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TopicSajad Lone

Topic: Sajad Lone

Difficult to ally with BJP after Article 370, says J&K People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone

Separatist-turned-politician Sajad Lone says the issue of getting back Jammu and Kashmir's statehood remains of utmost importance to him and his party.

Sajad Lone’s Peoples Conference quits Gupkar Alliance, cites ‘breach of trust’ by partners

Lone’s party is first to break from Gupkar Alliance, which has been in the news amid murmurs of discontent among partners. The coalition will now be left with six members.

Angry Kashmiri politicians confront cops after security personnel ‘body search’ Sajad Lone

The verbal spat occurred at the MLA hostel in Srinagar, where the Valley’s political detainees were being moved after complaints of inadequate heating at the earlier ‘sub-jail’ at SKICC.

Narendra Modi govt simply can’t comprehend the enormity of the problem in Kashmir

Unlike Vajpayee, Narendra Modi’s BJP has shown no inclination for dialogue with Kashmir.

J&K Governor gets image ‘makeover’ after speech video goes viral

Centre would've wanted Lone govt in J&K, says Governor Malik, explaining why he dissolved assembly. Omar Abdullah & Mehbooba Mufti praise move.  

The separatist and darling of Kashmir who is now Modi’s ‘younger brother’

Sajad Lone was once a staunch separatist opposed to Indian presence in Kashmir, he is now the BJP’s face in the Valley.

Governor Malik jumped the gun in dissolving J&K assembly, it’s advantage Congress-NC

Mehbooba Mufti’s letter to Satya Pal Malik was meant to prevent BJP-backed Sajad Lone from forming the government. But the governor took the bait.

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US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

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