Troops from the Border Security Force has foiled yet another bid by Pakistan-based terrorists to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir under the cover of firing from across the border and thick fog in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.
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The accident took place on the Jhajjar bypass in the morning, resulting in a pile-up as multiple vehicles rammed into each other due to reduced visibility caused by dense fog in the area.
December 3, 2021 marks 50 years since the beginning of the 1971 War which ended in a decisive military victory for India and the liberation of Bangladesh. Most analysts of the 1971 War agree that the IV Corps dash across the mighty Meghna river led by the brilliant General Sagat Singh was the turning point in the war, recalls military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
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For the first time, NSG commando will participate in the parade.
The countries' biggest cities -- Delhi and Lahore -- are fighting a common enemy: Smog.
A blast of Arctic air from the polar vortex has brought dangerous, bone-chilling cold to a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday, stretching from the Dakotas through Maine, with snow expected as far south as Alabama and Georgia. Arctic air and icy conditions led schools to close, flights to be cancelled and railway officials to set fires on train tracks to prevent them from cracking.
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Delhiites continued to shiver under severe cold wave conditions as they woke up to a foggy morning on Friday with the minimum temperature plunging below 5 degree Celsius.
The new Kiger has enough in it to draw you away from the hatchback you've been eyeing.
Railway sources said many trains were running behind schedule due to fog in other parts of northern India.
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy announced an ex gratia payment of Rs 1 crore each to the kin of those killed in the incident.
Members of Russian protest group Pussy Riot crashed the Sochi Olympic party on Tuesday when they were detained at a police station, briefly diverting the world's gaze from snowboarders and skiers who braved thick fog, rain and snow to race.
It was a cold morning in the national capital on Thursday with the minimum temperature settling at 9 degrees Celsius, even as fog resulted in cancellation of 37 trains.
Dense fog engulfed the region again reducing visibility considerably, which threw train schedules haywire and created traffic snarl-ups on highways.
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According to Delhi Police, the incident occurred at around 3 am on Sunday.
Delhi recorded the lowest minimum temperature in a decade for the month of December as mercury dipped to a chilling 2.4 degrees on Monday morning.
As part of the programme, the 36 ministers are visiting J&K this week to participate in 60 public interactions at various places in the Union territory," Principal Secretary to the J&K government Rohit Kansal told reporters.
The incident took place at about 3 am when the truck was returning from Agra, police said.
In the last few days, temperatures have been recorded several notches below normal in Delhi, with cold wave conditions persisting across north India.\n\n
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Helicopter rescue operations to evacuate around 9000 stranded people picked up pace on Tuesday after rains and fog in the morning delayed the mission in calamity-hit Uttarakhand where the death toll mounted to 822 with 127 more bodies recovered from Kedarnath.
National Geographic's 2019 Travel Photo contest is drawing to a close after six weeks of pictures from photographers around the world. The final week's selection of pictures includes rhinos drinking in a thunderstorm and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
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The Chinese have only created limited defences for protection of their posts which are located well in depth and much away from the Line of Actual Control, notes Colonel S Dinny (retd).
The new version has LED daytime running lights and silver detailing to the lower front bumper.
Over 200 people remained stranded in rain-ravaged Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh for the past ten days as rescue operations were on Wednesday hampered and Indian Air Force and state choppers could not take off due to bad weather.
Fog had reduced visibility to 10metres at night and a mere 100metres till 10am.
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There was little respite from the biting cold on Friday as a dense envelope of fog continued to affect air, rail and road traffic in the capital.
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