NIA carries out raids to dismantle terror infrastructure in J&K

Jammu: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids here on Saturday as part of its crackdown against elements allegedly involved in terror funding and radicalisation of youngsters, officials said. The raids are underway at different places, including Gujjar Nagar and Shaheedi Chowk in Jammu city, they added. The officials said a private school and premises…

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Jaishankar bats for deeper ties among IOR nations; flags instances of disregard to maritime laws, long-standing pacts

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday called for shoring up engagement among countries of Indian Ocean region to confront challenges like safeguarding sovereignty, dealing with cases of disregard to maritime laws and flouting of long-standing pacts, in remarks seen as an oblique reference to China’s military assertiveness including along the Line of…

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UPA put ‘family first’, left India in ‘dire straits’ in 2014: Sitharaman

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday lambasted the previous Congress-led UPA government for its mismanagement of the economy saying the party put “family first” and left the country in “dire straits” in 2014, but it is now lecturing the Modi government on handling the economy. Initiating the debate on the ‘White Paper on…

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Probe into murder of Thackeray group leader during Facebook Live transferred to Mumbai Crime Branch

Mumbai: The investigation into the sensational murder of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Abhishek Ghosalkar during a ‘Facebook Live’ by a local ‘social activist’, who also killed himself, has been transferred to the Mumbai Crime Branch, an official said on Friday. Abhishek (40), son of former MLA Vinod Ghosalkar, a loyalist of the Uddhav Thackeray-led party,…

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