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All 15 Kashmir Valley railway stations, including Srinagar, get integrated with nationwide Wi-Fi network

All 15 Kashmir Valley railway stations, including Srinagar, have now got integrated with the Wi-Fi network of Indian Railways

Top Lashkar terrorist, two others killed in Jammu and Kashmir shootout

Three terrorists, including a top commander of the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, died during an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore region, officials said on Monday

Modi’s Thursday tryst with J&K parties set to launch political dialogue process on its future

The ongoing delimitation exercise, a roadmap for assembly elections, or even a possible restoration of statehood could be on the discussion table as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a meeting with Jammu and Kashmir’s mainstream political parties on June 24 - over 22 months after his government scrapped its special status and downgraded it into a union territory

India, EU navies hold joint naval exercises in Gulf of Aden

Cross-deck helicopter landings and complex tactical evolutions at sea were on show as the European Union (EU) and India conducted a two-day joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Aden on June 18-19

Indian Army conducts door-to-door vaccination drive in Kashmiri border village

A team of Indian Army and medical workers reached Kerani village, which is the last village close to the Line of Control with Pakistan, to vaccinate the people in the region in an attempt limit the spread of COVID-19

COVID-19: India's recovery rate increases to 96.16 percent

India continues to report a sustained slide in the daily new COVID cases. The country has reported 60,753 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours

Four lions at Tamil Nadu zoo test positive for Delta variant

Four lions infected with Covid19 at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur, Tamil Nadu have the coronavirus belonging to the Pangolin lineage B.1.617.2 and are Delta variants as per WHO nomenclature, Zoo officials said

Sri Lanka's economic crisis and policy uncertainties may hinder foreign investment

A strong pro-China element in the current government’s policy would also make things complicated, as one cannot surely say how China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) would be linked to the development agenda of other political forces, writes Indika Hettiarachchi for South Asia Monitor

Third wave of COVID-19 may hit India in next six-eight weeks: AIIMS chief

AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria has said the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic may hit India in the next six to eight weeks

Accidental firing by forest guards kills Royal Bengal Tiger in Assam's Kaziranga sanctuary

A Royal Bengal Tiger died on Friday from an "accidental firing" by forest guards in the  Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNP & TR) in Assam, officials said

'Must abide by India laws': Parliamentary panel tells Twitter India

Twitter India faced some tough questions from the Shashi Tharoor-led parliamentary committee on IT including why the social media giant had not appointed a Chief Compliance Officer in the South Asian country

Medical team travels 130 km to vaccinate local tribes in Jammu and Kashmir

A team of doctors recently joined the COVID-19 vaccination initiative and reached the higher reaches of the mountains in Doda district to inoculate the Gujjars and Bakarwals, the traditional tribes of Jammu and Kashmir

Indian Coast Guard on alert after oil spill reported from Haldia-bound Portuguese container ship

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) received information from Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Colombo in the late hours of June 16, 2021 about a mid-sea oil spill about 450 km south-east of Chennai

Modi launches crash training programme to upskill 100,000 frontline health workers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday virtually launched a Customised Crash Course programme to train 100,000 frontline workers for COVID-19

India-made Biological E's vaccine likely to be 90 pc effective; could be game-changer: Expert

Indian pharma company Biological E's anti-Covid19 jab, expected to have an efficacy of 90 per cent could be a gamechanger in the battle against the pandemic, according to a top doctor on a government advisory panel