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File photo of Shah Faesal (second from left) at a rally to launch his party J&K Peoples Movement. (AA Photo: H U Naqash)

Kashmiri activist Shah Faesal drops 'politics' from his Twitter bio

The former IAS topper was released from detention in June

10 Aug 2020 5:25 PM IST

Former Prez Pranab Mukherjee tests positive for COVID-19. (PTI Photo)

Former President Pranab Mukherjee tests positive for COVID-19

On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID19 today, he tweeted

10 Aug 2020 1:57 PM IST

Protest over madrasa teacher being beaten up by cop during lockdown. (File Photo)

Clerics protest after cop thrashes Madrasa teacher during lockdown in...

Several clerics have filed the complaint and demanded strict action against the sub-inspector

10 Aug 2020 1:39 PM IST

FIR against Congress leader Jitu Patwari for tampering PMs photograph. (PTI Photo)

FIR against Congress leader Jitu Patwari for tampering PM's bhoomi...

The Congress leader however said he had not made any derogatory or offensive remarks against the PM

10 Aug 2020 12:51 PM IST

PM Modi inaugurates first ever optical fibre cable project for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. (PTI Photo)

PM launches 2,300-km undersea cable project to boost Andamans internet...

Modi said that the role of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is very crucial and it is going to be enhanced further under...

10 Aug 2020 12:31 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCNIM) leaders at the signing ceremony of the framework agreement between the government of India and NSCN(IM) in New Delhi. (File Photo- PTI )

Peace talks between Centre, NSCN (IM) and NNPGs to conclude by...

Government already rejected the demand for a separate flag and constitution for Nagaland, the sources said

10 Aug 2020 11:46 AM IST

District president of Budgam BJP Abdul Hamid Najar was shot at by terrorists on Sunday succumbed to his injuries. (PTI Photo)

Another BJP leader killed by terrorists in J&K's Budgam, party leaders...

Hours after Abdul Hamid Najar was shot by militants, four BJP leaders in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam resigned from the...

10 Aug 2020 10:53 AM IST

Reacting sharply to his remarks, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said that the CS has committed gross abuse of civil service rules

J&K Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam's remarks against local...

The PDP accused him of having come to J&K with a colonial mindset and being the chief executioner of RSS in the...

9 Aug 2020 5:31 PM IST

DMK MP Kanimozhi on Sunday said a CISF officer asked her if she was an Indian, when she asked the woman official to speak in Tamil or English. (PTI Photo)

Asked if I am an Indian for not speaking in Hindi at airport: DMK MP...

I would like to know from when being indian is equal to knowing Hindi, Kanimozhi tweeted

9 Aug 2020 4:54 PM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announces progressive restrictions on import of 101 defence items. (PTI Photo)

Defence Ministry bans 101 import items, big push to atmanirbhar bharat...

Ministry has prepared a list of 101 items for which the embargo on imports is planned to be progressively implemented...

9 Aug 2020 1:30 PM IST

The Boeing 737-800 plane, coming from Dubai, had overshot the runway while landing in heavy rains and broke into two pieces. (Photo- PTI)

AI plane touched down 1 km away from runway threshold

Some of my colleagues in the political system have raised queries regarding Kozhikode air accident without ascertaining...

9 Aug 2020 11:55 AM IST

Firemen rescue a person from the gutted Swarna Palace hotel in Vijayawada where a fire killed at least nine COVID-19 patients on Sunday, August 9, 2020. The hotel was being used as a makeshift COVID-19 facility.

9 patients killed in fire at makeshift COVID19 facility in Vijayawada

The hotel was under lease to a private hospital which was running it as a COVID treatment facility

9 Aug 2020 11:00 AM IST