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Top security officials meet families of militants

Ask them to bring back wards

Shopian (J&K): In a first, the top army commander in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday met members of around 80 families whose children have joined various terrorist groups in Jammu and Kashmir and urged them to bring their wards back in whatever way possible. “I request you to pull out your children from the swamp […]

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Central scheme for Industries: HM Amit Shah announces 50,000 Cr investment for JK

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that Rs 50,000 crore is expected to be invested in Jammu and Kashmir after the unveiling of a new central scheme for industries. Launching a web portal for registration of industrial units under the ‘New Central Sector Scheme’ in Jammu and Kashmir, Shah said a […]

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World’s highest motorable road inaugurated in Ladakh

Leh: A strategically important road, which connects Leh to the Pangong Lake, was inaugurated here on Tuesday by Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, who said that the stretch passing through the Kela Pass at 18,600 feet will be world’s highest motorable way. The road, constructed by the 58 Engineer Regiment of the Indian Army, will […]

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Will win next assembly elections in JK: Farooq

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday asserted his party will win the next assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, indicating for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 that his party would participate in the polls. “We will win and I am telling you this with authority that if they […]

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National flag unfurled atop tallest flagpole in Shopian

Shopian (JK): A large national flag hoisted atop a 111-foot flagpole, the tallest in the Kashmir Valley, was installed at a stadium in Shopian district which has been the worst hit by decades of militancy. Lt Gen D P Pandey who heads the strategically located XV Corps of the army in the Kashmir Valley unfurled […]

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India establishes first formal contact with Taliban

India establishes first formal contact with Taliban

Says Afghan soil should not be used for anti-India activities

New Delhi: In the first formal and publicly acknowledged contact, Indian Ambassador to Qatar Deepak Mittal met senior Taliban leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai on Tuesday and conveyed India’s concerns that Afghanistan’s soil should not be used for anti-Indian activities and terrorism. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the discussions also focused on the […]

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India records highest COVID-19 vaccinations in a day

New Delhi: The daily COVID-19 vaccinations crossed the one crore mark on Tuesday for the second time in five days, taking the cumulative doses administered in the country to over 65 crore, the Union Health Ministry said. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the highest one-day record of 1.09 crore vaccine doses has been achieved […]

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The truth about asset monetization

The truth about asset monetization

Hardeep S Puri “A lie can travel halfway around the world, while the truth is tying its shoelaces” This famous quote aptly summarizes the methodology of using lies, half-truths and misinformation to create anxiety and fear amongst the people. It is regularly used by our principal opposition party in their desperation to salvage their political […]

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e-commerce proving a boon for companies

Vijay Garg The festive season has started in the country. A dozen big festivals and fasts come in this festive season till Diwali, in which the countrymen express their happiness by joining in the celebrations with enthusiasm. In this season of Lokmangal, happiness is shared from a child to an elderly. The market is gaining […]

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Autumn’s Shadow on the Arab Spring

Asad Mirza While most of the media has been obsessed with developments taking place in Afghanistan, it has nearly missed the country, which was the fountainhead of the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ about ten years back when people toppled a dictator that had ruled it for 27 years. Arab Spring had nurtured hopes that democracy might […]