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Jammu: The Congress on Wednesday decided to boycott the Block Development Council (BDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir, citing “indifferent” attitude of the state administration and continued detention of senior party leaders. BDC polls will be held in Jammu and Kashmir on October 24. These will be the first elections to be held in the […]
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Kaithal (Har): Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday attacked the Congress for its stand on Article 370 and also took on the party over criticism of the shastra pooja performed on the first Rafale aircraft acquired by the country. “Congress leader Rahul Gandhi opposed scrapping of Article 370. I want to ask Rahul to make […]
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Package meant for those who initially settled in outside states
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a one-time payment of Rs 5.5 lakh as a resettlement package for the 5,300 displaced families which had come from Pakistan-administered Kashmir and initially settled outside Jammu and Kashmir but later relocated to the state. A “historical wrong” has been corrected by the government, Union minister Prakash […]
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Srinagar: The efforts of the Jammu and Kashmir administration to reopen colleges in the Valley on Wednesday failed as students did not turn up for their classes. The Kashmir valley has been witnessing continuous shutdown since August 5 when the Centre revoked the state’s special status under Article 370 and bifurcated it into two Union […]
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Washington: The US has announced visa restrictions against officials of the Chinese government and the Communist Party of China for instituting a highly “repressive campaign” against ethnic and religious minorities, including the Uyghur Muslims, in the country’s Xinjiang province. The US accused China of carrying out high-tech surveillance and draconian controls against the minorities in […]
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New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in India on October 11 and 12 for his second informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the foreign ministries of India and China said on Wednesday in near simultaneous announcements about 50 hours before the visit begins. The External Affairs Ministry said the informal summit will […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ruling Imran Khan government has broken all previous records in borrowing money merely in the first year of its tenure. According to the official data, during the one-year regime of the present government Rs 7,509 billion (Pakistani currency) increase was recorded in the total debt of the country. A report in the Pakistani […]
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Beijing: China has been “observing” the situation in Kashmir, President Xi Jinping told Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday and hoped that the “relevant parties” can solve the issue through peaceful dialogue, state media reported. Xi, who is scheduled to visit India this week to hold 2nd informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, […]
Added on October 5, 2019
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Washington: A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could, in less than a week, kill 50-125 million people — more than the death toll during all six years of World War II, and lead to global climate catastrophe, according to researchers in the US. A study by researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and […]
Added on October 5, 2019
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Many shops opened during morning hours
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley showed some signs of normalcy on Thursday, with massive traffic jams witnessed in summer capital Srinagar and some shops opening in the city in the morning hours. However, the government’s efforts to reopen schools, which have now been closed for two months following abrogation of Article 370, failed again as students stayed […]
