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SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president and former Union minister Dr Farooq Abdullah Tuesday joined the debate over whether liquor should be banned in Jammu and Kashmir, saying his father, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, had refused to impose such a ban in 1977 as it generated substantial revenue for the UT (which was then a state).While Farooq…

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SRINAGAR: PDP’s Iltija Mufti, the daughter of former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti, Tuesday blamed the governing NC for the suspension of her social media accounts, alleging that the party was acting in collusion with the BJP to target its critics.“X has withheld my account. Usually, they send an email, but in my case, there has…

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NEW DELHI: Amid reports that China provided tech assistance to Pakistan in the military conflict that followed India’s Op Sindoor last year, the govt urged China to introspect about the likely reputational cost of backing terrorist infrastructure. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the reports had only corroborated what was already known.“Operation Sindoor…

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JAMMU: A court in Jammu on Monday remanded five people, including two Pakistani nationals, in 25-day judicial custody in an NIA case related to terror activities.Earlier, police probing logistical support for terror activities had intercepted a bike in Srinagar and seized a grenade and 15 bullets from the possession of Mohammad Naqeeb Bhat.His interrogation led…

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NEW DELHI:The Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and gunned down a terrorist.The Army engaged the target at around 4 pm, and a search operation is under way.“Acting on persistent surveillance, suspicious movement was detected approximately 300 metres inside own territory in the general area…

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Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay In 2019, 17 Karnataka MLAs – 14 from the Congress and 3 from the JD(S) – resigned from the assembly, bringing down the then HD Kumaraswamy government. The resignations paved the way for BJP’s Yediyurappa to take over as state’s chief minister.Interestingly, in this change of guard the resignations were…

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NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday recorded his dissent with the proceedings to pick the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), alleging that he was not provided with the self-appraisal reports of the candidates and that the government’s choice was therefore “pre-decided.”As leader of opposition, Rahul Gandhi…

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NEW DELHI: In a significant ruling on Tuesday, the Supreme Court said a qualified woman’s decision to pursue her profession and create a stable environment for her child cannot be treated as “cruelty” or “desertion” in a marriage, setting aside what it called the “regressive” and “ultra-conservative” findings of lower courts in a matrimonial dispute,…

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NEW DELHI: Amid rapid expansion of artificial intelligence in healthcare, Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan on Tuesday told graduating students at the 51st convocation of AIIMS that no technology could replace “the moral weight of a doctor’s presence at the patient’s bedside”.Addressing students at Bharat Mandapam, the Vice President said AIIMS Delhi was no longer…

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NEW DELHI: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday questioned how much had been done to address Delhi’s air pollution problem through the Environment Compensation Cess (ECC) collected from vehicles. He also pointed out that collection of municipal toll and ECC at Delhi’s borders by stopping vehicles on National Highways (NHs) defeats the aim of…

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