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Couple kills youth in Rajouri, dumps body in a field

Couple kills youth in Rajouri, dumps body in a field

Jammu: The body of a 25-year-old youth, who was allegedly abducted on Sunday, was dug out of a field in Rajouri district, police said on Wednesday. Following a disclosure by the accused, the body of Satbir Singh, a resident of Moghla village, was found on Tuesday, they said. In a complaint filed by Sahdev Singh, […]

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Sidhu has a huge fan following in Punjab, he can win election here: Imran Khan

Sidhu has a huge fan following in Punjab, he can win election here: Imran Khan

Says foolish of anyone to think of war between India-Pakistan

Kartarpur: Navjot Singh Sidhu can win an election even in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Wednesday as he wondered why there was a hue and cry back home over the former Indian cricketer’s push for peace and brotherhood during his previous visit to the country. Khan laid the foundation stone for the historic Kartarpur […]

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Finally, the cat is out of the bag: CPI(M) on guv’s remark

Jammu: The CPI(M) said Tuesday Governor Satya Pal Malik’s comments on the government formation in Jammu and Kashmir confirmed the apprehensions of the people that the BJP was desperately trying to impose its government on the state by hook or crook. “The statement of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik in Gwalior that Sajad […]

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Governor’s statement over govt formation stripped BJP naked: JKNPP

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) said Wednesday Governor Satya Pal Malik’s remarks over recent attempt of government formation in the state by the BJP has left the party fully exposed for its “duplicity and dishonest” intentions. Last week, the governor defended his decision to dissolve the state assembly and said had […]

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Bovine smuggler detained under PSA

Jammu: A man was slapped with the Public Safety Act (PSA) and detained for his alleged involvement in bovine smuggling in Rajouri district, police said Wednesday. The accused, Mohammad Amin, is a resident of Badhoon village of Rajouri and has a number cases registered against him in the district, they said. He was found involved […]

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Three militants, soldier killed in two encounters

Three militants, soldier killed in two encounters

Srinagar: Three militants, including one from an ISIS offshoot, and a soldier were killed while two jawans suffered injuries in two separate encounters in south Kashmir’s Kulgam and Pulwama districts on Tuesday, police said. In the Kulgam encounter, two militants of the militant group Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed, while the one killed in Pulwama belonged […]

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Delhi wanted me to install Lone-led government in JK: Guv Malik

Delhi wanted me to install Lone-led government in JK: Guv Malik

Says post dissolution of house Omar, Mehbooba expressed happiness

Jammu: In remarks that can embarrass the Centre, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has said had he looked to Delhi, he would have had to install a government led by Sajad Lone, and history would have remembered him as a “dishonest man”. Malik had abruptly dissolved the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly last week […]

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Pak to extend invitation to PM Modi for SAARC summit

Pak to extend invitation to PM Modi for SAARC summit

Islamabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be invited to Pakistan for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, Foreign Office Spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on Tuesday. The 2016 SAARC Summit was to be held in Islamabad. But after a deadly terrorist attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir […]

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Militants not acting in the interests of Kashmiris: Army Chief

Militants not acting in the interests of Kashmiris: Army Chief

New Delhi: Army Chief Bipin Rawat has said that militants in Kashmir are acting out of frustration and they (militants) are not acting in the best interests of the people of Kashmir. “Now, the militants are targeting the unemployed, alleging that they are police informers. Locals now feel (militants) aren’t acting in the best interests […]

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Ladakh gets an ‘all weather road-connectivity’

Srinagar: Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir will now be accessible in all weather conditions, giving strategic advantage to the country, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said Tuesday. “The cold desert region will now be accessible by a double-lane motorable road from Manali in Himachal Pradesh via Zanskar in Kargil district,” a spokesman of the BRO said. […]