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New Delhi: The CPI(M) Wednesday wrote to the Election Commission, asking it why Prime Minister NarendraModi was allowed to “politically colour” the achievements of Indian scientists in midst of the national polls. In the letter, CPI(M) general secretary SitaramYechury lauded the scientists for developing anti-satellite weapon A-SAT and said the fact that India had developed […]
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Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal’s newly-floated Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM) received a shot in the arm on Wednesday as three-time legislator and former PDP leader Javed Mustafa Mir joined the party. Mir joined the JKPM along with dozens of his workers at a function here and was welcomed into the party fold […]
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Jammu: Of the 62 candidates who have filed nominations for the LokSabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir so far, only two are women. Jammu and Kashmir has six parliamentary constituencies. The state will vote in five phases — April 11, 18, 23, 29 and May 6. Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti, who till recently […]
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Jammu: The posters carrying pictures of seven “wanted militants” affiliated with the HizbulMujahideen and the Lashker-e-Taiba have come up in Kishtwar district with an announcement for a cash reward and a job for anyone providing information leading to their arrest or killing. The hilly Kishtwar district in this province, which was declared militancy-free over a […]
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Srinagar: Suspected militants on Wednesday shot dead a civilian in Shopian district of south Kashmir, police said. Militants fired upon Tanveer Ahmad Dar, a resident of the Bemnipora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, near Kachdoora village in the afternoon, a police official said. He said Dar received critical injuries which led to his instant […]
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Kolkata: The feisty Chief Minister of West Bengal and Trinamool Congress Chief, Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that she wants restoration of peace in Kashmir. “All I want is peace in the restive state and for this I am willing to go and stay there to help find a solution,” said. She said that her […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday sought “more information/evidence” from India on the involvement of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in the deadly Pulwama terror attack and the presence of camps of the UN-proscribed terror outfit in the country. The Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Foreign Secretary and the […]
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FIR says she is minor, abducted
Islamabad: A Pakistani man has claimed that a Hindu woman, who authorities said was a minor and abducted by four armed men, has converted to Islam and married him in Sindh province, amidst uproar over a similar case involving two teenage girls from the minority community. His claim came a day after the provincial Minorities […]
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Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told Pakistan that it must “deliver outcomes” to build confidence and trust between the two countries, the State Department has said. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino said this when asked about the recent remarks by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in which he identified Pakistan’s nuclear […]
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Jammu: In a bid to encourage migrant Kashmiri voters to exercise their franchise in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission has opened up various avenues like the digital platform, setting up special polling stations and allowing postal ballots. A scheme was earlier devised to help the Kashmiri migrant population living in various parts […]