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The cold-blooded murder of two members of a Village Defence Committee (VDC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K’s) Kishtwar district on Thursday was widely condemned as a massive operation started to trace the killers on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wished veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani on his 97th birthday and said that he is among “India's most admired statesmen.”

Microsoft Co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates, who reportedly gave $50 million to one of the political campaigns of US Vice-President Kamala Harris, on Friday congratulated President-elect Donald Trump.

Tens of thousands of people will participate on Friday in the oath-taking ceremony of newly-elected 10,031 sarpanches of 19 districts of Punjab in the presence of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Ludhiana.

An encounter resumed on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K’s) Sopore area where security forces had started a CASO (Cordon and Search Operation) on Thursday evening.

While doubling down on his campaign stance of deporting illegal migrants, US President-elect Donald Trump says he wants immigrants to come in legally.

The US Federal Reserve has slashed interest rates by 25 basis points amid cooling inflation and a weakening labour market, marking the second rate cut in this easing cycle.

US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed his campaign manager Susie Wiles as his Chief of Staff, the first woman to hold the influential cabinet position heading the White House executive office.

BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh has appealed to the Omar Abdullah government "to give up its pro-Pakistan agenda and to start working on policies and programmes to help the people of Jammu and Kashmir". 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Donald Trump on winning the US election, saying that he was ready to speak with the "courageous" incoming US President.

President Joe Biden on Thursday told fellow Democrats, devastated by the crushing defeat of Vice-President Kamala Harris, that everyone gets knocked down but the true test of character is ‘how quickly we get back up’.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Thursday that the BJP government is committed to preserving the rich culture and traditions of the indigenous people and emphasised the importance of highlighting them at the national level.

Two members of a village defence committee (VDC) were kidnapped and killed by terrorists in the forest areas of J&K's Kishtwar district on Thursday, officials said. 

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday credited the Indian Navy's "readiness and steadfast commitment" for enabling the country to ensure a "safe and peaceful environment" in the Indian Ocean Region. 

TATA Strive's COO, Ameya Vanjari, MP of East Tripura constituency Kriti Singh Debbarma, TIPRA Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Deb Burman and officials of the TTAADC were present in the MoU signing.

The Border Security Force (BSF) deployed in Tripura has detained 9 Bangladeshi nationals including 2 minors from two different locations of the state.

Assam Rifles organised an informative lecture on causes and precautions against cancer on the occasion of National Cancer Awareness Day at Jailura, Assam and Radhanagar, Tripura on November 07.

This intervention comes as the city grapples with an unprecedented influx of passenger and battery-operated autos that clog the streets from dawn till dusk, causing frustration among residents and frequent disruptions to traffic flow.

Jhuma Datta Chowdhury, Member Secretary of the Tripura State Legal Service Authority said that over 14,223 pending cases are set to be addressed in this one-day effort, with the aim of resolving disputes through amicable settlements.

Foreign policy experts in Pakistan believe that the victory of Donald Trump in the US Presidential election is unlikely to trigger any change in the tough stance adopted by Washington towards Islamabad over the past many years. 

The Supreme Court on Thursday remarked that it would not pass any direction to transfer the trial of the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital outside West Bengal.

Former Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday tore into the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his opinion article reflecting on the ‘prowess’ of East India Company and accused him as well as the Congress party of insulting nation’s brave freedom fighters and martyrs.

The Central government and various central intelligence agencies have alerted the northeastern states about the activities of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and its associate outfits, officials said on Thursday. 

A bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, noted that the NTF has formulated recommendations in two categories, first, prevention of violence against medical professionals and providing safe working conditions, and, second, prevention of sexual violence against doctors.

The Union Cabinet has approved a new scheme - PM Vidyalaxmi, aimed at providing financial support to meritorious yet needy students in pursuing higher studies at top-ranking institutions across the country.