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 the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
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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