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PAGD meets various delegations in Jammu

Jammu: National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah’s residence here saw a flurry of political activities on Saturday, as members of the Gupkar alliance met in Jammu for the first time since its formation last month. Several delegations met leaders of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), which was formed by seven mainstream political parties of […]

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Pakistan to return USD 2 billion Saudi Arabian loan: Report

Pakistan to return USD 2 billion Saudi Arabian loan: Report

Islamabad: Pakistan may return USD 2 billion loan to Saudi Arabia and the country is looking for various options to secure more lending aimed at retaining gross official foreign exchange reserves at their current level of over USD 12 billion, a media report said on Saturday. The Saudi Arabian financial assistance package, originally estimated at […]

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Union Minister takes on NC, Congress

Asks its members to quit as MP’s

Jammu: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday hit out at the NC and the Congress for demanding that the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir be restored, saying their leaders should quit as Members of Parliament if they do not approve of it having passed the Bill to abrogate Article 370. […]

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Finally, Trump is out as Joe Biden wins

Washington: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th U.S. president, unseating the incumbent with a pledge to unify and mend a nation reeling from a worsening pandemic, faltering economy and deep political divisions. Biden’s victory came after the Associated Press, CNN and NBC showed him winning Pennsylvania and gaining more […]

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Trump faces tough road in getting Supreme Court to intervene

Washington: President Donald Trump has repeatedly said there’s one place he wants to determine the outcome of the presidential election: the US Supreme Court. But he may have a difficult time ever getting there. Over the last two days, Trump has leaned in to the idea that the high court should get involved in the […]

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Indian, Pak armies exchange fire along LoC, IB

Jammu: Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing and shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Kathua districts in violation of the ceasefire, officials said on Saturday. Mortar shelling in the Mankote sector along the LoC in Poonch started around […]

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Nawaz Sharif trying to create ‘rebellion’ in Pak Army: Imran Khan

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday lashed out at three-time former premier Nawaz Sharif, describing him as a “jackal” who is trying to create “rebellion” in the Army by accusing it of involvement in the country’s politics and calling for a change in the military as well as the ISI leadership. Sharif, the […]

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Nitish ‘loses’ grip on Bihar: Exit polls project edge for RJD-led alliance over NDA

New Delhi: Several exit polls on Saturday gave the RJD-led opposition alliance in Bihar an edge over the ruling NDA while at least three of them predicted a clear majority for the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ which has projected Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial face. Most of the exit polls also predicted RJD to again emerge as […]

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No political party can afford to restore Article 370: Union Minister

No political party can afford to restore Article 370: Union Minister

New Delhi: No political party in India can ever afford to restore Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said as he alleged that the bogey of autonomy or self-rule is raised by certain opposition leaders only when they are out of power. Taking a strong exception to utterances by […]

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Won’t die until rights of my people are restored: Farooq

Won’t die until rights of my people are restored: Farooq

Jammu: Addressing his party workers in Jammu for the first time in over a year, a visibly emotional Farooq Abdullah on Friday said he won’t die until constitutional rights of the people of the erstwhile state are restored. The National Conference (NC) president also assailed the BJP for “misleading the country” and making “false promises” […]