BJP snatches prestige seat from Congress in Gujarat

Jasdan (Gujarat) (IANS): The BJP came up trumps and touched the 100-seat mark in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly by capturing the Jasdan seat in the Saurashtra region from the Congress in a by-election, the result of which was declared on Sunday.

JDU, BJP To Contest 17 Seats Each, LJP 6 seats in Bihar

New Delhi (IANS): The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will contest six seats while the BJP and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) will contest 17 seats each, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar under a seat-sharing formula, BJP President Amit Shah announced…

N-capable Agni-IV successfully test fired off Odisha coast

Bhubaneswar (IANS): Nuclear strategic ballistic missile Agni-IV was successfully test fired from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast on Sunday.

The Strategic Forces Command of Indian Army successfully test fired the surface-to-surface…

Delhi records 3.7 degrees C, air quality 'severe'

New Delhi (IANS) Engulfed in a blanket of shallow fog and haze, the national capital on Sunday recorded 3.7 degrees Celsius -- the coldest day this December with the air quality remaining 'severe', the Met department said.
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6 Kashmiri Zakir Musa men killed in J&K

Srinagar (IANS): Six Kashmiri militants of the Al Qaeda-affiliate Zakir Musa group, Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, were gunned down by security forces in an encounter on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.

Soliha, the deputy of Zakir…

PNB officer abducted, killed in Bihar

Gaya (IANS) A Punjab National Bank (PNB) officer was abducted and later killed by unidentified criminals in Gaya district in Bihar.

The bank's Customer Service Point (CSP) in-charge Pintu Singh was abducted late on Friday…

Severe cold wave in Kashmir, Ladakh

Srinagar (IANS) A severe cold wave-lashed Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Saturday as Leh recorded minus 15.8 degrees Celius and the Met forecast no change in conditions for at least the next five days till Thursday.

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India, China identify 10 areas of people-to-people cooperation

New Delhi (IANS) In keeping with the Wuhan spirit in the wake of the informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in April this year, India and China on Friday identified 10 areas for boosting people-to-people…

Government order on interception same as that of UPA: Jaitley

New Delhi  (IANS) Under opposition attack, the government on Friday defended its order on monitoring and intercepting any computer by central investigative and security agencies, saying it was a mere repetition of an order of authorization…

All 22 accused in Sohrabuddin encounter case acquitted

Mumbai (IANS): A special CBI court on Friday here acquitted all 22 accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati encounter case and rape-cum-murder of Kausar Bi saying witnesses and proofs were not satisfactory.

"Witnesses and…