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Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for vehicular traffic due to landslides at Shalgari Banihal, officials said on Thursday. "Jammu Srinagar NHW blocked at Shalgari, Banihal due to major landslide. People are advised to…

Lucknow: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested three people -- Izhar Hussain Jafri, Ali Abbas Jafri and Ravi Prakash Gupta -- in connection with a multi-crore scholarship case in Lucknow. The ED had earlier conducted raids on…

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into encroachment of irrigation department's land in Ahimamau locality in the state capital by a prominent developer.…

Lucknow: The father and brother-in-law of a newly-married woman have been arrested for strangling her and making her drink toilet cleaner. The woman was found naked in the bushes on the Lucknow-Delhi highway on Wednesday. The accused…

Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh): A 12-year-old boy, who had run away from home to escape his father's beating, was mauled to death by stray dogs in Kannauj district. The incident came to light when the child's body with serious injury marks was…

Singapore: An Indian-origin man in Singapore has been sentenced to six months in prison for arranging a marriage of convenience between a colleague and his niece to gain an immigration advantage, a media report said. Meeran Gani Nagoor…

Jammu: As a major breakthrough in the recent terror attack case in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district where five Army soldiers were killed, security forces have traced and detained the local who provided shelter to the terrorists,…

Nairobi:  Kenya's Health Ministry has said that it had stepped up vaccination targeting vulnerable groups like children and women in order to reduce deaths linked to infectious and non-communicable diseases Susan Nakhumicha, cabinet…

United Nations: The top UN envoy for Haiti has called for the deployment of an international specialised force in Haiti to quell armed gang violence. "I would like to emphasise the urgent need for the deployment, authorised by the…

Kiev: Ukraine marked the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, with a commemorative ceremony at the site of the disaster. During the ceremony on Wednesday, Ukrainian Minister of Environmental…