Latest tensions broke out after police arrested protest leaders Wednesday, in culmination of non-cooperation movement that began a year ago against rising flour prices & electricity bills.
According to United Kashmir People’s National Party & Joint Awami Action Committee, protests are against unjustified taxation, high electricity bills, inflation & shortage of essentials.
Ministry of External Affairs takes ‘serious note’ of Jane Marriott's visit to Mirpur in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, calls it ‘infringement of India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity’.
Political leaders question Donald Blome’s motives, accuse West of neo-colonialism. India yet to react to envoy's visit to region it views as forcibly taken over by Pakistan in 1947.
Haryana minister Dr Kamal Gupta said India was not as strong before 2014 as it is today & termed opposition leaders who sought proof of surgical strikes ‘Jaichands’.
The govt of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has announced a strategy to curb the increasing suicide cases through counseling sessions in schools and colleges.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi also condemned recent terror attacks in Afghanistan, and said that India has been looking at the developments.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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