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Kiren Rijiju: Government should pull up socks, learn from Pathankot

Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said the needs to “pull up” its socks and learn from the terror attack at the Pathankot airbase in January this year. “Even the recent Pathankot incident… despite having precise intelligence inputs, still the incident took place. There are certain things, we do agree, where

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पठानकोट एयरबेस की सुरक्षा की गई सख्त, देखते ही गोली मारने के आदेश

पठानकोट: खुफिया सूचनाएं मिलने के बाद पठानकोट के वायुसेना स्टेशन पर सुरक्षा बढ़ा दी गई है और देखते ही गोली मारने के आदेश जारी किए गए हैं। वरिष्ठ पुलिस अधीक्षक राकेश कौशल ने कहा कि इसी बीच सेना, सीमा सुरक्षा बल (बीएसएफ) और पंजाब पुलिस ने लोगों में विश्वास की भावना भरने के लिए सीमांत

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Udta Punjab: The Himachal village that Punjab drug dealers want to censor

SOURCE: gl/2vDwuC After the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)-led Pathankot air force station attack in January 2016, dna visited Punjab in order to explore, among other things, the drug angle to the attack. dna spoke to a number residents in villages notorious for drug abuse. On one such visit, the tour guide, himself a drug peddler, intended to

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Punjab da Captain: Amarinder Singh set to woo ex-servicemen in Pathankot

Elections may be more than eight months away in Punjab but the Congress party has already begun its pre-election campaign. Party chief Captain Amarinder Singh – hoping to return as Chief Minister – has kicked-off a series of meetings titled ‘Coffee with Captain’ – perhaps taking off from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popular ‘chai pe

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Despite ban, stubble burning continues in and around Pathankot

Despite ban, burning of stubble goes unchecked in and around Pathankot. The thick black smoke and black fields left after stubble burning is a common sight in this district. A drive from Sarna village in Pathankot to Gurdaspur shows blackened fields after stubble burning. Instead of using scientific techniques, farmers still prefer to set the

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Stubble burning, rising temp threaten green cover in Pathankot

Amritsar: Dry spell and soaring temperatures have posed a grave risk of wildfire in nearly 15,000 hectares of forest area in Pathankot district bordering Himachal Pradesh even as a few minor cases of fire have already been reported. With temperature going above 40°C coupled with common practice of burning stubble after harvesting wheat by many

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Pathankot Airbase was poorly guarded

NEW DELHI: An Indian parliamentary committee investigating the Pathankot Airbase terrorist attack has admitted that there was something wrong with their counter-terror security establishment and suggested that the Pathankot Airbase’s security cover was not robust and had a poorly guarded perimeter wall. The Indian Express reported on its webpage that it was surprised that armed

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AgustaWestland case: Govt rejects charge that PM Modi struck a deal with Italy

The government on Friday rebutted allegations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had struck a deal with Italy on AgustaWestland case and said the Central issue was corruption and any other effort to divert from it was “misleading”. It also termed attempts to link NSA Ajit Doval and Principal Secretary to PM Nripendra Mishra to one

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Uttarakhand Forest Fire: Governor Seeks Deployment Of NDRF Companies

Raging forest fires in Uttarakhand have prompted Governor KK Paul to seek deployment of three NDRF companies to douse the flame and conduct rescue operations. Since early February, 922 cases of forest fire incidents in the state have occurred killing five people, including three women and a child in separate incidents, and injuring seven, Principal

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Malaika Arora khan: Will never endorse alcohol, cigarettes

There were many Bollywood personalities who faced criticism in the past for endorsing different brands, but actress Malaika Arora ensures that she always picks the right endorsement deal. She says she will never promote alcohol, cigarettes or skin lightening brands as she doesn’t believe in such products. She was here to launch lingerie brand amante’s

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Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Fan’ is struggling to enter the 100-crore club; Why did it stall?

When Shah Rukh Khan took on the roles of a superstar (Aryan) and his obsessed fan (Gaurav) in Maneesh Sharma’s Fan, it was a risk. For a while now, Shah Rukh has played it safe in a sense — films like Dilwale, Happy New Year, Chennai Express, Jab Tak Hai Jaan that played to his

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Manoj Bajpayee: Green corridor initiative is need of the hour

Actor Manoj Bajpayee, who will be seen as a traffic constable in the forthcoming thriller ‘Traffic’, believes that the Green corridor is an initiative which is the need of the hour. The Green Corridor initiative is created for fast-pace movement of ambulances carrying harvested organs from one hospital to the other. Referring to the case

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Syria’s Aleppo bombed again after deadly hospital strike

Syrian government aircraft pounded rebel areas of Syria’s second city Aleppo on Friday, damaging a clinic just days after a strike on another hospital killed two doctors and sparked international outcry. More than 200 civilians have been killed in Aleppo over the past week, as rebels fire rockets into government-held neighbourhoods and regime air strikes

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South African court says corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma to be reviewed

A South African court has ruled that a decision to drop 738 corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma should be reviewed, adding to the leader’s legal troubles. Judge Aubrey Ledwaba’s ruling Friday allows prosecutors to re-open charges against Zuma which are linked to a multi-billion dollar arms deal in 1999. Zuma has denied the corruption

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MPs maange more: Lawmakers demand 100% pay hike; raise will burden exchequer by Rs 250 crore

Ahead of the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission, members of Parliament have recommended a hike of 100% for themselves, saying they deserve it for their ‘good conduct’. A joint committee on salaries and allowances of Members of Parliament (MPs) under BJP MP Yogi Aditya Nath has recommended doubling of MPs salaries and perks. According

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Crucial file on ‘truth behind Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s disappearance’ destroyed in 1972

A day after the Central government on Friday declassified 25 more files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, it has emerged that a key file had been destroyed by the Centre decades back as part of a ‘routine’ exercise. The file in question is – File No 12 (226)56-PM – as per The Times of

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ICC has one rule for West Indies, another for India: Viv Richards

The legendary Viv Richards has lashed out at ICC for its official reprimand of the World T20 champions West Indies, stating that it has one rule for the Darren Sammy-led outfit and another for Indian cricket team. Top cricketers like T20 captain Darren Sammy, all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, Marlon Samuels had come down heavily on West

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