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BEIJING: China on Tuesday called India’s designation of the region along their disputed border as a union territory an illegal move, and voiced new objections to infrastructure construction that seems to strengthen India’s position in the area. Foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin also said reports of new Chinese military bases and other facilities being built […]
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New Delhi: India on Tuesday rejected China’s position that it abides by its 1959 stand on the perception of the Line of Actual Control(LAC), and asked the neighbouring country to refrain from advancing an “untenable unilateral” interpretation of the de-facto border. The stand by China spelt out by its foreign ministry insisting that it takes […]
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New Delhi: The present security scenario along our northern frontiers is at an uneasy “no war no peace” status, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said on Tuesday, referring to the prolonged border row with China in eastern Ladakh. In an address at a conference, Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria said the Indian […]
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Baltimore (US): The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 1 million on Tuesday, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and work. It’s not just a number. It’s human beings. It’s people […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to respond to Iltija Mufti’s amended plea challenging the detention of her mother, former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, under the J-K Public Safety Act, saying it cannot go on forever and “some via media” should be explored. A bench of Justices S K […]
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Jammu: The Pakistan army violated ceasefire by resorting to heavy firing and mortar shelling in forward areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district on Tuesday, a defence spokesman said. The Indian Army retaliated befittingly, he said. “At about 0430 hours today, the Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday summoned India’s Charge d’Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia to register its protest over the alleged ceasefire violations by the Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC). The Foreign Office said in a statement that indiscriminate and unprovoked firing in Tandar sector of the LoC on Monday killed three persons while another was […]
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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the new farm laws will have to be opposed not just for farmers but for the future of the country, as he alleged that they were like a “stab in the farmers’ hearts”. Interacting with a group of farmers from across the country, he said the GST and […]
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Dehradun: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on those opposing the farm reform bills, saying they do not want farmers to have the freedom of selling their produce in the open market. Without naming the Congress, he said the frustration of a party, which ruled for four generations, was at the […]
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New Delhi: India on Tuesday said it has conveyed its strong protest to Pakistan over announcement of elections to the “so-called Gilgit-Baltistan” legislative assembly next month, holding that the “cosmetic exercises” are intended to camouflage the “illegal” occupation of the region by Islamabad. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said actions like holding of elections […]
