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National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put into action his promise made from the ramparts of the Red Fort to embrace Kashmiris with love. Speaking at a youth conclave here on Saturday, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister said the leadership in New Delhi …

The State of Assam and the Centre should behave like a “true State” in the Aristotlian sense, said Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi while hearing the Assam NRC case on Tuesday. The oral observation came on a hearing whether five documents — names in NRC, 1951; names in electoral …

The Assam government has said it would not allow a proposed rally of 27 Bengali organisations in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. This followed a State-wide shutdown call by a conglomerate of 42 organisations of …

Six civilians, including a teenager, were killed in a blast caused by ammunition in a house, where three Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants were killed in a pre-dawn operation in Kulgam on Sunday. “People as usual didn’t follow appeals to refrain from going to the encounter site. They went inside the house …

The police cane-charged protesters on Wednesday as the Sabarimala temple opened for the first time since the Supreme Court verdict allowing entry to women of all ages to the hill shrine. As many as 13 policemen and 200 protesters from Hindu fringe outfits were injured in the incidents. Nilackal, the …

Cumulative turnout 35.1% in local body elections held after a gap of 10 years; counting to be held on October 20 In the lowest turnout recorded in the urban local bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir, just 4.2% of the electorate voted in the fourth and last phase on Tuesday, …

Protests, both from the student community and the political parties, grew in Kashmir on Monday over the Aligarh Muslim University’s move to suspend at least three Kashmiri students and lodging of cases against them. Scores of students at Kashmir University in Srinagar held a demonstration on campus. “We have assembled …

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said violent attacks on migrant workers in Gujarat were because of the frustration among unemployed youth and asserted that the migrant workforce is ‘critical’ for economic growth. He said the Vijay Rupani government had failed to stop the violence against North Indian workers. “Across …

Commanders conference to finalise radical measures to right-size the force The week-long biannual Army Commanders conference began here on Tuesday in which the service is keen to finalise several radical measures to right size the force and optimise the ballooning revenue expenditure. “As part of the conclave, commanders and directorates …

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the menace of Left-wing extremism (LWE) would be wiped out from the country in about three years. Addressing troops of the Rapid Action Force (RAF), a special unit of the CRPF, on the occasion of its 26th anniversary celebrations here, Mr. Singh said …