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BJP whipping up war hysteria: Imran Khan

BJP whipping up war hysteria: Imran Khan

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday accused the BJP of “whipping up war hysteria”, saying its false claim of downing a Pakistani F-16 has “backfired”, days after a leading American magazine claimed that none of the US-manufactured fighter jets of the PAF were missing. Washington-based Foreign Policy magazine reported on Thursday that American […]

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Cong planning to dilute AFSPA: Modi

Cong planning to dilute AFSPA: Modi

Sundargarh/Sonepur (Odisha): Prime Minister NarendraModi said Saturday that past governments did not had the courage to cross the border and kill terrorists, and hit out at Congress saying while the “chowkidar” showed guts to hit militant safe havens inside Pakistan, the grand old party wants to dilute powers of the armed forces. He also accused […]

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Modi lying, says Chidambaram

Modi lying, says Chidambaram

New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister NarendraModi was lying by commenting that the opposition party will remove immunity of the armed forces under AFSPA if voted to power. He asserted the Congress manifesto only states that there would be no immunity for armed forces only in cases of “enforced […]

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Don’t cross the line, Guv tells mainstream parties

Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik Saturday said mainstream political parties should not raise issues that can endanger peace in the state and blur the line that separates them from ‘terrorists and secessionists’. He was commenting on statements made by the National Conference and PDP leaders that the relationship between Jammu and Kashmir and the country […]

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Jammu-Srinagar highway blocked by massive landslide

Banihal/Jammu: Traffic on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended Saturday after a massive landslide blocked the arterial road in Ramban district, officials said. A huge landslide occurred at Anokhi Fall in the afternoon, blocking the nearly 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, the officials said. They said […]

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In Gujarat, Amit Shah says ‘entire Kashmir is ours’

Ahmedabad: BJP chief and the party’s Gandhinagar contestant Amit Shah Saturday held a road show here, where he made people chant a slogan that “entire Kashmir belongs to us”. His slogan-chanting comes in the wake of PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s criticism that Shah was “daydreaming” about abrogating Article […]

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Top Army commanders to go in a huddle at key conference on Monday

New Delhi: Top Army commanders will deliberate extensively on security challenges facing the country and ways to enhance its combat edge over potential adversaries at a week-long conference beginning Monday. Sources said the commanders will particularly review India’s security preparedness along the border with Pakistan in the wake of changing security scenario following India’s air […]

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Pakistan opens airspace for west-bound flights from India

New Delhi: Pakistan has opened one of its 11 air routes for west-bound flights from India and airlines such as Air India and Turkish Airlines have started using it, said a senior government official Saturday. “Pakistan has been opening its airspace in tranches. On Thursday, it opened one of the 11 routes for west-bound flights. […]

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Army man shot dead in Sopore

Srinagar: An army jawan was Saturday shot dead inside his home in the Sopore area of Baramulla district by suspected militants, police said. The militants barged into the residence of Mohammad Rafi Yatoo, an army jawan, and fired at him indiscriminately, a police official said. He said Yatoo was rushed to a hospital but succumbed […]

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Moves to weaken special status need to be rejected: Mehbooba

Moves to weaken special status need to be rejected: Mehbooba

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Saturday said the society needs to collectively reject the nefarious moves aimed at fragmenting Jammu and Kashmir to weaken the special status of the state. “Recent statement of some right-wing political leaders using lure of sops for a particular community, tactical mandate for LokSabha elections by some parties and fielding […]