By Press Desk on February 15, 2019
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Mumbai: Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Friday said she and her husband, lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar, have decided not to attend Kaifi Azmi’s birth centenary celebrations in Karachi in the wake of Pulwama attack. The couple was invited to Pakistan by the Karachi Arts Council for a two-day event. “@Javedakhtarjadu and I were invited for a 2 […]
By Press Desk on February 15, 2019
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Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have expressed concern over the reports of violence and arson in Jammu division in the aftermath of Pulwama militant attack that left 49 CRPF personnel killed. “If the security forces & the administration’s attention is shifted to dealing with communal violence in #Jammu […]
By Press Desk on February 15, 2019
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Srinagar: Strongly condemning the attack in Pulwama, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday expressed hope that a “befitting reply” will be given to the perpetrators. The killing of the CRPF men “will not go in vain”, he told reporters outside the premises of the Assembly in Bihar, where proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm […]
By Press Desk on February 15, 2019
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New Delhi: India on Friday summoned Pakistan’s top envoy and lodged strong protest over the killing of nearly 40 CRPF soldiers in the Pulwama militant attack carried out by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). JeM claimed responsibility for the attack that left at least 40 CRPF soldiers dead and five others critically wounded. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale summoned […]
By Press Desk on February 15, 2019
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Srinagar: In exercise of powers vested in him under Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code, District Magistrate Jammu has ordered imposition of curfew in the area of whole Jammu city to maintain law and order, public tranquillity and to protect life and property of general public. Violent clashes erupted in Gujjar Nagar and other areas […]
By Press Desk on February 15, 2019
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Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said that giving vent to anger by attacking innocent people because of their ethnicity or religion is no way to honour the sacrifices of the CRPF personnel who were killed in a militant attack in Pulwama on Thursday. Omar said that the reports of […]
By Press Desk on February 15, 2019
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Srinagar: China on Friday condemned the Pulwama militant attack carried out by a Jaish suicide bomber but once again declined to back India’s appeal to list the Jaish’s chief Masood Azhar as a “global terrorist” by the UN. At least 40 CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on Thursday in one of the deadliest attacks […]
By Press Desk on February 15, 2019
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Srinagar: Governor, Satya Pal Malik today met the All Party Co-ordination Committee members from Kargil district to understand and resolve the concerns of the people of Kargil regarding the newly formed Ladakh Division. The Co-ordination Committee Members in the delegation were Haji Anayat Ali, Chairman Legislative Council; Shri Feroz Khan, Chairman/ Chief Executive Councilor, Ladakh […]
By Press Desk on February 15, 2019
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Srinagar: Ahead of Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit, K Vijay Kumar, the advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Friday led a team of top police officials on a visit to Lethpora on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the site of one of the deadliest militant attacks on forces in the Valley that left 49 CRPF soldiers dead. […]
By Press Desk on February 15, 2019
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Srinagar: Four more seriously wounded paramilitary men succumbed to their injuries here at army’s 92 base hospital Badamibagh Srinagar, taking the death toll of paramilitary troopers to 49 so far in the car-bomb attack at Lethpora area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district along Srinagar-Jammu on Thursday. The attack took place along highway when a suicide bomber […]