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In Hindu culture, the term gotra is commonly considered to be equivalent to clan.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (northwest) Aslam Khan said there were around 15 people involved in the attack and that Sharma owns a motorcycle showroom in Shalimar village.

North Tripura district officials said around 60 per cent of the 12,018 voters among over 35,000 tribal immigrants after travelling around 50-60 km cast their ballots at Kanhmun, a village along the Mizoram-Tripura border.

The RSS national executive member warned that the country is not so handicapped that it would let “two-three” judges “throttle its beliefs” by delaying the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya.

The opposition parties said the law and order situation in the state has worsened after the BJP came into power in Uttar Pradesh.

Singh said Modi should exercise restraint when he visits states not ruled by his party and set an example with his conduct which should be consistent with his obligations as the PM.

Almost a decade has passed since the attack, and while her flesh wounds have healed, the mental trauma she had to face has still not passed. The passage of time has given her a steely resolve to become an IPS officer and nab terrorists and teach the maste...

On the 10th anniversary of the 26/11, Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba says that we have come a long way since Mumbai terror attack in 2008.

Encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar was killed outside the Cama Hospital in south Mumbai after terrorist Ajmal Kasab and his partner Ismail opened fire at their police van during the terror attack on November 26, 2008.

Political pundits say the attacks on the government may actually work in its favour as they could provide the much-needed justification to bring in an ordinance on the issue in the coming winter session of Parliament.

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh cited the recent attack on a Nirankari gathering in Amritsar and ceasefire violations at the border for his decision to decline the invitation.

Five of the terrorists have reportedly been identified as LeT district commander Mushtaq Mir, Hizb district commander Abbas Ali, Hizb deputy chief in Shopian Waseem Wagay urf Saif Ullah, Omar Majeed Gani and Khalid Farooq urf Talha.

The agency said it took the action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after it conducted searches at eight premises of the Sujana Group in Hyderabad and Delhi. The cars seized were registered in the name of dummy companies.

The security forces had launched an operation in the foothills of Wagahama Suktipora on Thursday night following information about the presence of militants in a hideout there.

Restriction on going to the island and the hostility of the Sentinelese tribe means that police have not yet made any direct approach to recover John Allen Chau’s mortal remains.

While the Sentinelese are protected by Indian laws which make it illegal to intrude on their island, most uncontacted people do not have the same fortune, their habitats instead being encroached upon by unwelcome outsiders.