TOP Stories Of The Day – 2nd July - Defence ministry sources on Ju- Navbharat Times Photodhamal

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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.

In This Pic : Poseidon-8I

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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.

In This Pic : S Swathi

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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.

In This Pic : Hindu priest

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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.

In This Pic : Serbia, Cafe Shooting

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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.

In This Pic : Amarnath Yatra

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