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Updated : Oct 03, 2016, 09:06 AM IST
Three days after the Indian Army’s surgical strike on terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), militants launched a major attack on an Army camp at Baramulla town on late Sunday evening. Late night reports said two terrorists and a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan were killed. One jawan was wounded. Read more
The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a 44-year-old man, suspected to be one of the conspirators of the 2002 terror attack on American Centre in Kolkata. Read details
Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega Swachchagraha campaign, that aims at building a toilet for every home till by 2019, lagging far behind its target? A survey carried out by Down to Earth Hindi magazine claims even Modi's own Varanasi constituency will not be able to achieve the target till 2048 if the work on the scheme continues in the current speed. Read details
MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday said reservation based on the caste should be scrapped. He alleged that former Prime Minister V P Singh was the "culprit" who brought in the reservation system and "poisoned" the country. Meanwhile, he praised the Maratha community for taking out "disciplined" protest marches across the state. Read more
Donald Trump's new luxury hotel in downtown Washington has been vandalised. District of Columbia police say someone spray-painted the phrases "black lives matter" and "no justice no peace" on the front of the building on Saturday afternoon. Read more