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BJP has’anti-Muslim’, ‘anti-Pak’ approach: Imran Khan

BJP has’anti-Muslim’, ‘anti-Pak’ approach: Imran Khan

Says all his peace overtures were rebuffed by India

Says all his peace overtures were rebuffed by India

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Guv encroaching on democratic space, says Mehbooba

Guv encroaching on democratic space, says Mehbooba

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said there should be no meddling with the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir till a popular government takes power. Mehbooba said there seemed to a “hidden agenda” behind the decisions to treat Jammu and Kashmir Bank as a PSU, changing procedures of state subject rules, revoking Roshni […]

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JK Resettlement Act 1982: Govt seeks adjournment of ‘sensitive’ 1982 case in SC

JK Resettlement Act 1982: Govt seeks adjournment of ‘sensitive’ 1982 case in SC

NEW DELHI: The J&K government Friday sought adjournment of the case in Supreme Court challenging the validity of the sensitive Jammu and Kashmir Resettlement Act of 1982. The Act envisages grant of permit for resettlement of Pakistani nationals who had migrated to Pakistan from Jammu and Kashmir between 1947 and 1954 after India’s partition. A […]

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NC is harbinger of communal politics in JK, says BJP

NC is harbinger of communal politics in JK, says BJP

Jammu: The BJP hit out at National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, claiming he had no moral authority to accuse it of “divisive politics” as his party was the harbinger of communal and divisive politics in Jammu and Kashmir. State BJP spokesperson Anil Gupta told reporters that people did not take Abdullah seriously anymore, but he […]

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Mercury dips to minus 4 degrees Celsius in Kashmir

Mercury dips to minus 4 degrees Celsius in Kashmir

Srinagar: A day after Kashmir got some respite from the cold, the minimum temperatures in the valley dipped again on Thursday night, the meteorological office here said. Srinagar experienced its coldest night of the season with a minimum temperature of minus 4 degrees Celsius, two notches lower that previous night’s minus 2.6 degrees Celsius, a […]

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Soldier accused of murder takes refuge in Jammu

Soldier accused of murder takes refuge in Jammu

Lucknow: A police team has been sent to Jammu to nab an Army soldier who is one of the accused in the murder of a police inspector during mob violence in Bulandshahr, a senior police officer said Friday. IG Crime S K Bhagat said five more arrests have been made in connection with Inspector Subodh […]

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Pakistan’s plea for an IMF bailout may get delayed: Report

Pakistan’s plea for an IMF bailout may get delayed: Report

Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan’s quest for a USD 8 billion IMF bailout package by January 15 may not realise as the global lender wants the government to adopt tougher measures to address the external sector imbalances before sending the country’s case to its Executive Board, a media report said Friday. Pakistan is seeking USD 8 billion […]

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We are nobody’s ‘hired gun’: PM Khan to US

We are nobody’s ‘hired gun’: PM Khan to US

Says my non agreement with US policies does not make me anti-US

Islamabad: Pakistan is keen to have a “proper relationship” with the US similar to Islamabad’s all-weather ties with China rather than being humiliated and treated like a “hired gun”, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said. The ties between Washington and Islamabad strained, especially after President Donald Trump, while announcing his Afghanistan and South Asia policy […]

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Cancelled in Nov 2016 Pakistan readying to host 19th SAARC Summit

Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua said Friday that Islamabad is ready to host the 19th SAARC Summit, two years after it was called off when India declined to participate following a deadly terror attack in the country. Janjua addressed a ceremony organised by Ministry of Foreign Affairs to celebrate the 34th SAARC Charter Day […]

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Police claims arrest of ‘ISI’ agent

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday arrested a suspected ISI agent who was allegedly planning terror attacks in Kishtwar district, an officer said. Sehran Sheikh alias Abu Zubair, a resident of Malikpeth area in Kishtwar, was arrested during a raid in the district on charges of working as an agent for the Pakistan […]