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Governors have become new viceroy’s, says Chidambaram

Governors have become new viceroy’s, says Chidambaram

Hits out at J&K Governor Malik

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Friday took a dig at Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik for his reported remarks that political parties have no right to talk about India-Pakistan dialogue, saying the country’s governors are the new viceroys. In a series of tweets, the former finance and home minister referred to […]

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Saeed-led JuD, FIF no more on list of banned outfits in Pakistan: Report

Saeed-led JuD, FIF no more on list of banned outfits in Pakistan: Report

Islamabad: Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) are no longer on the list of banned outfits in Pakistan as the presidential ordinance that proscribed them under a UN resolution has lapsed, a media report said on Friday. In February this year, former president Mamnoon Hussain promulgated an ordinance amending the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 […]

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Asma Jahangir wins UN Human Rights Prize posthumously

Islamabad: Pakistan’s iconic human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir was posthumously awarded the 2018 UN Human Rights Prize. She was one of the four winners of the award which was announced by the United Nations on Thursday. The announcement was made through the Twitter account of the President of the UN General Assembly Maria […]

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China sounds positive about providing loans to Pak to avoid IMF bailout

China sounds positive about providing loans to Pak to avoid IMF bailout

Beijing: Ahead of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s maiden visit, China on Friday sounded positive about extending new loans to Islamabad to avoid another IMF bailout package which may carry stringent conditions. Khan’s visit from November 2 to China, Pakistan’s all weather ally, will come ahead of a visit to Islamabad by International Monetary Fund […]

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Tarigami welcomes scraping of insurance contract with Reliance group

Tarigami welcomes scraping of insurance contract with Reliance group

Srinagar: CPI(M) MLA M Y Tarigami Friday welcomed the Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik’s decision to scrap the contract for group mediclaim health insurance awarded to Reliance General Insurance and called for action against those involved in the deal. “The Governor’s decision to scrap J&K employees’ health insurance contract with the Reliance General […]

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Cong demands time bound probe into insurance scam

Cong demands time bound probe into insurance scam

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Friday demanded a time bound high-level probe to book the culprits involved in “bungling” in Reliance General Insurance policy. The JKPCC welcomed Governor Satya Pal Malik’s decision to immediately cancel the contract in view of the gross corruption. Malik Thursday cancelled the state government’s tie up with […]

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CBI row: Congress holds protest in Jammu

CBI row: Congress holds protest in Jammu

Jammu: Congress workers Friday staged a demonstration here as part of the party’s nationwide protest against the Centre’s decision to divest CBI Director Alok Verma of his duties and sending him on leave. A large number of senior congress leaders and workers gathered at Shahidi Chowk and marched towards Raghunath Bazar carrying placards denouncing Centre’s […]

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Bureaucrats have to perform or they will suffer, Guv Malik

Bureaucrats have to perform or they will suffer, Guv Malik

Srinagar: “Perform or suffer” is the message of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik for the state’s bureaucrats and he says he has been directed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to build a “badhiya (wonderful) Kashmir” where corruption, inefficiency and sluggishness will not be tolerated. During an interview with PTI recently, the governor had outlined […]

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Use of disproportionate force perpetuating violence in Kashmir: Tarigami

Use of disproportionate force perpetuating violence in Kashmir: Tarigami

Srinagar: CPI(M) MLA from Jammu and Kashmir M Y Tarigami on Thursday accused the Centre of contributing to the cycle of violence in the state with its use of disproportionate force to quell unrest. He said the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre is making the situation in the state worse by subduing people’s political […]

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Former Navy officer to conduct bathymetric survey of Dal-Nageen lake

Former Navy officer to conduct bathymetric survey of Dal-Nageen lake

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has appointed former Navy officer S K Jha as a consultant for conducting a comprehensive bathymetric survey of the Dal-Nageen lake. “Sanction is hereby accorded to the engagement of Vice Admiral S K Jha (retired), PVSM, AVSM, NM as consultant for carrying a bathymetric survey of Dal-Nageen lake,” the […]