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Kasaragod/ Ahmedabad, Jun 15: Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated in Kerala and Gujarat a few other parts of India on Friday whereas in most of India the festival will be celebrated on Saturday. Eid-ul-Fitr marks the culmination of the holy month of Ramadan or Ramadan. Thursday was the last day of Ramadan in Kerala as Shawwal moon was sighted in Kozhikode last evening. In Gujarat, people celebrated Eid by

Mumbai, Jun 15: Two minor boys from a backward community were allegedly beaten up and paraded naked in a village in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district for swimming in a well that belonged to a person of a different caste, police said on Friday. The teenagers were paraded by two men, one of whom owned the well. Police have arrested the men, identified as Ishwar Joshi and Prahlad Lohar, in connection

Srinagar, Jun 15: The Srinagar Police on Friday released image of the fourth person, suspected to have killed veteran journalist and Rising Kashmir Editor Shujaat Bukhari. The police sought help of the general public to identify the suspect for further investigation. "The name of the person providing any clue or information regarding the suspects will be kept confidential," said the police. The

New Delhi , Jun 15: India is suffering from 'the worst water crisis' in its history with about 60 crore people facing high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people dying every year due to inadequate access to safe water, Niti Aayog said in a report on Thursday. The report, titled 'Composite Water Management Index' released by Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari, further said the

Kolkata, Jun 15: The West Bengal government is working on a new law to tackle the menace of fake news and posts on social media, a move which comes against the backdrop of such posts stirring trouble and unrest in many parts of the country. A Home Department official told PTI that the state government intends to bring more clarity on the nature of the offence and punishment for those responsible

New Delhi, Jun 15: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday condemned the killing of Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari in Srinagar and termed it an "act of cowardice". The veteran journalist and his PSO were shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside the newspaper's office in Press Enclave near Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Thursday. Expressing shock at the journalist's death, the home minister

Srinagar, Jun 15: English newspaper 'Rising Kashmir' published its daily edition today even after losing its editor-in-chief Shujaat Bukhari yesterday in an assassination which also left two of his two personal security officers (PSOs) dead. Bukhari and his two PSOs were shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside Rising Kashmir office in Press Enclave near the city centre Lal Chowk here in Srinagar

Srinagar, Jun 14: Veteran journalist and Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari and his PSO were shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside the newspaper's office in the heart of Srinagar, police officials said on Thursday. Bukhari, who was in his 50s, was leaving his office in Press Enclave in the city centre Lal Chowk for an iftar party when he was shot, officials said. While one of the personal

New Delhi, Jun 14: India on Thursday rejected a UN report alleging human rights violations in Kashmir as "fallacious, tendentious and motivated". In a strong reaction, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the report is "overtly prejudiced" and seeks to build a "false narrative". It violated the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, it said. In the report released on Thursday, the

Srinagar, Jun 14: Two CRPF jawans went beyond their call of duty and broke their Ramadan fast to donate blood to a woman suffering from cancer as part of the forces' 'madadgaar' initiative for locals of the Kashmir valley. Officials said the CRPF 'madadgaar' helpline received a call a few days back from Kishtwar resident Anil Singh seeking help to obtain blood units for his sister Pooja Devi, who