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WBCHSE declares Class 12 exam results, merit list won't be announced

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One of three terrorists killed in Kulgam encounter was Pakistani national: J-K Police

Out of the three terrorists killed in the Kulgam encounter on Friday, one has been identified as a Pakistani national who was active for the last one and a half years.
 

"Last night, the Kulgam Police had received the information that three terrorists were hiding, the Kulgam police, the Army and the CRPF had cordoned off the area. In the encounter, three army personnel were injured and three terrorists were killed," Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir said here.
 

"Out of the three terrorists killed in Kulgam today, one has been identified as 'Walid', a Pakistan national. He was active here for the past one and a half years. He had escaped our cordon four times and was the most wanted terrorist," IG Kumar added.

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TDSAT stays Trai's directions to Voda Idea, Airtel to stop priority service

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Friday decided to stay the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai)'s decision to halt priority service tariff plans by Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel.

 

On Thursday, TDSAT had reserved its order on the plea against Trai's decision to halt these new tariff plans. Trai had called these plans discriminatory.

 

Trai can proceed with the inquiry and pass final orders in accordance with law at the earliest, said TDSAT.

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SOG team to visit Manesar to take statements of Rajasthan's dissident Cong MLAs

A Special Operations Group team is to leave for Manesar in Haryana to take statements of Congress MLAs purportedly heard talking in a viral audio clip about horse-trading of legislators to topple the Gehlot government in Rajasthan, an official said on Friday.
 

Dissident Congress legislators, supporting Rajasthan's former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, are holed up in a resort in Manesar.
 

"A team is ready and will leave for Manesar to ascertain the versions of those whose names have come up in audio clips as there have been statements that these audio clips are fake or morphed," ADG (ATS & SOG) Ashok Rathore said.

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Saket Court allows 34 Thailand nationals to walk free in Nizamuddin Markaz case

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Modi's 'indiscretions' weakened India, left it vulnerable: Rahul on border standoff

Stepping up his attack on the government over the LAC standoff, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday issued a video message sharing his thoughts on why did China choose to be aggressive now and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "indiscretions" have weakened the country and left it vulnerable.
 

In the video message posted on Twitter, he hit out at the government saying that over the last six years, India has been "disturbed and disrupted" with regard to its foreign policy and economy.
 

The video message is the first of a series initiated by Gandhi to share his thoughts with people on various issues facing the country.

 

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Consider reopening registration for CM's advocate welfare scheme: HC to Delhi govt

The Delhi High Court Friday asked the AAP government to consider reopening registration for two-weeks for lawyers, who are voters in the national capital and could not sign up for the Rs 50 crore Chief Minister's Advocates Welfare Scheme which includes medical and life insurance cover.
 

The court asked the Delhi government to complete the process of receiving financial bids by insurance companies and award the contract to the successful bidder so that the firm can start issuing policy to those who have registered for the scheme.
 

The premium of those insurance policies will be paid by the Delhi government, it noted, adding that "there is no need to delay the process for lawyers who have already registered under the scheme".

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Over 3.9 million affected due to floods in Assam

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The death toll in Mumbai's Bhanushali Building collapse rises to nine

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Rajnath Singh to review situation at borders, visit forward areas

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Opposition write to ECI to ensure 'substantial public participation' in 2020 Bihar polls

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Pakistan offers third consumer access to India for Kulbhushan Jadhav

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Rajasthan political crisis: FIRS lodged on complaints of horse trading

The Rajasthan Police registered two FIRs on Friday on a complaint lodged by the Congress over the alleged conspiracy to topple the Ashok Gehlot government through horse trading of MLAs.

 

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had earlier in the day demanded the arrest of union minister and BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and rebel Congress MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma after two audio clips surfaced pertaining to the alleged conspiracy.

 

Though the Congress leader mentioned Shekhawat during the media briefing, there was no mention of the leader's name in the FIR lodged by party chief whip Mahesh Joshi. The complaint mentions "Gajendra Singh" but does not say if it pertains to the union minister.

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Talks underway to resolve border dispute: Rajnath Singh

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Over 12,000 posts in Maharashtra police to be filled by Dec end

The Maharashtra government will fill 12,538 different posts in the state police force by the end of December, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Friday.
 

The minister held a meeting with senior officials, including additional chief secretary (home department) Sitaram Kunte at the state secretariat on Thursday.