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Srinagar, Aug 18: Restrictions were tightened in some parts of Srinagar on August 18 following incidents of violence a day earlier, even as the first batch of Haj pilgrims returned to Kashmir from Saudi Arabia, officials said. They added restrictions continued in many parts of the Valley for the 14th day on August 18. Restrictions were reimposed in certain areas which witnessed trouble on August

Kalka, Aug 18: Defence minister Rajnath Singh here on Sunday said there would be no talks with Pakistan unless it acts against terrorists and stops supporting terror activities. He further said if talks were held with Pakistan in future, they would be only on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Singh said this while addressing a public rally ahead of the flagging off the BJP's Jan Ashirwad Yatra for

Srinagar, Aug 18: Thousands of people have been detained in Indian Kashmir over fears of outbreaks of unrest after New Delhi stripped the restive region of its autonomy two weeks ago, government sources told news agency. A magistrate speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity said at least 4,000 people were arrested and held under the Public Safety Act (PSA), a controversial law that allows

Dhaka, Aug 18: At least 10,000 people are homeless after a massive fire swept through a crowded slum in the Bangladesh capital and destroyed thousands of shanties, officials said on Sunday. The fire broke out at in Dhaka's Mirpur neighbourhood late on Friday and razed around 2,000 mostly tin shacks, fire services official Ershad Hossain told AFP. "I could not salvage a single thing. I don't know

Seoul, Aug 18: A group of people raising anti-India slogans and using abusive language for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday in South Korea’s Seoul were taken head-on by a group of BJP and RSS leaders including Shazia Ilmi who was visiting the city. A video accessed by news agency shows a group of people holding Pakistan flags chanting anti- India and anti-Modi slogans. The 3 minutes 25

Koppal, Aug 18: In a tragic incident, five students were electrocuted to death in Koppal’s Bannikatte on Sunday morning. The deceased are Mallikarjun (16), Basavaraj (16), Devraj Halageri (15), Ganesh (14), Kumar Haider (15). The flag was removed on the evening of August 15, but the post was installed in a box filled with soil. Hostel mates said they were removing the flag post but it fell down on

Aug 18: A suicide bomber killed 63 people and wounded 182 in an attack on a wedding reception in the Afghan capital on Saturday night, the interior ministry said. The Taliban denied responsibility for the blast at a west Kabul wedding hall, in a minority Shi`ite neighbourhood, packed with people celebrating a marriage. The attack came as the Taliban and the United States are trying to negotiate an

New Delhi, Aug 18: With the abrogation of Article 70 in Jammu and Kashmir already gaining political momentum in the country and abroad, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and popular singer Hans Raj Hans sparked a row by stating that Jawaharlal Nehru University should be renamed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The singer-turned-politician while expressing his opinion on the recent decision of Modi

Aug 18: India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy was evident on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering holding wide-ranging talks in Thimphu to further energise ties and Modi declaring that India was honoured to have a friend like Bhutan. The two countries signed 10 MoUs after the talks in the field of space research, aviation, IT, power and education

Gorakhpur, Aug 18: A man who allegedly sexually assaulted his 19-year-old daughter for two years and later killed her was arrested here, police said on Saturday. He was arrested on Friday following the complaint by the woman's elder sister, they said. Police said the man raped his younger daughter several times in the last two years and killed her by cutting her neck on the night of July 26. He