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Srinagar, Aug 11: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday accused the BJP of trying to flare up the situation in Kishtwar to polarize the population with an eye on next year's elections to Parliament and the assembly. Vowing to ensure swift action against those involved in violence that erupted on Friday and appealing to the people not to fall prey to rumours, he said the

Jammu, Aug 11: Curfew was imposed in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday as a precautionary measure following violence and arson in Kishtwar district. The state administration has already clamped curfew in Jammu and Rajouri areas to avoid any untoward incident even as situation remains tense in the valley. Attempts were made to set fire to two shops and two vehicles were torched in

New Delhi, Aug 11: The Election Commission is turning the heat on political parties and candidates by insisting that they should not accept “anonymous donations,” thus restricting funding to MPs and MLAs depending on the limit during the elections. The fresh move is likely to come as a jolt to the parties which are resisting a right to information (RTI) scrutiny. Earlier, the Supreme Court said in

Hyderabad, Aug 10: YSR Congress President and Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today tendered resignation from his Lok Sabha membership, protesting the manner in which the Congress party sought to divide Andhra Pradesh. Simultaneously, Jagan's mother Y S Vijaya, who is Honorary President of YSRC and MLA from Pulivendula in Kadapa district, too, resigned from the membership of the Assembly. Jagan is

Chandigarh, Aug 10: Robert Vadra's land deals in a village in Haryana have returned to haunt the Congress party and its chief with whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka alleging that Vadra "falsified documents" for 3.53 acres of land in Gurgaon and "pocketed" large premium on a commercial colony license. In his "voluminous reply" submitted to Haryana government's three-member enquiry committee

Jammu, Aug 10: Pakistani troops again violated the ceasefire by firing on Indian posts along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, four days after five Indian soldiers were killed by specialist troops of the Pakistan Army. "Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing along LoC in Durga Battalion area in Poonch district around 2220 hours late last night", defence Spokesman SN Acharya

Srinagar, Aug 10: Authorities imposed curfew and called out the Army to control the situation as two persons died and around 80 sustained injuries in the worst communal riots to shake Jammu and Kashmir at Kishtwar on Friday. Official sources said people from the peripheral villages of Bandirna, Hullar and Kuleed were heading for the spacious Chowgan Grounds to join congregational Eid-ul-Fitr

New Delhi, Aug 10: India on Friday night activated the miniature reactor on board the country's first indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant. With this, the country has moved a step towards completing the nuclear troika - capability to launch nuclear weapons from land, air and sea. According to a news channel report, all systems of the indigenously-made 83 MW pressurised light-water reactor are

Hyderabad, Aug 9: Protests continued across coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions on the ninth day against the Congress' announcement favouring bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to create a separate Telangana state. Though several "pro-united" Andhra Pradesh outfits announced a break to the protests due to Ramzan today, rallies, sit-ins, human chains and fasts continued at several places in both the

New Delhi, Aug 9: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev called on the Centre to adopt an eye for an eye approach and kill at least 50 Pakistani soldiers in retaliation for the five Indian soldiers killed in Poonch on Tuesday. “India should retaliate with killing at least 50 Pakistani troops, against the five Indian soldiers that they have killed. And then, the Congress should tell the nation that this is the