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TopicBandipora

Topic: Bandipora

GPS tracker on ankle, Hafiz Sikander campaigns in J&K’s Bandipora, says ‘loved ones wary of coming close’

Hafiz Mohammad Sikander Malik, former district president of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir, is contesting from Bandipora as an Independent. Held in 2019, he faces UAPA charges.

2 women from PoK contested J&K DDC polls, counting hasn’t yet begun on their seats

Somiya Sadaf and Shazia Alam were settled in J&K with their ex-militant husbands as part of Omar Abdullah govt’s rehabilitation policy in 2010.

‘We are sitting ducks’ — elected village leaders in J&K fear for life but govt can do little

After local BJP leader's murder in Bandipora, J&K administration has come under increased pressure to provide security to elected representatives, who say promises not being kept.

J&K police file FIR against unknown people for naming 3-year-old ‘rape’ victim

Jammu and Kashmir police say probe will nail social media accounts responsible for using the real name of the victim, an act punishable by law.

A year before returning to service, CRPF commandant Cheetah said he’d love to return to Kashmir

The commandant who took nine bullets in an encounter, known as Cheetah, says 70 per cent of Kashmiris are pro-India and that it is possible to win the hearts of Kashmiris.

On Camera

Cars cheaper, wine smoother — how TV news channels sold India-EU FTA to viewers

'Indian products will be VVIP,' declared News18 India. The India-EU FTA would make travel to Europe and working there easier for Indians, Bharat 24 said.

Congress calls India’s GDP numbers ‘suspect’, alleges manipulation by Modi govt

In AICC report ‘Real State of the Economy 2026’, Congress flags ‘central contradiction’ in economy, calls for data review pointing to jobs, FDI, manufacturing slump & inequality.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.