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TopicJammu and Kashmir

Topic: Jammu and Kashmir

Pranab Mukherjee’s RSS cameo, and all’s well in the NDA family

'We derive our strength from tolerance. We accept and respect our pluralism,' former President Pranab Mukherjee said at a valedictory function of future RSS pracharaks in Nagpur Thursday.

RBI increases repo rate after 4.5 years, and Rahul Gandhi’s speech has started a fight

The repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends money to commercial banks. Which means that home, auto and personal loans are likely to get more expensive.

Jammu and Kashmir govt begins back-channel talks with Hurriyat

The talks between the state government and Hurriyat starts after the Joint Resistance leadership responded to Centre regarding the dialogue.

Yet another call for peace in the Kashmir Valley, and BJP realises it needs friends in 2019

The Supreme Court has approved reservations for SC/STs in promotions. Quotas in promotions will be in “accordance with law”, which means that representation will not come at the cost of administrative efficiency

Pakistan violates ceasefire, and the Centre wants Rohingya confined to camps

Pakistan resumes shelling at the border six days after the DGMOs of India and Pakistan agreed to implement the 2003 ceasefire pact.

Security forces on high alert in J&K as ‘20 militants infiltrate via LoC’

Officials said it was rare for such a large number of militants to infiltrate in one go and indicated the desperation of their handlers to 'keep the Kashmir pot boiling'.

Mehbooba Mufti’s stamp duty waiver will turn women into asset-owners in Kashmir

The landmark decision to abolish stamp duty on the sale of properties owned by women in Kashmir is a step towards reclaiming the agency of women.

Peace was just a phone call away for India & Pakistan, but J&K separatists demand clarity

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Kashmiri separatists ready to hold talks with Centre, but with riders

Joint leadership issues statement calling for Pakistan and people of Kashmir to be included as key stakeholders; wants Centre to clearly state agenda of talks.

The man who abused J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti now ‘wanted’ in Kathua

Rajinder Singh, brother of BJP MLA and former J&K forest minister, is currently evading police arrest in Kathua and cannot be tracked down.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.