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Jammu and Kashmir: Two militants killed in encounter at Shopian district

Incriminating material including arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of encounter,the spokesman said, adding police have registered a case and initiated investigation in the matter.

Nov 18, 2018

India's first-ever elephant hospital opens in Mathura

The Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and the NGO Wildlife SOS together helped to build and organise the hospital.

Nov 18, 2018

Imran Khan gives a speech as he declares victory in the general election

Pakistan PM Imran Khan visits UAE to seek financial assistance

Khan, who is visiting the UAE for the second time in the last two months, met Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE's Armed Forces, at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi.

Nov 18, 2018

Union Minister KJ Alphons to visit Sabarimala, study facilities meant for pilgrims

The bureaucrat-turned-politician's visit comes at a time when the Kerala unit of the BJP observed Sunday as a protest day by blocking highways across the state following the arrest and remand of its senior leader K. Surendran.

Nov 18, 2018

West Bengal: Gold worth Rs 3 crore seized in Siliguri; one arrested

Officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) from Siliguri Regional Unit seized 9.296 kg of gold bars, smuggled from Myanmar to India through the Indo-Myanmar border of Manipur on Saturday evening.

Nov 18, 2018

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PM Modi stacks RBI board with allies to turn heat up on governor Urijit Patel

Now stacked with government nominees who can be counted on to support the administration, the board is being transformed from having a passive advisory role into a body that can exert pressure for policy change.

Nov 18, 2018

Punjab: 3 dead, 10 injured in grenade attack at Nirankari Bhawan

The grenade attack took place on the campus of the Nirankari sect in Adliwal village, about 15 km from Amritsar.

Nov 18, 2018

Karnataka: Cabinet expansion to take place before December

Several MLA's, especially from the Congress are lobbying for minister's post and have been demanding for the expansion to take place at the earliest.

Nov 18, 2018

Bajrang Dal women perform aarti inside Taj Mahal; video goes viral on social media [Watch]

The women were Meena Diwakar, the president of the women's wing and two other activists. They took a video of the aarti and uploaded it on social media. The Archeological Survey of India and the Central Industrial Security Force are analyzing the video.

Nov 18, 2018

India and Iran discuss trade cooperation under reimposed US sanctions

After US President Donald Trump's withdrawal from Iran's nuclear deal in May, the US has reimposed the stringent sanctions on Iran, including embargoes on Iran's banking and oil sectors.

Nov 18, 2018

Lalu Prasad Yadav's health deteriorates; former Bihar CM admitted at Ranchi hospital

Dr Umesh Prasad, a physician at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi, is treating the former Bihar chief minister who is currently serving his sentence at jail for his role in the fodder scam.

Nov 18, 2018

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Karnataka: Engineering student commits suicide by jumping from 6th floor at NIT-K

The student was constantly humiliated by a professor from the mechanical engineering department and was not allowed to write exams.

Nov 18, 2018

Flat-earthers gather for international conference even as NASA debunks their theory

Flat-earthers believe that earth is a floating flat object on space, and the giant walls in the polar regions are preventing us from falling down to the depths of space.

Nov 18, 2018

India sends an 'urgent request' to buy Seahawk helicopters from US

Defence officials have been trying to negotiate a deal from its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin for a long time but the substantial delays have marred the submarine-hunting capabilities of Indian Navy and now the deal is likely to pick up pace after the latest development..

Nov 18, 2018

IRS officer Sanjay Kumar Mishra appointed director of ED in full capacity

Mishra, a 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the Income Tax cadre, was appointed as the principal special director in the central probe agency on October 27 and was entrusted with the "additional" charge of ED director for three months.

Nov 18, 2018

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