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Amit Shah labels PAGD as ‘Gupkar Gang’

Amit Shah labels PAGD as ‘Gupkar Gang’

Evokes sharp reactions from Cong, NC and PDP

New Delhi/Srinagar: Sounding the poll bugle ahead of local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday termed the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration an “unholy global alliance” that along with the Congress wants to return to the era of terror and turmoil. The statement evoked angry reactions from the […]

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Shah’s remarks on Gupkar alliance appropriate: BJP

New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday termed Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on the Gupkar alliance as appropriate and said after the abrogation of Article 370, a number of pro-people central laws came into force in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Shah on Tuesday termed the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), […]

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Terrorism biggest global problem: PM Modi

Says countries supporting terrorists need to be held guilty

New Delhi: Asserting that terrorism is the “biggest problem” the world is facing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said there was a need to ensure that countries supporting and assisting terrorists are held guilty, in an oblique reference to Pakistan. Modi made the comments at the 12th BRICS summit, held virtually, as the five-nation […]

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Pak making irrelevant, irresponsible remarks at UN: India

United Nations: India has slammed Pakistan for making irrelevant and irresponsible remarks in the UN, saying the General Assembly is a forum for serious debate, not frivolous allegations. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said this on Monday while speaking in the UN General Assembly on question of equitable representation on […]

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India records dip in covid infections, 29,163 cases reported

New Delhi: The number of new coronavirus infections reported in a day dropped below 30,000 after four months,?taking India’s COVID-19 caseload to 88.74 lakh, while? the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 82,90,370 according?to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday The last time coronavirus cases dipped below 30,000 […]

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Two suspected JeM militants held in Delhi

New Delhi: The Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested two suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants from Sarai Kale Khan area in southeast Delhi, officials said on Tuesday. Abdul Latif Mir (22), a resident of Doru village in Baramulla district and Mohammad Ashraf Khatana (20), a resident of Hat Mulla village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, […]

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Nomads being ‘harassed, displaced’ across JK: Mehbooba

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said it was disconcerting to see nomads being “harassed and displaced” across Jammu and Kashmir and sought Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s intervention to ensure that this stops. On Monday, Mehbooba visited the upper reaches of Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district and met people whose ‘Dhoks’ (temporary shelters) […]

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Covid-19: Xi offers to cooperate with India, BRICS countries to develop vaccine

Covid-19: Xi offers to cooperate with India, BRICS countries to develop vaccine

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday offered to cooperate with India and other BRICS nations in the development of vaccines against the coronavirus and called for holding a symposium by the five-member bloc on traditional medicine to explore its role in the COVID-19 prevention and treatment. “As we speak the Chinese companies are working […]

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Private company cheats people in JK, 7 booked

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Crime Branch has booked seven people and registered a case against a private firm for luring people with a business plan to double their money in Kathua district, officials said on Tuesday. The accused who have been booked for the fraud, cheating and conspiracy are Mukesh S, the director […]

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India, China can produce ‘Sputnik V’ vaccine: Putin

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for a joint effort by the BRICS countries on the development of the coronavirus vaccines as he suggested that Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 could be produced in China and India, which are members of the five-nation bloc. “We believe it is important to speed up the […]