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Around 300-400 Pak terrorists trying to infiltrate across LoC: Indian Army Chief
The Army Chief also said that the forces deployed at Line of Control are giving a befitting reply to Pakistan's Ceasefire violations. "There has been a around 44 per cent increase in ceasefire violations by Pakistan at the LoC," said General Naravane, speaking during the Army Day celebrations on January 15 in Delhi.
Delhi: 13-year-old gang-raped in Geeta Colony after forced sex change, 2 held
Police said that the teenager was also forced into begging. The teenager's ordeal began when he met the accused three years ago at a dance event in Laxmi Nagar. The accused befriended the boy and took him to Mandawali on the pretext of teaching him dance, where the accused and his accomplices forced the minor to live. After some time, the accused started giving him alcoholic drinks and forced him to undergo the sex change surgery.
EC nod to use its data for COVID vaccination drive; wants data to be deleted after exercise is over
On December 31 last year, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora requesting the commission's help in identifying people above 50 years of age at the polling station level. On the issue of data security, the home secretary wrote that the government is complying with the current best practices for ensuring cyber security.
Pakistani intruder shot dead in Punjab's Gurdaspur sector
"The BSF personnel detected suspicious movement of an intruder from the Pakistan side near the barbed fence inside Indian territory at 8.45 p.m. on Thursday. Sensing imminent threat, the troops opened fire and shot dead the intruder," the BSF (Punjab Frontier) said on Twitter.
Chinese aggression is a conspiracy to change status quo: Indian Army Chief
Speaking at an event marking Army Day here, General Naravane referring to the Chinese standoff in Ladakh also said: "Nobody can test our patience." "Regarding conspiracy to unilaterally change status quo on borders, a befitting reply was given. I want to assure the country that sacrifice of bravehearts of Galwan would not go waste," he said about the ongoing tension with China on northern borders.
Indian Tejas fighter aircraft far better than China-Pak JF-17 jets: IAF chief RKS Bhadauria
Noting the approval of the largest indigenous defence procurement deal to buy 83 LCA Tejas, Air Chief Bhadauria said that the deal is a huge step for IAF capability building, adding that the current strength of the two-squadron plan of LCA will now increase to six.
TMC MP Satabdi Roy hints at problems with party, may take 'decision' on Saturday
The actor-turned-politician, in a Facebook post, claimed that she is not being informed about party events in her constituency and this has caused "mental pain" to her. The three-time Birbhum MP, who is on her way to New Delhi, said she will inform the public at 2 pm on Saturday if she takes any "decision". Her post has created ripples in the TMC, which promised to reach out to Roy.
Indo-Nepal boundary issues not to figure during foreign minister-level talks: MEA
MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava on Thursday said that the foreign minister-level Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) is not the appropriate forum to discuss the border issues. Nepalese foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali will hold bilateral discussions with his Indian counterpart as part of JCM during his two-day visit to New Delhi beginning Friday.
Delhi High Court bench recuses hearing plea against WhatsApp's new privacy policy
Justice Pratibha M. Singh directed that the petition filed by advocate Chaitanya Rohilla shall be listed before another single judge bench subject to the orders of the Chief Justice. "Let the matter be treated as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)," the bench suggested. The plea will now be listed before another bench and would come up for hearing on January 18.
Talks With Farmers: Centre, farmer unions to hold 9th round of talks on Friday
The talks between the government and the farmer union representatives will start at 12 pm in Vigyan Bhavan. However, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of controversial new farm laws till further orders and constituted a four-member committee to resolve the impasse over them between the Centre and farmers' unions protesting at Delhi borders.
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