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Friday, October 4, 2024
TopicJammu and Kashmir

Topic: Jammu and Kashmir

J&K Police arrest Pulwama suicide attacker’s cousin, kill 3 ‘Jaish militants’ in encounter

J&K Police claim to foil terrorist strike, say the three Jaish militants entered the union territory through international border Friday.

3 terrorists killed, one policeman injured in gunfire near toll plaza in J&K’s Nagrota

The encounter took place around 5am Friday morning when a police team stopped a Srinagar-bound truck for checking near the toll plaza in Ban area of Nagrota.

European Union is ‘keener’ to seal trade pacts with India than discuss Kashmir & CAA

European Union wants a more ‘open & honest conversation’ on Kashmir and the CAA at the India-EU Summit in March.

J&K hunts for 7,500 acres of land for investors ahead of April global summit

The sprawling Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre in Srinagar has been identified as the venue for the inaugural ceremony of the J&K investor summit.

Padma awardee Muzaffar Baig, ‘Delhi pointman’ in J&K with links to Abdullahs, Muftis & Lone

A lawyer by profession, Muzaffar Baig once defended separatist ideologue Maqbool Bhat. Now the PDP founder has been given a civilian honour.

‘Not legally binding’ — India needn’t worry about European Parliament move on CAA, Kashmir

6 draft resolutions will be debated at European Parliament Plenary in Brussels on 29 January, which could be followed by a vote on 30 January.

Kashmiris can watch Netflix, Amazon but can’t access PDP, NC sites as internet ban is lifted

Internet users will only be able to access around 300 websites that have been whitelisted. Social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube will remain blacklisted.

Broadband services to be restored in Kashmir but with restrictions

Access shall be limited only on whitelisted sites and social media applications will continue to remain out of bounds for the Valley's residents.

Modi govt won’t allow universities to become centres of politics: HRD Minister Pokhriyal

Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, who was in Kashmir as part of Modi govt’s outreach programme, also said the govt has decided to ensure free education for all in J&K.

Militant killed in Pulwama encounter identified as ‘most wanted’ Jaish terrorist

Police said the terrorist was operating under code names and was active in militancy-infested south Kashmir for the past over one-and-half years.

On Camera

I met Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2005. He told me he was an admirer of MK Gandhi

Shuttle diplomacy at a high level is indicated, along the lines of the famous Kissingerian shuttles following the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

#ByeByeAP to #LuluBackInAP: Naidu’s moves to make Andhra ‘business friendly’ & woo back investors

The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?