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Jammu & Kashmir, Mar 19: Jammu & Kashmir teenager Irfan Ramzan Sheikh was bestowed with the Shaurya Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind for foiling an attack by three militants on his house in 2017. Irfan was 14 years old then. On October 16, 2017, three militants arrived at Irfan's door. They wanted to kill his father Ramzan Sheikh. Showing bravery, the 14-year-old didn't allow them to enter his

Los Angeles, Mar 19: Global icon Priyanka Chopra Jonas has joined international celebrities including Oprah Winfrey and Meryl Streep in USA Today's list of "50 most powerful women in entertainment". Honoured on getting featured in the list, Priyanka said in a statement: "I feel privileged to share this platform with these amazing women who have each pushed through their own challenges and created

Srinagar, Mar 19: A school teacher, who was arrested in connection with a terror case, has died in a police custody here, prompting the department to request for a magisterial inquiry, officials said on Tuesday. Rizwan Pandit, 28, a resident of Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, died during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, a police officer said. Pandit, who was a

New Delhi, Mar 19: Uncertainty persisted in the Delhi Congress over a pre-poll tie-up with the AAP after its chief Sheila Dikshit and her three working presidents wrote to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi against the alliance, sources said. In a letter written last week, Dikshit and working presidents Haroon Yusuf, Devender Yadav and Rajesh Lilothia protested a recent phone survey to gauge workers’

New Delhi, Mar 19: BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday targeted Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over the alleged arrest of some techies in Bengaluru for raising pro-Modi slogans, saying youngsters give direction to the future and he should "stop intimidating youth of India, which has rejected your brand of politics". "Hugs for 'Tukde Tukde' gang and arrest of peaceful youth raising pro-Modi slogans

Beijing, Mar 19: China played a 'constructive role' in reducing tension between India and Pakistan, the foreign ministry said, after the nuclear-armed rivals almost came to blows last month following a terror attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir. The sparring threatened to spiral out of control and only interventions by US officials, including National

New Delhi, Mar 19: Embattled billionaire Anil Ambani on Monday warded off a possible jail term as RCom cleared dues of a Swedish service provider at the eleventh hour with money received from elder brother Mukesh and his wife Nita, whom he thanked for standing by him in trying times and extending "timely support". Anil's heavily debt-laden Reliance Communications made a Rs 550 crore payment

Panjim, Mar 19: BJP's Pramod Sawant was on Tuesday sworn in as the new chief minister of Goa, succeeding Manohar Parrikar, cremated hours earlier with state honours. At a much-delayed swearing-in ceremony, held around 2 am on Tuesday, 11 other MLAs, part of the Parrikar-led cabinet, were also sworn in as ministers. The ceremony, held at a cramped Raj Bhavan, was to take place at 11 pm on Monday

Panaji, Mar 18: BJP's Pramod Sawant willl be the new chief minister of Goa, party sources said Monday. Two MLAs from the BJP alliance partners will be made deputy chief ministers as part of the compromise reached with allies, they said. The BJP managed to break the deadlock in Goa, offering key allies their pound of flesh, by accepting their demand for deputy CM's posts. Sawant is now Speaker of

New Delhi, Mar 18: Racing against time to meet the Supreme Court's deadline, Reliance Communications (RCom) has paid Rs 458.77 crore of dues to Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson, according to sources. Failure to cough up the dues would have meant that RCom Chairman Anil Ambani would have faced a 3-month jail term. Observing there was a 'wilful default', the Supreme Court last month held