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Guv Malik meets Rajnath as phase II of polls ended in JK

Guv Malik meets Rajnath as phase II of polls ended in JK

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik Wednesday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed the situation in the state, where the elections to the urban local bodies are underway, officials said. During the half-an-hour meeting, the governor apprised Singh about the law and order in the state, particularly in militancy-wracked Kashmir Valley. […]

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Guv Malik playing a partisan role, says NC

Guv Malik playing a partisan role, says NC

Accuses him of sidelining significance of institutions, governing ethics

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) on Wednesday accused Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik of playing a partisan role in the state. The party said that Malik is implementing the agenda of RSS-BJP combine in letter and spirit by sidelining the significance of institutions and governing ethics. Expressing concern over his current […]

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Three students with links to AGH arrested in Punjab, says police

Three students with links to AGH arrested in Punjab, says police

Chandigarh/Srinagar: In a joint operation, the Punjab Police and the Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police Wednesday arrested three students and busted a module of Kashmiri terror outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH) in Jalandhar. The students were nabbed from the hostel of CT Institute of Engineering Management and Technology, located in Shahpur on the […]

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Lt Gen Asim Munir appointed head of Pakistan’s ISI

Lt Gen Asim Munir appointed head of Pakistan’s ISI

Islamabad: Lt Gen Asim Munir, who previously served as the head of the Military Intelligence (MI), will be the new chief of Pakistan’s powerful spy agency ISI, the Pakistan Army announced Wednesday. Munir was recently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General by the Army Promotion Board headed by Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar […]

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Funds diversion deprives teachers of their salaries

Funds diversion deprives teachers of their salaries

Srinagar: Authorities in the School Education Department have released the monthly salary to the non-SSA schools out of the Samagra Shiksha funds, a move that has been approved in clear violation of the already announced rules. The release of funds has been made in violation of set rules under the Samagra Shiksha, a senior official […]

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BJP candidate dies of heart attack before casting vote

BJP candidate dies of heart attack before casting vote

Banihal/Jammu: A BJP candidate died of heart attack Wednesday when he was about to cast his vote in the second phase of the municipal elections in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Azad Singh Raju, 62, a former employee of the Irrigation and Flood Control Department, died at a local polling station before […]

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‘Godman’ in Jammu booked on rape charges

19 year old woman alleges being raped for a year

Jammu: A 19-year-old woman has accused a self-styled godman of repeatedly raping her over the past one year in the Reasi district, following which a case was registered, a police official said Tuesday. “The 65-year-old accused hails from Mathura area of Uttar Pradesh is absconding and a hunt is on to nab him,” the official […]

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Pakistan, China negotiating on phase-II of FTA: Chinese diplomat

Pakistan, China negotiating on phase-II of FTA: Chinese diplomat

Islamabad: China and Pakistan are negotiating the terms of the second phase of their free trade agreement to increase trade and provide free trade opportunity for their businesses, a senior Chinese diplomat has said. Beijing and Islamabad have held around 10 rounds of talks to iron out differences over the terms of the phase-II of […]

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Increasing Chinese involvement disastrous for Pakistan’s economy, warns IMF

ISLAMABAD: Increasing Chinese involvement in Pakistan’s economy could be disastrous for the later, observed International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Maurice Obstfeld. IMF’s statement came amid Pakistan government announcing its plan to seek another bailout from the world financial forum after the country’s currency plunged another 7 percent on Tuesday following a central bank devaluation. […]

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College in UP faces closure amid allegations of ‘ban’ on signing Vande Matram

Ballia (UP): A day after a magisterial probe was ordered to investigate an alleged ban on singing Vande Matram and chanting “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” at a government-aided inter college in Ballia district, authorities have closed it indefinitely. “We have closed the college till further orders. It will be reopened after permission from administration” Principal […]