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March 7, 2016 6:09 PM

Mahashivratri being celebrated with religious fervour & gaiety

Amid strict security arrangements across the state, thousands of devotees reached at Kashi Vishwanath and other Shiva temples and offered jalabhishek on the occasion of Mahashivratri. According to reports from Varanasi people in large number taking holy dip in Ganga River and offering jalabhishek an...

March 7, 2016 6:05 PM

Pak capture 5 Indian boats, 30 fishermen off Guj coast

The Pakistani Marine Security Agency, PMSA has captured five Indian boats along with 30 fishermen on board off the Gujarat coast. The latest incident has taken place amid the beefed up security on Gujarat coast in the wake of intelligence reports of terrorists sneaking from Pakistan. Quoting sources...

March 7, 2016 6:02 PM

PM selects another village in Varanasi for development under SAGY

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has selected another village for adoption in his Varanasi Constituency of U.P. for development under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY). Nagepur, a village dominated by backward castes has been selected under the second phase of the Yojana. Earlier, Prime Minister had...

March 7, 2016 5:32 PM

CoAS presents 'Standard' to 18 Cavalry on behalf of President

Chief of the Army Staff (CoAS), General Dalbir Singh, on behalf of the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, presented the &apos;Standard&apos; to 18 Cavalry at Amritsar today. To commemorate this historic event, the Chief of the Army Staff also released a "Special Day Cover". <br/>&...

March 7, 2016 5:05 PM

Pak team arrives India to review security for Dharamsala cricket match

A two member security team from Pakistan has arrived in Amritsar India today and left for Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh to review security arrangements for India-Pakistan cricket match scheduled on 19th of this month. The two member team comprises the director of the Federal Investigation Agency of...

March 7, 2016 4:40 PM

Pakistan hands 87 freed prisoners to India

Eighty-seven Indians, mostly fishermen were today handed over to India at the Wagah Border after being released from a Pak prison. The Indian nationals were freed from the Landhi Jail in Karachi yesterday.<br/><br/>A Pakistan Rangers official told reporters at the Wagah Border that all 8...

March 7, 2016 2:00 PM

1 sailor killed, 3 injured as fire breaks out in INS Viraat in Goa

One sailor was killed and three others injured after a fire broke out onboard India's soon to be decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Viraat in Goa. A navy spokesperson said in New Delhi that the fire incident happened yesterday afternoon when the ship had earthed the Goa harbour after the sorti...

March 7, 2016 12:59 PM

Terror threat: HM Rajnath chairs high level meeting in New Delhi

Home Minister Rajnath Singh today chaired a high level meeting in New Delhi in the backdrop of the terror threat. National Security adviser Ajit Doval was among those who attended the meeting. Delhi, Gujarat and other metro cities have been put on high alert after reports that 10 suspected LeT and J...

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