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Have limited militancy to few pockets in JK: Modi

Have limited militancy to few pockets in JK: Modi

Says Imran Khan made public pleas to us to pick up the phone

Amreli: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government managed to contain terrorism to only “two and a half” districts in Jammu and Kashmir and that no bomb blast took place elsewhere in the country in last five years. Addressing a poll rally at Amreli in Gujarat, Modi also said that what he learnt […]

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Villagers in Nuner in central Kashmir pledge ‘not to vote’

Nuner (Ganderbal): The residents of this village in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday stayed away from polling booths after pledging to boycott voting at the funeral of a local militant, who was killed in an encounter with security forces earlier this month. Rahil Rashid Sheikh was killed in Imamsahib area of Shopian district […]

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90 booths in Srinagar Lok Sabha seat witnessed zero polling

Srinagar: As many as 90 polling booths, mostly in downtown city, saw no voting in Thursday’s elections to the Srinagar Parliamentary seat, sources said. The Srinagar constituency comprising eight assembly segments recorded zero turnout in as many as 50 polling booths. The majority of these booths were located in Eidgah, Khanyar, Habba Kadal and Batmaloo, […]

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It was incident free polling, says DGP

Srinagar: Director General Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Thursday said that polling in Srinagar and Udhampur Lok Sabha seats concluded peacefully. He said barring some incidents of violence polling in Kashmir valley remained peaceful. “In Jammu province also, situation remained peaceful so-far,” he said. “People in large number exercised their right to vote defying boycott call […]

 KV Correspondent

Ground situation should alert people on whom to vote for: Farooq

Ground situation should alert people on whom to vote for: Farooq

Assembly elections in JK should not be delayed any further: Omar

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president, Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said the situation on ground across the country gives a firm reason to the people of Kashmir to make NC candidate victorious from Srinagar parliamentary constituency. Addressing media persons along with his son Omar Abdullah soon after casting their votes at Munshi Bagh polling station in […]

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Ahead of the crucial IMF deal, Pak FM Asad Umar quits

Ahead of the crucial IMF deal, Pak FM Asad Umar quits

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Finance Minister Asad Umar abruptly quit the Cabinet on Thursday before securing a crucial multi-billion dollar IMF bailout package for the cash-strapped country, amid mounting criticism by the opposition and business community over the handling of the economic crisis. Umar, who recently returned from a trip to the US in which the details […]

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Shooting stones injure four people in Uri

Uri: Three Beacon labourers and a civilian were injured when a shooting stone hit a beacon vehicle in which they were travelling in at Nambla Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday afternoon. Reports said that the three beacon labourers and a civilian suffered injuries during the mishap, however, all the injured were rushed […]

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Balakot air strike did not kill any Pak soldier, civilian: Swaraj

Ahmedabad: External Affairs Minister and BJP leader Sushma Swaraj Thursday said no Pakistani soldier or citizen died in the air strike carried out by the Indian Air Force across the border in response to the Pulwama terror attack in February. Addressing women party workers here, she stressed on a 2014-like full majority BJP-led government this […]

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14 passengers shot dead in Pakistan’s Balochistan

‘The passengers were shot after being offloaded from buses’

KARACHI: Unidentified gunmen shot dead at least 14 passengers after forcing them to disembark from a bus on a highway in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, a media report said Thursday. According to Levies sources, around 15 to 20 unidentified gunmen in camouflage uniform reportedly stopped five or six buses travelling between Karachi and Gwadar. They […]

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Rahul offering no comments on two PM’s in one country issue: Amit Shah

Says Kashmir is integral part of India, can't be separated

Raigarh: BJP president Amit Shah Thursday said Kashmir is an integral part of India and cannot be separated from the country till a single BJP worker is alive, irrespective of whether the party is in power or not. Addressing an election rally in Raigarh district headquarters in Chhattisgarh, he said when the Modi government is […]

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