Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah says PDP and BJP responsible for lack of people’s participation in elections, doubts if 2019 polls can be held in free & fair manner.
Officials said immediately after the gunfight ended and forces withdrew, civilians rushed to the spot and an explosive substance went off, killing them.
Home minister Rajnath Singh’s visit comes after the recent urban local body elections, which were boycotted by both the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party.
Elaborate security arrangements were in place for the first phase of J&K civic polls Monday, with 400 additional companies of security forces deployed.
Being locals, the SPOs, who fight militancy alongside the army and regular police, have emerged as the most vulnerable targets for militants in the Valley.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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