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lankan navy troops attack TN fishermen

Rameswaram: Sri lankan Navy personnel on Sunday allegedly assaulted four Indian fishermen for not helping one of their colleagues, who fell in their boat while trying to jump in the vessel and suffered a fracture. The naval men also severed the anchor of the boat and destroyed fishing nets besides pelting stones at the fishermen, official sources said.

‘NaMo’s knowledge of history still weak’

Mumbai: The statements made by Narendra Modi at a rally here on Sunday proved that the party’s prime ministerial candidate’s knowledge of history was still weak, NCP said. “Modi’s knowledge of history proves to be weak again. Since 1960, Maharashtra has had only 17 chief ministers and not 26 as claimed by Modi,” NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said on Sunday.

Rahul speaking as if he is in opp: Venkaiah Hyderabad: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s recent comments on corruption and the fall in growth rate seemed like they were coming from an Opposition leader, BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu said on Sunday. “The Congress vice-president’s speech at the FICCI conferenceon Saturday appears like the speech of an Opposition leader. He seems to have forgotten that his party is in power for the last ten years. Earlier, it was in power for more than 50 years,” he said, talking to reporters here.

Jammu-Srinagar NH closed for traffic

Jammu: The 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the only surface link between Kashmir and rest of the country, has been closed for vehicular traffic due to snowfall and slippery conditions.

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