On Day 8 of the Virasat festival on Friday, music lovers in Doon enjoyed a mesmerising performance by Wadali Bandhu (Puranchand Wadali and Pyarelal Wadali), the famous Sufi singer duo from Amritsar. Organisers said that the crowd that had assembled ...
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Uttarakhand Police has opened its first virtual police station at Gopeshwar in Chamoli district of Pauri Garhwal. The move will help people, especially in remote and far-flung areas, reach police through Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and email. At the same time, ...
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In his last ODI for India, Suresh Raina wasted no time in getting going, slog sweeping his second ball for six. Such haste was demanded by the target, at that time the fourth highest in ODI history (South Africa’s 434 ...
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Read More »Five killed, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau condemns ‘terrorist attack’:Quebec City mosque shooting
Five people have been killed in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque, the president of the center said Sunday. Authorities reported two arrests in what Quebec’s premier and Canada’s prime minister called an act of terrorism. Quebec City ...
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At least two persons died and many others were injured when the bus they were in plunged into a deep gorge at Gaza motor road around eight kms away from Tehri district headquarters on Wednesday. According to SP, 21 among ...
Read More »80 YRS OF MOVING FROM ‘STRENGTH TO STRENGTH ’: WELHAM BOYS’ SCHOOL
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Read More »Trump Administration Vows To Stop China Taking South China Sea Islands
The new US administration of President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea, something Chinese state media has warned would require Washington to ...
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