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Srinagar, Aug 16: Four youth were killed and six others injured today in security forces action against stone-pelting protestors in Magam area of central Kashmir's Budgam district, taking the death toll in the ongoing unrest in the Valley to 64 A group of youth pelted stones at a CRPF vehicle at Aripathan in Magam area this morning, a police official said. In the retaliatory action by the security

New Delhi, Aug 16: The India-Pakistan ties are set for fresh brinkmanship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirming his stand on Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) during his 90-minute Independence Day speech. This is the first time in recent memory any Indian PM has spoken from the Red Fort about Balochistan and PoK in the same breath. The talk of India’s help for Balochistan

New Delhi, Aug 15: Declaring that India will not bow before terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the youth who have taken to violence to join the mainstream even as he brought up Pakistani atrocities on people of Baluchistan and PoK, saying that they have thanked him to do so. Though Modi did not make any reference to Kashmir valley which is witnessing violence after the killing of

New Delhi, Aug 15: Lashing out at Pakistan for glorifying terrorists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today declared that the country will not bow before terrorism even as he said people of Baluchistan and PoK have thanked him for raising issue of atrocities against them. In a 90-minute address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Modi made no reference to the situation in Kashmir valley

Srinagar, Aug 15: Militants today attacked security forces at Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar, injuring five personnel, and triggering a gunfight. The unspecified number of militants fired at the security forces in the area which is close to the historic Jama Masjid. Five security personnel were injured in the militant attack, a police official said.The exchange of fire was going on. The attack came

New Delhi, Aug 14: The 92-year-old practice of presenting a separate Rail Budget is set to come to an end from the next fiscal, with the Finance Ministry accepting Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu's proposal to merge it with the General Budget. According to railways, The Finance Ministry has now constituted a five-member committee comprising senior officials of the Ministry and the national

Chandigarh, Aug 14: Ahead of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu's likely induction into Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) next week, his MLA wife Navjot Kaur on Saturday said that Congress too had approached them, but her husband had made up his mind to go with the Arvind Kejriwal led party. Navjot Kaur made these revelations in Delhi after her Friday meeting with Kejriwal. Sidhu, who stunned poll

Jammu, Aug 14: After a lull of over four months, the ceasefire on the Line of Control was violated again with Pakistan Army firing at two places and shelling mortars in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir today. Indian troops retaliated to the firing which was still going on when last reports came in. "The Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in

New Delhi, Aug 14: Congress president Sonia Gandhi was today discharged after 11 days of hospitalisation after being treated for her illness and shoulder injury. The Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, where she was admitted on August 3, said her medical condition was stable and has been advised rest. "Sonia Gandhi's medical condition at the time of discharge from the hospital is stable. She has been advised

New Delhi, Aug 13: Sharmistha Mukherjee, Delhi Congress spokesperson and the daughter of President Pranab Mukherjee, claimed today that a man harassed her by sending lewd messages and put up screenshots of the texts on her Facebook page. "The person is completely unknown to me and he sent me dirty sexual messages last night. I first thought of ignoring him and blocking him but then (I) thought my