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One policeman and a civilian were also killed in the clash, raising the toll to six, whereas several people were injured in clashes with the security forces near the encounter site in Khiram village of the Srigufwara area of Anantnag. (Representational image)

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Four suspected IS militants killed in fire fight in J&K's Anantnag

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI

In a separate incident, at least, 8 policemen were injured in a militant attack in Tral township of Pulwama district.

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Hubby, in-laws harassing me, says skating champ Ruchika Jain

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI

Ms Jain is a gold medalist in skating and has won many national tournaments.

In February, Sofia Sam and Arun Kamalasanan both from Kerala, were found guilty of murdering Sofia's husband Sam Abraham at his home in Melbourne's Epping in October 2015. (Facebook Screengrab | Sam Abraham)

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Kerala woman, lover poison husband in Australia, secret diary reveals more

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI

Woman and her ex-lover have been jailed for over 20 years for poisoning husband with cyanide-laced orange juice.

BJP General Secretary of Chikmagalur in Karnataka, Mohammed Anwar was killed by unidentified bike-borne assailants in Gowri Kaluve area, late on Friday night. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Karnataka: BJP worker of Chikmagalur killed by bike borne assailants

Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT to seek extension of Parshuram’s custody

Switzerland’s Granit Xhaka celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during the group E match between Switzerland and Serbia at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Kaliningrad Stadium in Kaliningrad, Russia. (Photo: AP)

FIFA World Cup 2018: Swiss come back to beat Serbia, with controversy

Pervez Musharraf resigns as presidency of All Pakistan Muslim League

The fire happened in a tent used for recycling purposes on the south side of the company’s campus, a company spokeswoman said on Friday.

Tesla recycling machine catches fire at Fremont, California campus

Dinu Alex, who hails from Arumanoor village near Kottayam, was last seen by his parents watching late night football match at his home.(Photo: Facebook screengrab/Dinu Alex)

Upset over Argentina’s defeat, Kerala football fan goes missing, leaves suicide note

Pon Radhakrishnan repeats remark on ‘terrorists in Tamil Nadu’

Danam Nagendar quits Congress, more to follow suit

Salem district collector Rohini R Bhajibhakare addresses press meet in Salem on Friday. (Photo:DC)

Tamil Nadu announces compensation rates for Salem Expressway

Good news: 'Kabini dam' and 'Krishna Raja Sagar' releases water to Cauvery basin

Kottayam: Man disappears after Argentina World Cup defeat

A six coach metro rail leaves the Byappanahalli station on Friday. It was flagged off by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and Mayor Sampath Raj. (Image: DC)

HD Kumaraswamy flags off six coach metro train at Byappanahalli metro station

CM Pinarayi Vijayan seeks PM Modi assurance on railway coach factory

This project is the brainchild of the author Arun Tiwari and IICT director Dr S. Chandrashekar and IICT principal scientist S. Sridhar is the project director. (Image: Getmyuni)

IICT’s ‘Meghdoot’ can suck moisture from atmosphere

Waterless urinal systems are being built at Metro Rail stations using indigenous technology. (Image: DC)

Urine converted into safe water at Hyderabad Metro as to avoid water wastage

Senior Police officers welcome Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy at DG and IGP’s Office in Bengaluru on Friday (Image: DC)

Keep vigil against communal forces: Karnataka CM to cops

GHMC to lay paver blocks to prevent road cutting

A woman tries a self-drive rental electric vehicle that is being offered at the Miyapur Metro Rail station from Friday. (Image: DC)

Hyderabad gets first electric cars that can be hired, shared

J&K Governor N N Vohra called an all-party meet at his residence on Friday. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

J&K Governor calls all-party meet, NC demands dissolution of Assembly, PDP-BJP silent

Several politicians from the BJP and the Shiv Sena have hit back, suggesting that Soz relocate to Pakistan. (Photo: ANI)

Cong’s Saifuddin Soz backs Musharraf, says freedom first choice of Kashmiris

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The scrapped 20-year pact entailed building an airstrip and a jetty as India steps up a contest with China for influence in the Indian Ocean. (Photo: Pixabay)

Seychelles parliament refuses to ratify pact allowing India to build naval base

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India speeds up environmental approvals for industry growth, alarms activists

The push appears to be similar to U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to speed up infrastructure approvals. (Photo: Pixabay)

Supreme Court restricts police on cellphone location data

The court decided in favor of Timothy Carpenter, who was convicted in several armed robberies at Radio Shack and T-Mobile stores in Ohio and Michigan with the help of past cellphone location data that linked him to the crime scenes.

Imran Khan faces feminist backlash

Imran Khan said feminism has degraded the role of a mother.

Women all set to legally drive cars in Saudi Arabia from June 24

Last September, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced that Saudi Arabia would become the last remaining country to allow women to drive. (Photo: Pixabay)

FIFA World Cup 2018: Fans trigger plumbing disaster in bid to use toilet in Japan

A similar pattern of toilet use was noted across Japan as viewers remained glued to their screens for the match, broadcast live on prime time TV. (Photo: Pixabay)

NASA's Curiosity snaps a cool selfie before the great Martian dust storm

Curiosity plus a fleet of spacecraft in the orbit of Mars, will allow scientists for the first time to collect a wealth of dust information both from the surface and from space. (Photo: NASA)

BlackBerry to power in-car experiences for its BYTON’s vehicles

At CES 2018 in Las Vegas, BYTON premiered its M-Byte concept car.

3-year-old Princess Charlotte already 'obsessed' with fashion, Prince William reveals

Britain's Princess Charlotte and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge leave after the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St. George's Chapel. (Photo: AP)

Life should be without regrets, say runners-up Miss India 2018

Both girls gush that they are trying to pinch themselves into believing they actually won.

Man almost dies after 3 days of constipation causes build-up of faeces

Removal of the build up restored blood supply to his leg and doctors located pulse again (Photo: Pixabay)

Columns

Geopolitical waters are getting choppier

P S Raghavan

India’s options are conceptually simple, but diplomatically challenging.

Déjà vu in J&K: Finding a solution to get harder

Indranil Banerjie

From now till the 2019 general election, the Centre will have to show it is decisive, effective and victorious in the Kashmir Valley.

Afghanistan’s brief Id truce: A window of opportunity?

Zahid Hussain

A major concern of some Taliban leaders is that the ceasefire and close interaction with govt forces could have affected the morale of fighters.

BJP’s J&K exit an act of cowardice and cunning

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr

The BJP has shown that it does not want to sacrifice its short-term interests for long-term goals.

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