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Chandigarh, Aug 22 : The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday shot dead five suspected Pakistani intruders along the International Border (IB) in Punjab.Officials said the incident took place in the early hours, when personnel of 103 Battalion of …

New Delhi, Aug 22 : In the year 2014, Delhi-based artist Ashim Purkayastha started collecting stones from different streets in Delhi.At that time, he had no idea that his work ‘Shelter’ would be a part of the Indian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Bienna…

Agra, Aug 22 : The Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations will be a low-key affair this year here as authorities have banned processions due to the rising Covid-19 infection graph.In the last 24 hours, Mathura reported 46 fresh cases of Covid-19 while Agra re…

New Delhi, Aug 21 : In a bid to ramp up infrastructure in the Himalayan region, the government has finalised bids to construct the Zoji La tunnel in the Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh region.National Highways and Industrial Development Corporation (NHIDCL)…

New Delhi, Aug 21 : A private tourist company based in Gurugram has announced a bus service from Delhi to London where the travellers will cover 18 countries and 20,000 km in 70 days.Adventures Overland on August 15 announced the “first-ever hop-on/h…

New Delhi, Aug 21 : With Shashi Tharoor moving a privilege motion against a BJP MP for questioning his power to unilaterally summon Facebook representatives to a Parliamentary Standing Committee, the BJP has realised the Congress’ seriousness in the …

New Delhi, Aug 21 : As part of its effort to end the practice of caste discrimination and untouchability in society, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad has succeeded in training around 5,000 Dalits as priests across the country, a VHP leader claimed on Friday…

Hyderabad, Aug 21 : Covid-19 cases in Telangana reached close to one lakh on Friday with 1,967 more samples testing positive for the virus.Health officials said the new cases pushed the state’s tally to 99,391 while eight more succumbed to the virus,…

New Delhi, Aug 21 : The Delhi High Court on Friday directed authorities to treat as representation, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the method adopted by electricity companies for calculating the cumulative electricity consumption char…

New Delhi, Aug 21 : Amid alliance talks in Bihar with the RJD and other like minded parties, the Congress is focusing on voters who pressed NOTA during the assembly elections in 2015.The party is in talks to identify pockets where NOTA was pressed as…