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Next few months crucial for Afghanistan’s future: India’s assessment

New Delhi: The next two to three months will be crucial for Afghanistan’s future and India has been pushing for a political solution that could be in the form of a broad-based power-sharing agreement with the continuation of the current system of governance, people familiar with the developments said on Monday. As the Taliban continues […]

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CDS visits areas along LoC in Drass sector

New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat visited the areas long the Line of Control in Dras sector of Kargil district on Sunday, a day before Kargil Vijay Diwas, to review the prevailing security situation and operational preparedness, an official statement said. President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Dras on Monday on 22nd anniversary […]

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Militant killed in Kulgam encounter

Srinagar: An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Sunday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Munand area of the south Kashmir district on Sunday morning following inputs about the presence of militants there, a police official said. As the […]

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PaK legislative elections witnesses irregularities, violence

PaK legislative elections witnesses irregularities, violence

Islamabad: Voters in Pakistan-administered Kashmir cast their ballots on Sunday to elect the region’s legislative assembly, in an election marred by allegations of irregularities and violence that killed at least two workers of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party. The gates of polling stations were closed to new voters at 5pm. However, those inside the polling […]

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Drone activity: Pak trying to maintain supply lines to militant groups, says DGP

Srinagar: The improvised explosive device (IED) dropped using a drone along the Indo-Pak border on July 23 was meant for triggering at a crowded market in Jammu region, and it shows that Pakistan is maintaining its supply lines to various terror groups despite the February ceasefire agreement, Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh said […]

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India, Pak cannot win war with each other: Farooq

Calls for sustained, result-oriented dialogue

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Sunday called for a sustained and result-oriented Indo-Pak dialogue process, saying the two countries should realise they cannot win a war against each other. Addressing party functionaries at two separate meetings at Laamad and Devsar in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, the Srinagar Lok Sabha MP asked both the […]

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‘No follow-up results’ after APM with PM: Farooq

Srinagar: A month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s outreach to mainstream leaders of Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said on Sunday that there has been “no follow-up results” on the ground. Adbullah said this in reference to the prime minister’s remarks at the June 24 meeting in New Delhi that he wanted […]

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Form national front for 2024 Lok Sabha polls: SAD leader Badal

New Delhi: Regional parties should come together and form a national front to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Shriomani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Sunday and asserted that his party’s story with the saffron party was over. Underlining that issues of farmers are at the core […]

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COVID-19 effect: Schools report 20-50 pc dip in revenue, 55 pc teachers faced salary cut

New Delhi: With the COVID-19 pandemic leading to prolonged closure, majority of private schools across the country have reported a 20-50 per cent decrease in revenue, leading to reduction in teachers’ salaries at some of them, a new report said. The report by the Central Square Foundation (CSF), an NGO working on quality school education […]

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Security forces recover 3 IEDs in Kupwara

Srinagar: Three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered by security forces on Sunday from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said. The IEDs were recovered during a cordon and search operation (CASO) in the north Kashmir district, they said. The operation was conducted at Nadarnag Avoora in the district’s Trehgam area, officials said. A Bomb […]