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Blast near Red Fort in Delhi NEW DELHI: A Hyundai i20 exploded near the Red Fort around 6:52pm on Monday, killing at least 12 people. Investigators are treating the incident as a terrorist strike under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and tracing it to a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) network that allegedly involved radicalised young doctors and…

Jammu and Kashmir police, on Wednesday, carried out an extensive search operation in Kulgam, raiding more than 200 locations linked to the banned organisation Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI). Similar operations were launched across the Valley and the national capital a day earlier, following a deadly explosion in Delhi. 12 Killed In Car Bomb Blast In Islamabad; PM…

The UK government has updated its travel advisory for British nationals following Monday’s deadly car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort area, which claimed 12 lives and left several others injured.In its latest guidance, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) advised British citizens in Delhi to remain cautious and follow instructions from local authorities.“There has…

Wreckage of AI-171 outside Ahmedabad airport AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad airport has undertaken a large-scale wildlife management operation to reduce the risk of bird and animal strikes around the airfield, five months after London-bound AI-171 crashed after take-off on June 12, killing all 241 people on board.In association with the forest department, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport…

NEW DELHI: The armed forces are maintaining a high-state of operational readiness while honing their combat skills in the major tri-service ‘Trishul’ exercise in northern Arabian Sea and the western front with Pakistan, even as defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday once again said Operation Sindoor is still underway. Singh said the country’s leading probe…

VARANASI: Varanasi: Following Monday’s explosion near Red Fort in New Delhi, investigation agencies have intensified efforts to trace over half a dozen terror handlers linked to Azamgarh in eastern UP. Names of several such handlers – including Azamgarh’s Dr Shahnawaz, Bada Sajid, Salman, Khalid, Arif Junaid, Dr Asadullah Akhtar and Mirza Shadab Beg – had…

Police take Umar’s father for questioning in Pulwama PULWAMA: A quiet lane with open shops in Koil village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama leads to the two-storey home of doctor Umar Un Nabi, 29, believed to have been inside the car linked to the blast near Red Fort. Women were huddled in the kitchen, when police…

New Delhi: The response to the terror attack in the heart of the capital on Monday evening was swift and resolute inside the emergency wards and ICUs of Delhi govt’s Lok Nayak (LNJP) Hospital. More than 50 doctors and others have been working without pause since Monday night, battling to save lives.Amputations had to be…