Added on April 14, 2019
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Jammu: An industrialists ‘ body here Saturday appealed to the Governor administration to ensure smooth flow of traffic on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway, claiming that traffic mismanagement has caused huge losses to the sector. The nearly 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, has been closed for civilian […]
Added on April 13, 2019
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Says Kashmir is a political issue which has to be resolved politically
Says Kashmir is a political issue which has to be resolved politically
Added on April 13, 2019
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NEW DELHI: Expressing outrage over the “use” of the armed forces for “political purposes”, over 150 military veterans have written to President Ram Nath Kovind to seek his intervention in preserving the apolitical character of the services. The letter, dated April 11, carries the names of eight former service chiefs but two of them — […]
Added on April 13, 2019
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday refrained from hearing a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission to bar Jammu and Kashmir politicians Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti from participating in the Lok Sabha election as they have allegedly made “seditious” statements. The court asked the petitioner to move the appropriate forum […]
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Jammu: Three civilians, including two women, were injured Friday when Pakistani troops targeted forward posts and civilians areas with mortars and small arms firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, drawing strong retaliation from the Indian Army. With Pakistan using heavy weaponry and 120 mm mortar bombs targeting civilian areas, people have […]
Added on April 13, 2019
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Jammu: Retired IAS officer Vinod Koul, who played an instrumental role in creation of 659 new administrative units in Jammu and Kashmir during the Omar Abdullah dispensation, Friday hit the campaign trail to seek votes from Kashmiri migrants here for Congress candidate from Anantnag Lok Sabha seat Ghulam Ahmed Mir. Son of two-time minister Manohar […]
Added on April 13, 2019
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Karachi: At least 21 people were killed and 50 others injured in a suicide bombing at a crowded market in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Friday, in an attack believed to be targeting the Shiite Hazara ethnic minority community. Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned the attack and ordered an inquiry. The explosion at around 7:35 […]
Added on April 13, 2019
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Gandhidham (Guj): Attacking Congress over its poll promise of repealing the sedition law if elected to power in the Lok Sabha election, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Friday said here that the BJP government would make the law even more stringent. He was speaking at a gathering in Gandhidham city of Kutch district in Gujarat. […]
Added on April 13, 2019
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Keonjhar (Odisha): Hitting out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for his “silence” on ally Omar Abdullah’s pitch for a separate prime minister for Jammu and Kashmir, BJP president Amit Shah Friday asserted no one can make India part with the state as long as the BJP exists. Shah also alleged that the Congress and other […]
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Ahmednagar: Seeking to make the Lok Sabha polls a contest between him and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday asked voters to choose between ‘imaandar chowkidar’ and ‘bhrashtachari naamdar’. Gandhi has been hurling the “chowkidar chor hai” jibe at Modi to claim irregularities in Rafale deal, while the PM has been calling […]