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Srinagar: Hundreds of tourists and locals thronged the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg, in north Kashmir, for the New Year celebrations, but the dry weather played a dampener and disappointed many revelers. "We had made plans for celebrating…
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Islamabad: Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack, was today sent back to a Rawalpindi jail after a court here remanded him to 14 days judicial custody for the abduction of an Afghan national. Lakhvi, 54, was…
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One forest employee has been injured and several thousand trees have been burnt so far in the massive forest fire that is raging in three forest compartments of the Kuntawara forest range here. The employee, identified as Harbans Lal,…
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New Delhi: Upping the ante for Robert Vadra, the Income Tax department has begun scrutiny of the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law's controversial land deals and financial transactions. According to a newspaper, Vadra's Skylight…
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Price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) was on Thursday cut by Rs. 43.50 per cylinder as international oil rates slumped to their lowest since May 2009. A 14.2-kg cylinder of non-subsidised LPG will now cost Rs. 708.50, down from Rs.…
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KASHMIR: BSNL today restored landline telephone services in the heart of the city here, after these remained out of order for almost four months following devastating floods last year. The communication services were hit in Kashmir…
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Chennai:  India's first interplanetary mission MOM will complete 100 days around Mars tomorrow after it entered the Red Planet's orbit in September last. The Mars Orbiter launched on November 5, 2013 onboard ISRO's PSLV C25 from…
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NEW DELHI: Cars, SUVs and two-wheelers will become expensive from January 1 with the government deciding not to extend the reduced excise duty rates provided to the sector. "The government is not extending the excise duty…
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‘Himmat’, a mobile application of Delhi Police that will allow women to send a distress call to Police Control Room and their relatives in case of any emergency, was launched here today by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Home Minister…
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New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) With international crude oil rates slipping below $55 a barrel, state-run oil marketers had a New Year Day gift of a cut petrol and diesel rates by Rs.2 a litre, excluding local taxes. Allowing for local levies,…
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