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NEW DELHI: The 17th Lok Sabha’s first session is likely to start from June 6 and go on till June 15, sources have said. The dates of the first Parliament session are expected to be finalised during the first meeting of the new Cabinet on May 31, a day after Narendra Modi takes oath as […]
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Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday decried the “misconception” being created that BJP was a Hindi heartland party and said the Lok Sabha poll results testified to its victories across India, stressing “chemistry has triumphed over arithmetic”. “Political pundits are not aware that their thinking and logic is meant for the 20th century. Results show […]
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Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of different political parties to his swearing-in ceremony scheduled to be held here on Wednesday, party sources said Monday. Patnaik will take oath as the chief minister for fifth time in a row at 10.30 am on Wednesday. “A special message has […]
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No banned explosive were found in the bag: Police
Jammu: Police officials Monday said no banned explosive material was present in the suspicious object found along the Jammu-Poonch National Highway which was taken for an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and destroyed in a controlled detonation. A bottle filled with a liquid and a polybag filled with some solid materials were found near Kallar Chowk […]
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Srinagar: Classes at several educational institutions in Kashmir remained suspended on Monday to thwart student protests following the killing of Zakir Musa, the chief of an Al-Qaeda affiliate, in an encounter in Pulwama district last week, officials said. While many schools conducted normal operations till Class 10, all higher secondary schools and degree colleges in […]
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Jammu: Six kg poppy straw has been seized from a passenger vehicle in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said on Monday. The contraband, packed in five polythene bags, was being smuggled from Kashmir through Mugal road, connecting the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu region with south Kashmir Shopian […]
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Jammu: An absconder, on the run for a year, was arrested from the Sunderbani area in Rajouri district Monday, police said. Zaffer Iqbal, the accused, a resident of Marchola village, was wanted in a case registered under sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) […]
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ISLAMABAD: China will always stand by Pakistan’s “core interests” no matter how the international landscape changes, visiting Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan has said as he cited the USD 60 billion CPEC as the manifestation of their all-weather relationship. Addressing a meeting on Sunday organised by the Pakistan-China Institute (PCI), the senior Chinese leader said […]
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New Delhi-With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, the contentious Citizenship (amendment) Bill and the one on banning triple talaq have lapsed as they were not passed by Rajya Sabha. The two bils could not be passed by Rajya Sabha in the Budget session, the last Parliament session of the outgoing government. The term […]
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Islamabad: For the first time, Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday began hearing cases through video link, a development which the apex court said will benefit the litigants, lawyers and save time and money. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel […]
