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Vikram Sharma

Indo-Nepal border to have laser walls

In view of increasing threats from hostile neighbours, the 1,751 km long Indo-Nepal border will soon have ‘laser walls’

01 Nov 2020 11:07 AM

At least 30 lakh Indian bank accounts beneficiary of Chinese online gaming fraud

The multi-crore online gaming fraud which was busted last month

15 Sep 2020 2:20 PM

SSB, which works under the command of the Union home ministry, guards the 1,751 km long Indo-Nepal border. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Nepal 'buying' citizens in three villages on border

The Nepal government is promising money, land and houses along with Nepalese citizenship — most of which is believed to be funded by China

14 Sep 2020 12:20 AM

A massive respiratory system makde yaks ideal for mountain operations.

Despite modern artillery, the yak remains the beast of burden for PLA

Old-timers in Indian Army reveal PLA soldiers are very touchy about yaks

13 Sep 2020 2:51 PM

There is nothing to indicate that the arrests may have figured during the back channel talks between India and China

China keeping a close eye on multi-agency investigation against 2 Chinese nationals

It is unclear if the Chinese embassy has offered help to Sang and Hao through the MEA or MHA so far

29 Aug 2020 6:29 PM

Passengers wearing face masks arrive at Jai Prakash Narayan Airport during total lockdown in Patna. PTI Photo

Lost & found items at airport now pose risk of COVID-19

The newest addition to the things forgotten by flyers are thermometers and bags or pouches containing sanitisers and hand wash

19 Jul 2020 6:35 PM

Social events organised since the easing of the lockdown have been spreading the coronavirus in the old city of Hyderabad. (DC Photo)

Hyderabad's biz community in fright after sweet shop owner dies of Covid

18 Jul 2020 8:39 AM

Police inspect the encounter site where gangster Vikas Dubey was killed when he allegedly tried to escape from the spot following an accident, near Kanpur, Friday morning, July 10, 2020. Dubey, accused of killing eight policemen, was being brought to Kanpur from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh a day after his arrest. (PTI)

Disha probe panel member finds Vikas Dubey encounter 'very strange'

D R Karthikeyan is investigating a similar killing by the Telangana police

11 Jul 2020 12:07 PM

In the days before roads like these were built on the frontier with China, munitions used to be transported by mule trains. (PTI)

On the Uttarakhand border, villagers reminisce about mules transporting guns

Nearly sixty years since the 1962 war, villagers still prepared to render assistance to army

18 Jun 2020 5:32 PM

This satellite photo provided by Planet Labs shows the Galwan Valley area in the Ladakh region near the Line of Actual Control between India and China. PTI photo

How Indian soldiers were attacked on LAC: An account of the skirmish

The PLA soldiers were bashed up and the violent face-off continued for several hours

17 Jun 2020 1:11 PM

Chaos rules supreme in Hyderabad's Gandhi Hospital as bodies pile up at mortuary

The hospital administration is struggling to set things in order at the morgue to avoid goof-ups

13 Jun 2020 2:26 PM

PG doctors stage a protest against alleged misbehavior and manhandling of doctors treating COVID-19 patients during the nationwide lockdown, near Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad. PTI photo

Police at Gandhi hospital Hyderabad left before shift ended leading to assault on docs

The lone private security guard who tried to shield the Duty Medical Officer from the attack, was locked inside the bathroom

10 Jun 2020 8:13 PM

COVID-19 dead body disposal team: The guys we forgot to shower petals on

They're the guys who accompany the victims on their final journey

07 Jun 2020 1:22 PM

Ramavtar Gupta of Totaram Murarilal jewellers, who was in his 80s and bed-ridden for four years, is suspected to have got infected at the hospital. He died on Thursday evening. (Representative Image | AFP)

One person dies in Hyderabad corporate hospital secretly treating COVID-19 patients

Thirteen people are in the isolation ward of the sprawling hospital, which has four branches in the city.

29 May 2020 1:44 AM

Security experts worry about hand sanitizers on aircraft

Hand sanitizers in aircraft, so many of them, brings back ''Liquid bomb'' memories for those in aviation security

24 May 2020 5:58 PM

Migrant labourers returning from other states seen in Prayagraj on May 10, 2020. (AP)

Central government mulls community-based coronavirus mapping

Sources said mapping will take into account geography, lifestyle, income,social activities, daily routine and family size

10 May 2020 2:05 PM

A man carries a child to an ambulance after she was exposed to styrene gas that leaked out of tanks at a factory owned by L G Polymers in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, May 7, 2020. Eleven people were killed in the industrial accident. (AA Photo: P Narasimha Murthy)

What makes Vizag the hazardous industry capital of India? Bribes!

There have been no less than 40 industrial mishaps in and around Visakhapatnam in the past six years, claiming at least 32 lives

08 May 2020 12:42 PM

An illuminated Indian Navy warship release flares as a signal of gratitude to frontline medical staff fighting the COVID-19 pandemic off the Ramakrishna beach in Visakhapatnam on Sunday, May 3, 2020. (DC Photo: K Murali Krishna)

Conservative estimate: Armed Forces Thank You show cost Rs 50 crore. Was it worth it?

Sources: Just the Su-30 flypast over Marine Drive in Mumbai would have cost between Rs 45 lakh

04 May 2020 11:45 AM

Head priests of Kedarnath, Badrinath brave lockdown to keep traditions alive

The doors of Kedarnath and Badrinath will open on April 29 and May 15 respectively

26 Apr 2020 1:21 PM

A group of seven Hyderabadis on a 13-day trip to Antarctica. (DC Photo)

Jet set, no-go

When setting off on a 13-day return trip to Antarctica, these seven Hyderabadis didn’t imagine home could be so far

23 Apr 2020 10:20 AM

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