Category: NATIONAL NEWS

The Amarnath Yatra was suspended on both Pahalgam and Baltal routes today due to inclement weather, officials said. The yatra has been suspended on both the routes as the tracks are slippery because of rain, a spokesperson of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) said here. While no pilgrim is allowed to proceed towards the cave shrine on foot, some yatris are using the helicopter services to undertake the pilgrimage, he added.A flood alert was sounded in south and central Kashmir after many parts of the state were lashed by…

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After crashing to life-time lows yesterday, the rupee staged a spirited recovery to end higher by 33 paise at 68.46 against the US dollar today in line with a big relief rally in domestic equities.Propped up by heavy dollar selling intervention by the RBI, the Indian unit touched a fresh intra-day high of 68.35.This was the first gain posted by the rupee in the last four sessions.Overall forex sentiment, however, remained cautious due to rising crude prices and concerns over fiscal slippage.The rupee largely took cue from weak dollar overseas,…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that 42 lakh senior citizens had voluntarily given up their railway concession in the past nine months while 1.25 crore families had surrendered their gas subsidy.Modi said an environment of honesty has been fostered in the country and more and more people are coming forward to contribute to the nation building by voluntarily giving up on various subsidies and concessions.He said with his one request from the Red Fort to the well-off citizens to give up LPG subsidy, and 1.25 crore families gave up…

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Amarnath Cave (JK), Jun 28 (DIN NEWS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today said all arrangements have been made for the security of two-month-long Amarnath pilgrimage and there is no cause for any worry. Vohra’s comments came amidst “biggest-ever” security blanket thrown to secure pilgrims undertaking the Amarnath pilgrimage which began today. “I want to give a message and assurance that all security arrangements have been made for Amarnath Yatra. There is no cause for worry for the pilgrims,” he told PTI after offering prayers at the cave…

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Mumbai, Jun 28 (DIN NEWS) Five persons were killed when an aircraft on a test flight crashed in a crowded Mumbai suburb this afternoon, police said. Those killed include two pilots and as many flight engineers on board, besides a pedestrian in the Ghatkopar area where it crashed, police said. The King Air C90 12-seater aircraft, which took off from the Juhu airstrip, crashed in the Jagruti Nagar area of Ghatkopar, police said. A team of officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) rushed to the crash site…

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The Army Major, who is accused of killing a fellow officer’s wife, will be taken to Meerut to ascertain the places he had visited after the incident, police said today. The sharp-edged weapon with which 35-year-old Shailza Dwivedi, wife of another Army Major, was killed is yet to be recovered, they added.Police will be taking the arrested accused, Major Nikhil Handa, to Meerut to recreate the sequence of events and to ascertain where he could have thrown the knife he used to slit the woman’s throat. Today, the accused was…

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Indian Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat on Wednesday slammed the UN report on alleged human rights violations in Kashmir, dubbing it as “motivated”.The human rights record of the Indian Army, he said, was well known to the people of Kashmir and to the international community”I don’t need to speak about the human rights record of the Indian Army. It is well known to all of you, it is well known to the people of Kashmir, and to the international community. I don’t think we should get too concerned about the…

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Panaji, Jun 26 (DIN NEWS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today described the imposition of Emergency in 1975 as the “darkest phase in the democratic history” of India. The Emergency was imposed on this day in 1975 by the then Congress government led by Indira Gandhi. On its the 43rd anniversary today, Parrikar lauded those who fought against the “atrocities” of the then Congress government. “India saw the darkest phase in its democratic history when Mrs Gandhi imposed national Emergency, the draconian act of crushing civil liberties. Salute those who…

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Mumbai, Jun 26 (DIN NEWS) Slamming Congress and the Gandhi family on the 43rd anniversary of imposition of Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India was “turned into a jail for the selfish personal interests” of that family. Addressing a meeting organised by the BJP to mark the Emergency anniversary, Modi said the day needs to be observed to re-dedicate oneself to protection of the Constitution and democracy. “Emergency is a black spot on the golden history of the nation. Observing black day today is not just to criticise…

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