Petrol price was today cut by 91 paise a litre, the seventh reduction since August, and diesel by 84 paise per litre, the third straight cut, as international oil rates continued to slump. Petrol and diesel price reduction will be effective midnight tonight, Indian Oil Corp, the nation’s largest fuel retailer, announced.
In first major terror attack during six months of Narendra Modi Government, 10 persons including four civilians, three Army soldiers and three militants, who were members of suicide squad, were killed in day long fierce fighting at border village of Kathaar in Arnia sector close to the International Border here after the militants opened indiscriminate
Jammu and Kashmir today registered a record 71.28 percent turnout in the first phase of incident-free Assembly elections when people ignored boycott calls by separatists and cold conditions to cast their votes in 15 constituencies. In J&K, a 61.23 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the 2008 Assembly polls for these 15 seats–6 in