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SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference vice- president Omar Abdullah said if the people in Tral area boycott the upcoming Assembly elections, then BJP would win the seat from where militants like Burhan Wani and Zakir Musa rose. While addressing a public rally in the Tral area…

Senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa on Friday, 26 July, took oath as the new chief minister of Karnataka after the Congres-JD(S) coalition government fell losing the trust vote on Tuesday. CM HD Kumaraswamy submitted his resignation to Governor Vajubhai Vala on Tuesday. The coalition got just 99 votes against the…

External Affairs Minister S.Jaishankar briefed Rajya Sabha on the Kulbushan Jadhav judgment by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). He said that Pakistan had illegally detained Jadhav and awarded him death sentence and therefore India took the issue to ICJ. He informed the Upper House that the sole dissenting judge…

New Delhi, Jul 16: Pakistan opened its airspace for all civilian traffic on Tuesday morning, sources said, effectively removing the ban on Indian flights that were not allowed to use the majority of its airspace since the Balakot airstrikes in February The move is expected to give a major relief…

NEW DELHI: Forty-four aircraft and helicopters of the Indian Air Force  were lost in crashes since 2014-15 in which 46 personnel were killed, according to government data. The break up of the aircraft lost is 26 fighter jets, six helicopters, nine trainer aircraft and three transport planes. The details of…

Six people are dead and more than 200 are injured, according to Jakarta’s governor, after protesters clashed with security forces and set fire to a police dormitory and vehicles in the Indonesian capital following the release of official election results. National Police spokesman, Dedi Prasetyo said protests by supporters of…

Polling is underway for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Voting, which began at 7 AM, will continue till 6 PM. Voting is taking place for 59 constituencies, spread over 7 states. Polling is being held for 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats in Haryana, 8 seats…

Forty-one people died after a Russian plane made an emergency landing and burst into flames just after takeoff from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. Survivors suggest the plane was struck by lightning, but Russia’s national carrier said only that it returned to the airport for technical reasons. Two children are among the…

Srinagar: In view of holy month of Ramzan, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan on Saturday directed all Deputy Commissioners to start intense market checking across the valley on daily basis and take strict legal action against profiteers and black marketers. The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir made these directions in…

Jammu, April 30: A high level meeting was held under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik to review the preparedness of JKPDD for providing regular and smooth power supply to the consumers during peak demand period of summer season. Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, Advisor to Governor; BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary;…