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BJP govt released Masood Azhar, Doval escorted him: Rahul

BJP govt released Masood Azhar, Doval escorted him: Rahul

Ahmedabad: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday raked up the 1999 release of Pakistan-based terrorist Masood Azhar to attack the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Pulwama suicide bombing. Sounding the bugle for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Modi’s home state, he fired a fresh salvo at the NDA regime on a slew […]

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Varsities, Colleges to setup Centre for Women Studies

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued guidelines for setting up of Centre for Women Studies in universities and colleges and has sought proposals. According to a senior UGC official, “Women studies centres will have special focus on most marginalised and disadvantaged women in the society. These include women from Schedule Caste and […]

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Sena warns BJP of onslaught by people on 2014 poll promises

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said the BJP should now be prepared to face questions from people over its 2014 poll promises of peace in the Kashmir Valley and construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s radio programme, it said till now he was putting forth his ‘Mann Ki […]

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Easing out air travel

Easing out air travel

As the Jammu-Srinagar national highway has been giving the passengers a tough time and air travel getting out of the reach of even the upper class, the clamor for having an airlines operating with cheaper rates is growing in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The skyrocketing airfares that are being witnessed by passengers travelling […]

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JK gets its first palliative care centre for cancer, terminally ill patients

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir got its first palliative care centre for cancer and terminally ill patients suffering from non-communicable diseases, who earlier had to travel to Delhi or Chandigarh for treatment. Established at district hospital Gandhi Nagar here under the national palliative care programme, the centre was inaugurated by Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education […]

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On Speechless Animals!

On Speechless Animals!

Peer Faizan Bashir Imagine a sheep drags you by the neck and slashes your throat on-the-ground with a sharp-edged object…unequivocally; this arouses the intense feeling of pain! The pain having no powers- it doesn’t kill us; it doesn’t harm our body. Just a decision to fend it off, and it is over. But, what about […]

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Elect those who will speak on your behalf, Farooq tells people

Elect those who will speak on your behalf, Farooq tells people

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday to elect those leaders in the upcoming general election who would ensure that their voice was heard in Parliament. “Now that the trumpet of the Lok Sabha polls has been blown, the NC is all geared up. The people […]

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Clashes erupt during CASO in Kulgam village, forces carry out searches in many areas

Clashes erupt during CASO in Kulgam village, forces carry out searches in many areas

Srinagar: Intense clashes erupted in south Kashmir’s Budroo village in Kulgam district on Tuesday morning after government forces laid a cordon of the area. Reports said that youth during a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Budroo area of Yaripora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district pelted stones on the forces which was retaliated by them […]

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Five years on, NTPHC building in Turkwangam village awaits completion

Shopian: Despite elapsing of five years, authorities here have failed to complete the construction of New Type Primary Health Centre (NTPHC) in Turkwangam area of South KAshmir’s Shopian district due to lack of funds. Turkwangam belt in Shopian comprises of over 30 villages lacks basic health facilities as the government has utterly failed to complete […]

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Ulemas call for shutdown on Saturday against NIA’s summon to Mirwaiz

Ulemas call for shutdown on Saturday against NIA’s summon to Mirwaiz

Srinagar: To protest against the summoning of Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman and Jamia Masjids head cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq by National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Muttahid-e-Masjlis Ulema on Tuesday called for a complete shutdown on Saturday. The MMU headed by Grand Mufti, Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam while addressing a news conference here at Mirwaiz Manzil Rajouri Kadal […]