Bhuj residents Thakkar and Biglani have lived through both wars. In 1965, Biglani got his first job at collector’s office; Thakkar recalled patrolling the streets as a home guard.
Locals, mostly women, repairing runway damaged by Pakistan were told to hide at first siren, resume work at second. They wore green sarees to avoid being spotted by enemy planes.
Security forces have ramped up surveillance, and deployed ground and air units, while local administration remains on high alert with directions to switch off lights out at 8 pm.
The two, Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal, are both residents of Bihar and suspected members of Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The assailants were caught after a chase across states, say police.
Seven sprawling galleries–called Rebirth, Rediscover, Restore, Rebuild, Rethink, Relive and Renew–give insights into the history of the Kutch region, along with crash courses on disaster response.
Bhuj: The Pride of India, starring Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt and Sonakshi Sinha, is a disaster from a military point of view and completely opposite to what really happened in the 1971 War.
Ahmedabad Mirror report says hostel rector complained to principal of college run by Swaminarayan trust that menstruating girls were violating ‘religious norms’. V-C says will take action.
After Walmart's $16 billion investment in Flipkart, the largest internet retailer's move of recruiting these unlikely suppliers is a sign of the fierce battle raging globally.
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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