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NIA court adjourns Samjhauta blast case for Mar 18

Panchkula: An anti-terror court here trying the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case Thursday adjourned its hearing to March 18 due to an ongoing strike by local lawyers. Special Judge Jagdeep Singh deferred the hearing because of the strike, NIA counsel Rajan Malhotra said. “We were not allowed to enter the court complex by the protesting […]

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Jammu Bus stand blast: Police to approach juvenile board again for custody of detained youth

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police said that it would again approach the state juvenile board with necessary evidence to seek the custody of the grenade thrower who was arrested in connection with the Jammu bus stand attack last week. The juvenile board had earlier rejected medical reports suggesting the teenager allegedly involved in the […]

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Kartarpur helps melt the India, Pak freeze

Kartarpur helps melt the India, Pak freeze

Both sides meeting today to discuss modalities of corridor

New Delhi: India and Pakistan will Thursday hold their first meeting to finalise the modalities for setting up of a corridor linking Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistani town of Kartarpur with Gurdaspur district in Punjab, three months after the two countries agreed on the project. In the meeting, to be held at the Indian side […]

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‘Khalistani propaganda’ may be fed to Sikh pilgrims, says India

New Delhi: India will ask Pakistan to insulate Sikh pilgrims visiting the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib through the Kartarpur corridor from Khalistani separatist propaganda, official sources said. India will raise the issue during the first meeting with Pakistan to finalise the modalities for the Kartarpur corridor on Thursday. The meeting will take place on the Indian […]

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India denies visas to journos, Pak regrets move

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday expressed disappointment over India’s decision to not issue visas to Pakistani journalists to cover the first meeting between the two countries on the Kartarpur Corridor. The meeting will take place on the Indian side of the Attari-Wagah border on Thursday. “Regrettable that India has not given visas to Pakistani journalists for […]

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Jammu grenade blast: Juvenile Board rejects police claims on age of detainee

Jammu: Juvenile Board of Jammu and Kashmir has rejected medical reports suggesting that the teenager allegedly involved in a grenade attack in Jammu last week was in fact an “adult”, officials said on Wednesday. The board has sought for all school records of the accused which it suspects to be a minor. The officials said […]

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NIA delaying our cases deliberately, say arrested separatist leaders

NIA delaying our cases deliberately, say arrested separatist leaders

New Delhi: Number of Hurriyat Conference leaders arrested in a terror funding case accused the NIA on Wednesday of delaying the case, which also involves Lashkar-e-Taiba chief and 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed. The NIA had accused Saeed and others, including Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahuddin, of “conspiring to wage war against the government” […]

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Ex-SPO shot dead by militants in Pulwama

Srinagar: A former Special Police Officer was shot dead by militants in broad day light on Wednesday in a village in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Ashiq Ahmed Nayak, they said. The militants, believed to be from Jaish-e-Mohammed, fired at Nayak while he was walking on a […]

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People in JK ‘consciously disenfranchised’: Omar

People in JK ‘consciously disenfranchised’: Omar

Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday the Modi government had “consciously disenfranchised” the people in Jammu and Kashmir by not holding the Assembly election on time. “Dear @narendramodi Sahib, it is good to see you appealing to famous people to increase voter turnout however at the same time your government has consciously […]

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Cross-LoC trade suspended after border shelling in Poonch

Jammu: The cross-LoC trade was suspended on Wednesday after Pakistan Army violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control by resorting to unprovoked mortar shelling and small arms firing in Poonch district, officials said. Five mortar shells hit the trade facilitation centre at Chakan-da-Bagh, damaging a few sheds, including the one housing the X-ray scanner, […]