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J-K: Army jawans celebrate Diwali with locals at Uri village near Line of
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A team of soldiers from Mike Battalion reached Soni village where houses were decorated with lights and the troops were welcomed with Dhols and flowers. This was followed by an exchange of sweets and pleasantries.
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PoK: Residents protest soaring electricity bills by symbolically throwing
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Demonstrating their frustration with the recurrent hikes in electricity prices, locals have resorted to symbolic acts of resistance, such as discarding their power bills into water bodies.
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"I took my kids, rushed to store room": Locals narrate ordeal of Pakistani
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The BSF in Jammu said in a statement that it gave a befitting response to the Pakistan Rangers for the ceasefire violation and unprovoked firing on their posts.
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Parachute-carrying object lands in Haryana's Yamuna Nagar
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Police reached the spot after locals informed them that an object, tied to a parachute, had fallen into a water body there.
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One BSF personnel sustains minor injury in unprovoked firing by Pak Ranger
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"Pak Rangers resorted to Mortar shelling which was countered by BSF with appropriate response. Intermittent firing continued till 3 a.m.," said the BSF, which is mandated to guard the 3,323 km India-Pakistan border.
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J-K: Panic among locals after Pakistan troops resort to unprovoked firing
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"There was a lot of firing by Pakistan overnight. No person was injured but houses were damaged. This kind of firing from the Pakistani side has been witnessed after almost six years. Our security forces retaliated to the firing," Dev Raj Chowdhary, Sarpanch, at border village Bulleh Chak in
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Jharkhand: Five of family killed after car falls off at Sikatiya bridge in
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A video of the incident that surfaced on social media showed locals trying to pull the victims.
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Several feared dead as car collides with bus in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamala
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A video of the accident surfaced on social media showing policemen and locals trying to rescue the victims.
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Tamil Nadu: Locals fear as govt invites tenders for establishing granite q
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
With the district administration of Madurai inviting tenders for establishing granite quarries near Sekkipatti and Thiruchunai villages, the local residents fear the quarry activities would adversely impact the cultivation of their farmlands.
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Bhutan: Locals in Phuentsholing Thromde welcome opening of Childhood Care
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The first Early Childhood Care and Development Centre for the municipality of Phuentsholing Thromde has been warmly received by the locals, reported Bhutan Live.
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Sikkim flood situation: Indian Army, BRO continue efforts to reconnect Nor
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
After the flash flood caused large-scale destruction in Sikkim, troops of the Indian Army, along with BRO (Border Road Organisation) and the assistance of civil administration and locals, are undertaking operations on a massive scale to reconnect North Sikkim.
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Gilgit Baltistan: Locals protest arrest of activist, say Pakistan misusing
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Residents launched a protest against the local administration in the Skardu district of Gilgit Baltistan over the arrest of Shabbir Mayyar, a prominent activist who was demanding the opening of Skardu-Kargil Road.
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