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BSF soldier martyred in ceasefire violation by pakistan New Delhi:A soldier of the border security force (BSF) was martyred early Tuesday after pakistan violated ceasefire yet again in jammu and kashmir's samba sector. The incident reportedly happened in the early hours of the tuesday when pakistani forces began unprovoked firing from across the LoC in the samba sector.While indian forces retaliated strongly ,a BSF constable Devender kumar lost his life. Pakistan has repeatedly violated cease fire agreement with India,with more than 650 such incidents this year alone till  April.While security forces have suffered losses,civilian casualties too have prompting authorities to recently build several bunkers. Last moth, Pakistan based Dawn reported that the country is now planning an ambitious space programme during the next fiscal year (2018-2019) at a cost of Rs.4.7 billion in a possible hid to "keep an eye on the Indian side". India too has been looking to use

Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate two road projects in punjab,CM Amarinder to preside The union road transport and highways minister will inaugurate two road projects(NH-7,Bathinda-Zirakpur(NH-7)and Bathinda Amritsar(NH54) Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari,s visit to Bathinda on monday will see him inaugurate the recently four laned bathinda zirakpur and bathinda amritsar roads.Punjab chief minister capt amarinder singh will preside over the launch function scheduled at the thermal colony stadium at 11:45am. So,even as the roads will make residents live easier shiromani akali dal leaders say that the foundation stone of the projects(NH-7,Bathinda-Zirakpur) and (Nh-54,Bathinda-Amritsar) were laid during their regime in january 2015 and that the congress wanted to take political mileage by organising the inauguration. To ensure they are ignored the SAD-BJP has scheduled a public meeting to be addressed by Gadkari to mark the occasion at a private resort on the

Marriage proposal gone wrong!Youth honey trapped,killed in Delhi:chilling details inside Four men were arrested and two minor girls apprehended for allegedly being involved in honey trapping and killing a youth whose partially burnt body was recovered from a forested area near Tughlaqabad  Fort in south east Delhi the police said on friday. New Delhi:T he body of 22 year old Neeraj, with multiple stab injuries and cut mark on the neck,was found on may 6.He was a resident of faridabad in Haryana,DCP(south east)chinmoy biswal said. The arrested accused included shiv kumar and his minor siter who was allegedly used to honey trap Neeraj the officer said. The other minor girl who was apprehended in the case toid police that she had accompanied kumar's sister to the Tughlaqabad fort on the day of the incident. Neeraj and his friend Manoj had also reached there,he said. During interrogation ,kumar told police that he wanted to marry an aunt of Manoj.But her marriage was fixed w

Mumbai man run over by train while attempting to save commuters A 50 years old man die while trying to save others on railway tracks between sion and matunga railway stations in Mumbai on wednesday afternoon. Mohammad altaf,a resident of Bandra and tailor by profession ,was on his way to Dadar when the train he was travelling in halted between Matunga and Sion railway stations. There was a fault in the engine of hyderabad mumbai express which stopped at Dadar station due to which trains were stopped  at sion and matunga. People started getting off the train and started walking on the railway tracks.Altaf was also one of them.He tried warning several people on the tracks to not walk on them but on the areas besides the tracks when he was hit by Kalyan bound local train. People alerted the railway control room about his injury following which head constable Iqbal sheikh,the station master of Matunga railway station and helpers reached the spot with a stretcher.

Tense moments as sharad pawar got locked inside auditorium Satara Maharashtra: National Congress Party(NCP) president sharad pawar was locked up inside an auditorium in Maharashtra's satara on wednesday,after a door lock suddenly got jammed giving anxious moments to his party workers. The incident happened after Mr Pawar addressed a packed media conference and was getting ready to leave the venue,said NCP state spokes person Nawab malik. The door however refused to budge. The handle on it appeared to have jammed the locked  preventing it from opening ether from inside or outside Mr Malik said. Several NCP legislators activists,journalists and auditorium staffers attempted to open the door but without much success.They had to break the lock.  The 77 years old appeared amused by the development.After some 10 minutes,he was able to walk able to walk out of the venue. Earlier Mr Pawar paid homage to eminent academic the late KARMVEER Bhaurao Patil,on the occas

CJI Impeachment:Five judge bench to hear plea by congress Mps today The petition contends that once a removal motion signed by MPs is submitted to the Rajya sabha chairman, he has no option but to constitute an inquiry committee to look into the charges. A five judge constitution bench of the superme court will hear a petition tuesday by two congress Mps who have challenged rajya sabha chairman M.Venkaiah Naidu's decision to reject the impeachment motion notice against chief justice of india dipak misra. The petition filled by congress Mps partap singh bajwa and amee harshadyay yajnik has been listed for hearing before a bench of justices A K Sikri,S A Bobde,N V Ramana,Arun  Mishra and A K Goel. The petition contends that once a removal motion signed by Mps is submitted to the rajya sabha chairman,he has no option but to constitute an inquiry committee to look into the charges.

Indian railways bussts major Tatkal booking racket using IRCTC counter software  By Rajeev Ranjan The Indian Railways has busted a massive racket concerning booking of tatkal ticket through IRCTC website.The central railway has nabbed one salman who masterminded the racket and had a network of 5400 touts for the purpose. The arrest of salman,who is currently in the custody of the railway protection force,sis expected to expose several such rackets being run for booking of train tickets.The revelations made by him during the questioning has left the authorities in shock and disbelief. According to sources,salman has revealed that he used a software worth just Rs 700.The software worth apparently managed to cheat the IRCTC server and book tickets in a jiffy. How the software functioned: Before the opening of tatkal ticket booking on IRCTC.co.in,all details of the passengers were entered in the counter software.As soon as the booking began at 10am the data used to be transfe

Chhagan bhujbal,former Maharashtra Dy CM, gets bail in money laundering case after spending 2 years in jail The bombay high court on friday granted bail to former maharashtra deputy CM  chhagan bhujbal in PMLA m case. Mumbai : The bombay high court on friday granted bail to former maharashtra deputy cm chhagan bhujbal in connection with a money laundering case , new agency ANI reported .bhujbai has spent two years in jail , following his arrest by enforcement directorate in 2016.the nationalist congress party leaders son and party legislator pankaj as well as his nephew sameer have also been named as accused in the case .the probe agency has claimed that bhujbal family , along with several others had conspired to ' launder ' kickbags received by chhagan bhujbal , at a time when he was holding the portfolio of public works department minister in maharashtra cabinet .the charge against the bhujbal pertain to contract for construction of the state guest house ,that is mahar

Man in New Delhi stabbed to death over monetary dispute A 24 years old man was stabbed to death by some men following a monetary dispute,police said today. The incident was reported late night yesterday when the police was informed that the man identified as Mohit was lying in southeast Delhi's Dakshinpuri area with stab injuries. Mohit was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead,the police said. On complaint registered by Mohit's family two of the accused have been arrested and two are absconding. Mohit's family had alleged that  their neighbour Himanshu has called him down to talk to him. Himanshu his brother rahul along with aravind and ankush had  killed mohit, the family said in the complaint. Aravind had borrowed some money from mohits elder brother kalash and did not return it.The interest had mounted and the amount had reached to rs 52,000.Later Aravind wanted to borrow some more from kailash and requested mohit to help him. How eve

Markets open on a higher note on wednesday The 30-scrip sensitive index(sensex) on wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The sensx of the BSE after opening at 35,328.91 points and touched a high of 35,357.15 points and a low of 35,261.75 points. On Monday,the sensex closed at 35,160.36 points as Tuesday was a trading holiday. The sensex is trading at 35,249.01 points up by 88.65 points or 0.25 per cent. On other hand, the broader 51-scrip nifty at national stock exchange opened at 10,783.85 points after closing at 10,739.35 points. The nifty is trading at 10,774.30 points in the morning.

WhatsApp  co-founder jan kuom to quit in loss of privacy advocate at Facebook The co-founder of whatsapp,a messaging service owned by facebook Inc with more than 1 billion daily users, said on monday he was leaving the company, in a loss of one of the strongest advocates for privacy inside Facebook.Jan koum's plan to exit comes after clashing with parent company over whatsapp strategy and facebook attempts to use its personal data and weaken its encryption,the washington post earlier reported,citing people familiar with the internal discussions. Its been almost a decade since brain and I started whatsapp, and its been an amazing journey with some of the best people,"koum ,whatsapp chief executive said in post on his facebook page referring to co-founder brain action."But it is time for to move on".He did not give date for his departure and could not immediately be reached for comment.Action left the messaging service company in september to start a foundation,af