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Punjab Frontier: BSF Downed over 100 Drones from Pakistan in 2023

December 31, 2023 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 31: The Border Security Force (BSF) at the Punjab border have downed more than 100 drones flying from across the border and caught 37 foreign nationals including smugglers in 2023. In a detailed statement issued by the security forces, it said the BSF this year had successfully detected and brought down 107 […]

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US-Educated Economist Arvind Panagariya to Head 16th Finance Commission

December 31, 2023 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 31: The Centre on Sunday appointed former Niti Aayog vice chairman and Columbia University professor Arvind Panagariya as the chairman of the Sixteenth Finance Commission, which will recommend the tax revenue sharing formula between the Centre and the States for the five-year period beginning April, 2026. The Finance Ministry on […]

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Centre Bans Tehreek-e-Hurriyat for Fomenting Terrorism

December 31, 2023 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 31: The government on Sunday declared pro-Pakistan separatist amalgam Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) Jammu and Kashmir a banned organisation for fomenting terrorism and spreading anti-India propaganda in the Union territory. Announcing the decision, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the group was found spreading anti-India propaganda and continuing terror activities to fuel secessionism in […]

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Huthi Drone Attacks: Indian and US Navy Step up Vigil in Arabian Sea

December 31, 2023 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 31: The Indian Navy has stepped up surveillance in the north and central Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden following frequent security incidents on merchant vessels sailing through international shipping lanes. Naval task groups comprising destroyers and frigates have been deployed to undertake maritime security operations and help merchant […]

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First Flight Lands in Ayodhya

December 30, 2023 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 30: Within hours of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Maharshi Valmiki airport, named after the author of the epic “Ramayana,” the Ayodhya airport received its first flight on Saturday. An IndiGo flight which took off from Delhi landed in Ayodhya heralding the start of the airport in the Ram Mandir town. […]

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Pakistan: Imran Khan’s Nominations Rejected but Nawaj Sharif’s Accepted

December 30, 2023 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 30: Amidst the current political and economic upheaval, Pakistan’s Election Commission dealt a major blow to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), one of the main contenders for power in the coming general elections, by rejecting the nomination of the former prime minister Imran Khan, the party’s mainstay to earn votes. His […]

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63% Decline in Terror-Related Incidents in J&K: DGP

December 30, 2023 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 30: A total of 76 terrorists, including 55 foreigners, were neutralised, 291 terrorist associates arrested and 201 overground workers booked under the Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir in the current year, Director General of Police R.R. Swain said on Saturday. Mr Swain also claimed that only 31 local terrorists – […]