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Enforce security plans vigorously: Govt tells J&K forces

Enforce security plans vigorously: Govt tells J&K forces

 New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) Security agencies engaged in anti-militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir have been told by the Centre to implement security plans with full vigour. The directive from the central government came in the wake of the killing of seven Amarnath pilgrims in a terror attack on Monday. Security agencies were told to […]

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Modi’s personal gain sacrifice of innocent Indian blood: Rahul

July 12, 2017 Stepping up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused him of pursuing policies that created space for terrorists in Kashmir. He also said that the prime minister’s pursuit of short-term political gains from the BJP-PDP alliance in the state has cost the country dear […]

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Amarnath massacre: Anger and anguish roil Gujarat as pilgrims’ bodies arrive

Amarnath massacre: Anger and anguish roil Gujarat as pilgrims’ bodies arrive

July 11, 2017 A pall of gloom descended on the airport as the plane landed. Terrorists on Monday night killed seven pilgrims, including six women, and injured 19 as they struck a bus in Anantnag district. The last time the Amarnath yatra was attacked was in 2001 in which 13 people had been killed. The […]

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Every Kashmiri is NOT terrorist: Rajnath responds to Twitter troll

Every Kashmiri is NOT terrorist: Rajnath responds to Twitter troll

July 11, 2017   In an unusual rebuttal to an online troll, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asserted that all Kashmiris were not terrorists and said it was his job to ensure peace and tranquillity in all parts of the country. The assertion by the home minister came in response to a tweet from […]

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Amarnath Yatra terror attack: Can’t let Lashkar and ISI to succeed, says Owaisi

Amarnath Yatra terror attack: Can’t let Lashkar and ISI to succeed, says  Owaisi

July 11, 2017   Condemning the terror attack on the Amarnath Yatra pilgrims, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said the country cannot allow terror outfits Lashkar-e-Toiba and Islamic State to succeed. According to the news agency ANI, Owaisi said, “We cannot allow Lashkar and ISI to succeed. The country is united. This was a […]

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125 crore Indians support Free Tibet: BJP leader Koshiyari on China’s Kashmir barb

125 crore Indians support Free Tibet: BJP leader Koshiyari on China’s Kashmir barb

July 10, 2017 Veteran BJP leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari has raised the issue of independence of Tibet from China saying “every Indian” is in support of the idea. An old RSS hand, Koshyari is an avid supporter of Tibetan independence from China. Koshiyari’s remark has come a day after a […]

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Air India stops serving non-vegetarian meals

Air India stops serving non-vegetarian meals

New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) National passenger carrier Air India on Monday said that it has stopped serving non-vegetarian meals to passengers on board its domestic flights’ economy class segment. “Air India has taken a conscious decision not to have non-vegetarian meal in economy class on its domestic flights,” a statement from Air India said. […]

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Sushma Swaraj Hits Out At Sartaj Aziz Over Pak Visa For Kulbhushan Jadhav’s Mother

Sushma Swaraj Hits Out At Sartaj Aziz Over Pak Visa For Kulbhushan Jadhav’s Mother

NEW DELHI In tweets this morning, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj tore into her Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz for “not showing the courtesy to acknowledge” her letter on a visa for the mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian sentenced to death in Pakistan. However, any Pakistani national asking for a medical visa would be granted one immediately if […]

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Sikkim Standoff: Rahul Gandhi questions PM Narendra Modi’s silence on China

Sikkim Standoff: Rahul Gandhi questions PM Narendra Modi’s silence on China

July 07, 2017   Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking why he has not made any comments regarding the ongoing standoff between India and China in the Doklam sector. Rahul tweeted out today asking, “Why the PM is silent on China?” His remarks came in the wake […]

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Mamata backing only one community in Bengal: Sinha

Mamata backing only one community in Bengal: Sinha

Siliguri (WB), July 7 (PTI) BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha today said that Mamata Banerje was running a “communal government” in West Bengal since it was supporting only one community. Adopting communal line as government policy, the chief minister is backing only one community and ignoring the other, Sinha alleged at a party meeting here. […]