TOP Stories Of The Day – 2nd July Photogallery

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Defence ministry sources on July 01, 2016 said the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by PM Narendra Modi, has cleared the acquisition of four Poseidon-8I long-range surveillance and antisubmarine warfare aircraft at a cost of over $1 billion.
(BCCL)

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Software engineer S Swathi's killer, a 24-year-old engineering graduate, was arrested from his native place of Sengottai in Tirunelveli late night on July 01, 2016, city police said. Swathi, an employee of Infosys, was hacked to death around 6.45 am at Nungambakkam railway station on June 24.
(BCCL)

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A 48-year-old Hindu priest on July 02, 2016 has been stabbed and critically injured by unidentified assailants in Bangladesh, a day after a Hindu priest and a Buddhist leader were brutally hacked to death by machete-wielding ISIS militants. (PTI)

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Police said on July 02, 2016 five people were killed and at least 20 were injured when a man entered a cafe in northern Serbia and sprayed the visitors with automatic gun fire. The suspect was arrested.

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Over 9,000 pilgrims on July 02, 2016 set off from base camps in Ganderbal and Anantnag districts of Jammu and Kashmir to begin this year's Amarnath Yatra. (PTI)

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Alarmed by the terror attack in Dhaka in neighbouring Bangladesh, the government on July 02, 2016 sounded high alert in states bordering that country, including West Bengal, Tripura and Assam. (BCCL)

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on July 02, 2016 vowed to root out terrorism from the country after Islamic State terrorists laid siege to a Dhaka cafe that left six of the militants dead while 13 hostages were rescued. (BCCL)

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As terrorists struck a massive blow in Dhaka, India called for quick action to adopt the long-stalled Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) and expressed disappointment that the General Assembly failed to push for its early adoption.
(BCCL)

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The value of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's wealth declined Rs 6.02 crore (8.9 per cent) to Rs 60.99 crore in last fiscal 2015-16 from Rs 67.01 crore in the previous fiscal 2014-15, according to official data.
(PTI)

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The first batch of nuclear fuel pellets -- over 60 tonnes -- to be supplied to India by Russia is expected to be delivered by the end of July, the Russian suppliers have said.
(BCCL)

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