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Sikh community added vibrancy and vitality to Singapore’s multiracial society

Sikh community added vibrancy and vitality to Singapore’s multiracial society

Singapore, Apr 15 : The Sikh community in Singapore has added great vibrancy and vitality to the fabric of the country’s multiracial society, a Singaporean minister has said, lauding the community for contributing to nation-building efforts and distinguishing itself in many different fields from education to law. Communications and Information Minister S Iswaran, while launching […]

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BJP leader shot dead in Khurda town

BJP leader shot dead in Khurda town

Bhubaneswar, Apr 15 :  Unidentified miscreants have gunned down a local BJP leader in Odisha’s Khurda town, triggering protest from the saffron party, police said Monday. The deceased has been identified as Manguli Jena, BJP’s mandal president of Khurda zone-9, the police said. The incident took place on Sunday midnight when Jena was standing near […]

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Dubai Gurdwara to hold daily iftar during Ramzan

Dubai Gurdwara to hold daily iftar during Ramzan

Dubai, Apr 15 :  In a heart-warming gesture, the UAE’s only Sikh Gurdwara here, will host iftar for workers throughout the holy month of Ramzan, offering vegetarian meals, according to a media report. The Gurdwara in Dubai’s Jebel Ali, which has been hosting an interfaith iftar during every Ramzan in the past six years, will […]

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Jet Airways pilots appeal to SBI for funds, also ask PM to save 20,000 jobs

Jet Airways pilots appeal to SBI for funds, also ask PM to save 20,000 jobs

Mumbai, Apr 15: Jet Airways pilots body, the National Aviator’s Guild, Monday appealed the State Bank of India (SBI) to release Rs 1,500 crore, which was proposed to be infused in the ailing carrier as part of a debt-restructuring plan last month. The airline is operating just 6-7 planes, with almost its entire fleet being […]

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Mobile internet services restored, curfew relaxed for three hours in Kishtwar

Mobile internet services restored, curfew relaxed for three hours in Kishtwar

Jammu: Mobile internet services in curfew-bound Kishtwar township of Jammu and Kashmir was restored on Monday after remaining suspended for the past six days following improvement in the overall law and order situation, a senior government official said. The curfew, which was promulgated in the town and adjoining areas Tuesday last week following the killing […]

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Pak, China cannot afford misadventures in BJP rule: Adityanath

Pak, China cannot afford misadventures in BJP rule: Adityanath

Rourkela, Apr 15:  Accusing the Congress of adopting a “soft approach” towards terrorists and naxals, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that China and Pakistan no longer indulge in adventurism as India now has a strong government led by the BJP. Addressing a rally in this steel city, the firebrand BJP leader […]

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Stones hurled at Mehbooba’s motorcade in Anantnag district

Stones hurled at Mehbooba’s motorcade in Anantnag district

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s motorcade came under stone-pelting in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday while she was returning from a shrine there, officials said. Mehbooba had gone to a shrine at Khirram in Anantnag district to pay her obeisance and was returning to Bijbehara when the incident took place, they added. […]

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Indian MLA copied our song, says Pakistan

Indian MLA copied our song, says Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Army on Sunday claimed that an Indian legislator had copied its anthem and dedicated it to the Indian armed forces. Thakur Raja Singh Lodh, a BJP member of the Telangana Assembly representing the Goshamahal constituency in Hyderabad, had tweeted: “My new song which will be released on 14th April at 11:45 AM […]

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Pak shells forward areas along LoC in Rajouri

Pak shells forward areas along LoC in Rajouri

Jammu, April 15: Pakistani troops Monday lobbed mortars and opened fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, drawing retaliation from Indian troops. “At about 0815 hours, Pakistani Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling with mortars and firing of small arms along the LoC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri […]

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Fifth accused in 2017 Lethpora attack case held: NIA

Fifth accused in 2017 Lethpora attack case held: NIA

New Delhi, Apr 14: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Sunday arrested the fifth accused in connection with a militant attack on the CRPF group centre at Lethpora village in Pulwama district in December 2017 that killed five personnel, officials said here. An NIA spokesman said Irshad Ahmad Reshi was picked up from Pulwama in south […]