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Nepal attaches high importance to its relations with China:PM
Nepal attaches high importance to its relations with China and will not allow the country's soil to be used for any anti-China activities, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said. Deuba who met Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou yesterday said Nepal highly appreciated China's non- interference in its internal affairs and the Communist country's support for and understanding of its constitutional process as well as China's long-term assistance for its socio-economic development
Three LeT men, one civilian killed in Kashmir
Security forces dealt a severe blow to the militant group, Lashker-e-Taiba, when they killed three of its members early today after a six-hour encounter, which triggered protests that led to the death of a civilian the police described as a "chronic stone pelter". The civilian, Tawseef Hassan Wani (28), was killed when the forces tried to quell the protests directed against them after the encounter. A police official said he was leading a mob
NGT asks Himachal to expedite Manali-Rohtang ropeway project
In a bid to smoothen traffic on the Manali-Rohtang road, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Himachal Pradesh government to expedite the ropeway project on this route without any delay
Kovind meets Vajpayee to seek his blessings
NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind today met former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to seek his blessings. Kovind was accompanied by his wife during the meeting at Vajpayee's residence
Countdown for launch of PSLV-C38 begins
The 28-hour countdown for the launch of Cartosat-2 series satellite along with 30 co-passenger satellites from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh began at 5.29 am today
City likely to witness rains, thundershowers
Overnight showers in some areas of the national capital kept humidity levels high this morning. "The minimum temperature recorded at 8.30 am was 25.3 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal," a MeT official said. Humidity level was recorded at 74 per cent
Few takers of Yoga in Ramdev's ancestoral village
Yoga guru Ramdev may have led three lakh people in Ahmedabad in performing asanas on the International Yoga Day today and claiming it to be a "world record" but there were merely 40 people who perfomed yoga in his native village Saidalipur in Haryana
Yoga guru Ravi Shankar and minister Irani lead Yoga enthusiasts in Himachal
Thousands of men, women and children today thronged the huge 'chaugan' (courtyard) of the erstwhile Katoch dynasty rulers at Sujanpurtira in Hamirpur district to observe the International Day of Yoga. The function was presided over by Sri Ravi Shankar of the Art of Living society who was accompanied by Union Minister Smriti Irani and former Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal
Hundreds stranded as J&K highway closed after landslides in Ramban, Udhampur
The 300 km long Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for traffic after rains triggered landslides in the Udhampur and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir today
J&K: Army jawan, another feared dead as truck falls in Chenab
Two persons including an Army jawan are feared dead after a truck skidded off the highway and fell into the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district today, the police said