The Flamingo Festival had a flying start on Sunday with tourists, both domestic and foreign, making a beeline for the picturesque Pulicat lake, a safe haven for migratory birds. It was a virtual treat for bird watchers as over 90,000 birds have come from far away places to the lake …
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Drive against ganja cultivation continues amid stiff resistance
The excise and prohibition officials are going ahead with the special drive to destroy the ganja plantations in the Agency areas Visakhapatnam district, despite the stiff resistance from the tribal people. The drive was launched around two months ago with the aim of curbing ganja smuggling in the Agency and …
Read More »‘9/11 derailed Army plan to capture Pakistani posts along LoC’
New book quotes former commanders on ‘Operation Kabaddi,’ aimed at preventing cross-border infiltration, in the post-Kargil scenario Had it not been for the 9/11 terror attacks, the Indian Army may have carried out its largest operation to end cross-LoC infiltration by capturing at least 25 selected Pakistani posts along the …
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