congress leader accused the government of "misleading" the Supreme Court by presenting

New Delhi, Dec 14: Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh has been honoured with this year's Jnanpith Award, a literary award given to an author for "outstanding contribution towards literature", Bharatiya Jnanpith announced Friday. "Amitav Ghosh is a path-breaking novelist. In his novels, Ghosh treads through historical settings to the modern era and weaves a space where the past connects with the

New Delhi, Dec 14: Veteran Congress leader Ashok Gehlot will be the next chief minister of Rajasthan, the Congress announced on Friday ending days of suspense over the new leadership in the state. In a delicate balancing act, young leader and state Congress President Sachin Pilot will be the deputy chief minister of Rajasthan. AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal, who was sent as the central

New Delhi, Dec 14: Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday claimed that the loan waivers for farmers actually go to the "best connected rather than the poorest". He also underlined as to how it creates problems for the fiscal of the state too. "Certainly, there is a reason to discuss about farm distress but the question of whether the flows to farmers is best affected

Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi stormed into the capital's South Block in end-May 2014, he has reportedly made 84 trips around the world, which cost about $280 million (over Rs 2,010 crore), according to the government. The above information was provided by Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh in Parliament, in a response to a lawmaker's question, Bloomberg reported. The travel

New Delhi, Dec 14: Following is the chronology of events in which the Supreme Court Friday refused to direct CBI to register FIR in connection with the alleged irregularities in the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France. -Dec 30, 2002: Defence Procurement Procedures (DPP) adopted to streamline procurement procedures. -Aug 28, 2007: Ministry of Defence issues Request for Proposal for

New Delhi, Dec 14: The BJP Friday demanded an apology from the Congress and its president Rahul Gandhifor levying allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rafale fighter jet deal, in which the Supreme Court has given the government a clean chit. The apex court dismissed all the petitions seeking a direction to the CBI to register an FIR for alleged irregularities in the procurement

Bhopal, Dec 14: Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath said on Friday he will take oath as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh on December 17. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at Lal Parade Ground here around 1.30 pm, Nath told reporters outside Raj Bhavan. Nath, along with senior Congress leaders, including Digvijay Singh, Vivek Tankha and others met Governor Anandiben Patel and informed her

Hyderabad, Dec 14: A day after he was sworn in as the chief minister, Telangana Rashtra Samithi supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday appointed his son and former minister KT Rama Rao as the outfit's working president. According a press release from KCR's office, Rama Rao's appointment was necessitated as Chandrasekhar Rao will have to concentrate on national politics and also focus on various