National Conference founder Sheikh Abdullah's birthday is on 5 December and Martyrs’ Day — when 22 Kashmiri Muslims were killed while protesting against Dogra regime — is on 13 July.
After Article 370 move, HRD ministry had drawn up major plan to improve education infrastructure in J&K and Ladakh. Officials now say they don’t have adequate funds.
With Jammu & Kashmir now officially broken into 2 union territories, the power to declare an area disturbed under AFSPA has moved from district magistrates to the home ministry.
Tanks came as a bolt from the blue for Pakistani soldiers and tribesmen. Blinded by snow amid heavy artillery fire, the highly demoralised enemy ran for their lives.
IAS officers Girish Chandra Murmu and R.K. Mathur will be sworn in as Lieutenant Governors for the Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh in separate functions on Thursday.
With most of the former J&K state’s physical assets in the Jammu and Kashmir regions, Ladakh can only stake claim to financial assets that are not in good health.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted India has never been on the offensive on the Pakistani side, but would take action until it stopped its infiltration efforts.
From coastal Andhra Pradesh to Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab, from bonfires in UP to midnight pledges in Chennai and Lahore, Vande Mataram was a war cry to galvanise people toward azaadi.
With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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