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Govt orders LPG prices to be hiked by Rs 4 per month
New Delhi: The government has ordered state-run oil companies to raise subsidised cooking gas (LPG) prices by Rs 4 per cylinder every month to eliminate all the subsidies by March next year, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today.
End of grand alliance in Bihar very unpleasant: Sharad Yadav
New Delhi: Senior JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav today broke his silence on the end of "grand alliance" in Bihar, saying it was very "unpleasant" and "unfortunate".
Masked men loot bank in Anantnag
Srinagar: At least three masked gunmen today looted a bank branch in Anantnag district of Kashmir, taking away cash at gunpoint, police said. Bank officials are ascertaining the exact amount of cash taken by the gunmen, a police official said.
Karnal: Seven dead, 13 injured in truck-van accident
Karnal: At least seven people died and 13 were injured when the pickup van they were travelling in collided with a truck near Dhakwala village in Karnal district on Monday morning.
Elderly woman saved after floating for 13 hours in flood water
Burdwan (West Bengal): It was a providential escape for 62-year-old Tapati Chowdhury who kept herself afloat for 13 hours in the turbulent Damodar river in flood-hit Burdwan district, till she was rescued 80 km away.
Pakistan violates ceasefire in Rajouri
Jammu: Pakistan violated the ceasefire by firing on Indian posts along the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. The ceasefire violation took place last night.
Valley residents run for peace
Srinagar: A large number of people from all age groups today thronged the Boulevard road on the banks of the Dal Lake to participate in ‘Marathon-2017’ .
2 Hizb ultras killed in Pulwama gunfight
Srinagar: Two local militants of the Hizbul Mujahideen were killed in a brief gunfight in south Kashmir’s volatile Pulwama district today, triggering day-long clashes that left nearly a dozen injured.
Geelani’s Jammu aide quizzed by NIA over funds from Pak
Jammu: Tightening its noose on separatists, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) today picked another Hurriyat leader, Devinder Singh Behl, from his house in Bakshi Nagar, Jammu. One of the few non-Muslim separatist leaders, he was detained for over four hours.
HP leads in organic farming
Shimla: In its bid to promote organic farming, the state government’s Rs 321-crore cash crop diversification project launched in five districts of the state, has brought 22,000 hectare of land under organic farming with 40,000 farmers having registered under the scheme.