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September 12, 2015 7:23 AM

Tenth World Hindi Conference to conclude this evening

Tenth World Hindi Conference will conclude in Bhopal this evening. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh will attend the concluding session.

September 11, 2015 8:44 PM

Indian woman with alleged ISIS link deported by UAE

An Indian woman, allegedly involved in carrying out recruitment for the dreaded ISIS terror outfit, was today deported by UAE after which she was arrested.<br/><br/>Officials said that 37-year-old Afsha Jabeen alias 'Nicky Joseph' hails from Hyderabad but had been portraying he...

September 11, 2015 8:44 PM

&apos;MCOCA court convicts 12 accused in 2006 Mumbai train blast case

A special court in Mumbai today convicted 12 accused in the 2006 serial bomb blasts that rattled Mumbai and killed 188 people. Delivering the verdict, the Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act - MCOCA court held the accused guilty of various charges under IPC, Explosives Act, Unlawful A...

September 11, 2015 8:20 PM

Defence Minister asks BRO to incorporate latest technologies

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has emphasized on the use of latest technologies to enhance the pace of construction of roads, bridges and tunnels in the inaccessible and far-flung border areas. Addressing a seminar in New Delhi, Mr Parrikar said Border Roads Organisation is facing major challenge...

September 11, 2015 8:17 PM

Ensure closure of children homes run by unregistered NGOs: SC

The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to ensure that unregistered NGOs do not run children homes across the country as they may be indulging in human trafficking.<br/><br/>The social justice bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit said that some of the girls are used in traffick...

September 11, 2015 8:03 PM

Udhampur attack: NIA announces cash reward for information on six terrorists

The National Investigation Agency, NIA has announced a cash reward for six terrorists in connection with Udhampur terror strike on a BSF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir. Of the six absconding accused, three will carry a reward of eight lakhs while the other three five lakhs. <br/><br/>The ac...

September 11, 2015 8:02 PM

World Conf calls for more steps to popularize Hindi to make it world language

Scholars participating in the Tenth World Hindi Conference have said that steps will have to be taken to popularize Hindi among youths to make it a world language. In the three day event, being organized in Bhopal, topics like Hindi in foreign policy, science, information technology and administrati...

September 11, 2015 8:00 PM

J&K: Search operation underway after two militants killed in Kupwara

In Jammu & Kashmir, the search and sanitization of the area is in progress following killing of two militants in Handwara forest area in Kupwara district. The area is around 100 Kms in north of Srinagar headquarters. Defence Spokesman told AIR that two heavily armed unidentified militants were k...

September 11, 2015 7:21 PM

250 NDA cadets fall ill after having lunch at hostel mess

After receiving media reports today that hundreds of cadets at the National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla were rushed to hospital yesterday afternoon after suffering from food poisoning, an official press release was issued by NDA accepting that a case of severe indigestion was reported by about 25...

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