Month: March 2018

Mobile in hollow cardboard, Bluetooth in turban exposes Haryana Board

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The board chairman said he was surprised to see students from rural background adopting such innovative methods to cheat, but maintained that the authorities were always a step ahead. Cheating has always been common in Haryana board exams with friends and family members of students climbing multi-storey buildings to pass chits. But with higher security measures in place, candidates are trying to ensure they remain a step ahead of authorities. Several students using innovative ways to cheat in the ongoing board exams have been caught by officials, with the latest…

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Five of family killed, 7 Including 5 Army men injured along LOC in Balakote Sector

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Five members of a family were Sunday killed and two others injured in heavy shelling by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote sector of Poonch district, a senior police officer said. Five army men were also wounded in the firing in the frontier district. Army PRO Lt Col Devender Anand said the ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Bimber Gali started around 7:45 am. In the firing five army troopers were also wounded. “They were specifically targeting civilian areas,” he said. “ The Pakistan army initiated unprovoked…

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Desperate families appeal for return more Kashmiri youths attracted towards militant ranks

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The saga of young men being attracted towards militancy in Kashmir continues unabated. A recent addition to the list is a youngster named Bilal Ahmad Shah from Kupwara who has reportedly joined Hizbul Mujahideen. The news of 27-year-old Bilal joining the outfit was typically announced by circulation of a picture on social media in which he can be seen holding a gun. In a picture that went viral on Thursday, Bilal is also given an alias named Shahbaz. Bilal was missing since March 2, when he had told his brother…

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Dr Amit Kumar shown door for ‘Anti-Govt’ posts on Social Media

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After booking Pakistan’s shelling victims with sedition charges for their ‘emotional outburst’ against BJP leaders, the coalition regime in the state has now terminated the services of a doctor for his alleged ‘anti-government posts’ on his private social media account. Services of Dr Amit Kumar, Registrar at Government Medical College, Jammu, were terminated for his Facebook posts, which, according to the government, violated the recently issued SRO 525 which barred a government employee from writing on the social media against the government. Although senior officers of the department concerned have…

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GST one of the most complex, has second highest tax rate: World Bank report

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GST is one of the most complex with the second highest tax rate in the world among a sample of 115 countries which have a similar indirect tax system, says the World Bank The goods and services tax (GST) implemented by the Narendra Modi government from 1 July last year is one of the most complex with the second highest tax rate in the world among a sample of 115 countries which have a similar indirect tax system, the World Bank said in a report. India’s GST structure has five…

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Ram Madhav tells BJP Cadre to support CB probe in Asifa’s brutal murder

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‘Drabu’s sacking internal matter of PDP’ BJP’s point man on Jammu and Kashmir Ram Madhav has rejected demand for CBI probe into the brutal rape, murder and killing of 8-year-old girl Asifa Bano of Kathua. The issue was raised during a closed door meeting of party leaders chaired by Madhav at the party office, here. Madhav arrived in Jammu here today to hold interactions with the State party leaders. “You are running the government. It shows you don’t trust your own government,” a senior BJP leader quoted Madhav as saying…

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Srinagar records 30711 dog bite cases in past six years

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As many as 30,711 dog bite cases were reported in Srinagar during the past six years, reveals the official data. The data states that 30,711 dog bite cases were registered at an anti-rabies clinic at the SMHS hospital here from 2012-13 to up to 2017. Of these 7,000 cases were registered in 2012-13, followed by 6,041 cases in 2013-14, 4,917 cases in 2014-15, 5,100 cases in 2015-16, 5,120 cases in 2016-17 and 2,533 cases in 2017-18 up to September. The official documents state that due to implementation of various strategies,…

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Poet Madhosh loses home and life’s work during Balhama gunfight

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Curls of smoke still rose up from the debris of what was once the home of Ghulam Muhammad Bhat also known as Madhosh Balhami. Now all that is left of the two-storey house built by his father in 1967 are a few standing walls pockmarked with bullet holes and soot, piles of broken bricks and concrete. Glancing around with an expression of deep hurt and agony, Bhat sobs not for the home he lost but for the poetry he had written over the course of the last three decades, which…

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Pulwama lensman Kamran Yousuf reaches home, Visitors pour in

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Hundreds of people, including journalists from across the Valley, visited photojournalist Kamran Yousuf’s house in the Tahab area of Pulwama district today. Kamran reached home on Thursday evening after being granted bail by a Delhi court on Tuesday. The photojournalist remained in detention for more than six months in Delhi’s Tihar Jail. Kamran was arrested by the National Investigation Agency on September 5 last year (NIA) for allegedly indulging in stone-throwing. A Sessions Judge in a Delhi court on Tuesday remarked: “The NIA has not placed on record any single photo/video…

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Kashmir to Kerala, BJP allies Unhappy

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TDP MP Shiv Prasad says “BJP is trying to destroy its own allies. It wants that only it should rule, and rest should be rendered powerless.” Moves by NDA allies suggest they are wary of this danger Back in 2014, the Chanakya of the BJP, Amit Shah would not have imagined that such a loud bugle of rebellion would be blown from Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, who was performing ‘yagya’ with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the new capital of Andhra, Amarawati, just a few years…

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