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Major rejig in Army, next vice chief appointed

New Delhi: In major rejig in the Army, Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane has been appointed the next vice-chief of the force, official sources said on Monday. Lt Gen Naravane succeeds Lt Gen D Anbu who retires on August 31. Lt Gen Naravane will be in contention for the Army chief’s post […]

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Kashmir resolution bound to happen: Rajnath

Kashmir resolution bound to happen: Rajnath

Says no power on earth can stop it

Says no power on earth can stop it

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Rajnath visits Kargil, pays tribute to soldiers

Rajnath visits Kargil, pays tribute to soldiers

Srinagar: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday paid tributes to soldiers killed in the 1999 Kargil War at a memorial in Jammu and Kashmir’s Dras sector as the nation commemorated 20 years of ‘Operation Vijay’. The defence minister, who visited Kargil, also dedicated to the nation two bridges built by the Border Roads Organisation at Ujh […]

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Annulling Articles 370, 35-A will tantamount to constitutional coup: Farooq

Annulling Articles 370, 35-A will tantamount to constitutional coup: Farooq

Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Saturday said annulling Articles 370 and 35-A will tantamount to a constitutional coup. He asserted that Article 370 is essential and unassailable until a final resolution of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir is reached. “Keeping in view the special circumstances (at the time of accession of J&K to […]

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Don’t breach standards of ethical, Independent journalism: Vice Prez

Hyderabad: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Saturday cautioned the media against breaching the standards of ethical and independent journalism and urged the Fourth Estate to be a beacon light of uprightness and objectivity. “We cannot afford to breach the standards of ethical and independent journalism. The Fourth Estate should be a beacon light of uprightness […]

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Civilians being armed in Chenab Valley, says Mehbooba

Civilians being armed in Chenab Valley, says Mehbooba

Move will have 'dangerous consequences'

Move will have ‘dangerous consequences’

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Pak Prime Minister Imran Khan leaves for US

Pak Prime Minister Imran Khan leaves for US

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday left for his maiden trip to the US to have face-to-face talks with President Donald Trump and reboot bilateral relations that were hit after he publicly criticised Islamabad, cancelled military aid and asked it to do more to fight terrorism. Prime Minister Khan’s visit comes at a […]

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Hafiz Saeed was arrested previously bit it made no difference: US

Washington: The Trump administration expressed doubts over Pakistan’s intentions in arresting Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack, saying his previous arrest made no difference either to his activities or that of his outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba. “We’ve seen this happen in the past. And we have been looking for sustained and concrete steps, not […]

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Pakistan relies on lobbying firm to propel its interests in US

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has hired the services of a leading lobbying firm to ensure effective representation of Islamabad’s interests in the US, a media report said Saturday amid strained relations between the two countries. Relations between Pakistan and the US have been turbulent since Donald Trump took office in 2017, with the president repeatedly singling out […]

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Rainy days likely to increase in JK, says IHCAP

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to increase in the number of rainy days, a report of Indian Himalayas Climate Adaption Programme (IHCAP) of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) claims. “The number of rainy days in the Himalayan region in 2030s may increase by 5-10 days on an average, with an increase […]