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IAF plane crashes, pilots safe
Jaipur: A MiG-23 trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force today crashed in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district, with both the pilots ejecting safely. The incident occurred in Balesar area, SP (Jodhpur Rural) Dr Ravi said.
Pilgrim dies at Amarnath base camp
Srinagar: A 59-year-old pilgrim from Uttar Pradesh died at the Baltal base camp of Amarnath yatra in central Kashmir, raising the death toll in the ongoing annual pilgrimage to seven, police said on Thursday.
Power board staff up in arms against the government over pay anomalisies
Shimla: HP state electricity board employees union today started the statewide agitation against the indifferent attitude of state finance department to resolve their pay anomalies. Addressing the employees’ protest at Rohru today, president of union K S Kharwara alleged that the finance department was delaying the decision of the Board of Director (BoD) and the direction issued by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh to implement the decisions.
Dalai Lama turns 82
Dharamsala: The Dalai Lama, the icon of the Tibetan struggle for the past more than 50 years since he fled into exile in India, will be 82 tomorrow. The Tibetans-in-exile, Indian and foreign followers of the Dalai Lama and Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), will celebrate the occasion at McLeodganj.
CM announces Rs 1 lakh reward for info on snatchers
Chandigarh: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today announced that a reward of Rs 1 lakh would be given to anyone providing information leading to the arrest of purse and chain snatchers in the state. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Police Department.
Special force formed to tighten noose on criminals
Chandigarh: The police have constituted a special state-level task force to tighten the noose on wanted criminals, including serial killers and those indulging in organised crimes like drug trafficking, extortion and contract killing.
Police seized contraband worth Rs 2.5 crore
Sonepat: The anti-drug unit of the district police seized 21.40 quintals of postchura (poppy husk) from a truck and also seized around 66 tonnes of illegal stock of postdana (poppy seed) from the Sri Sri Enterprises, an industrial unit in Haryana State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) at Kundli in the district late last evening.
Jawan goes missing from Army camp in Kashmir, alert sounded
Srinagar: An Army jawan has gone missing along with his service rifle from a camp in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, officials said today.
Woman gang-raped in front of children; 4 held
Visakhapatnam: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly raped by two men in front of her three children at her house in the city, police said.
Railways to diversify its freight basket: Prabhu
Union Minister Suresh Prabhu today said the Railways need to diversify its freight basket over a period of time and that private-public partnership (PPP) initiatives are the best to accommodate smaller quantities of cargo