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Srinagar, August 22 The National Conference will hold an “all-party meeting” here on Monday to discuss the issue of “inclusion of non-local voters” in the revised electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir. Parties like the NC and PDP claimed that the administration had not addressed their main concern on whether…

New Delhi, August 22 Security was beefed up on Monday at Delhi borders, including Singhu and Ghazipur, ahead of the ‘mahapanchayat’ called by farmers’ body at Jantar Mantar, police said on Monday. They said all vehicles entering the capital are being checked and police personnel are on the ‘alert mode’….

New Delhi, August 21 The Delhi Police today detained Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait at the Ghazipur border while he was trying to enter the national capital to participate in a ‘mahapanchayat’ at Jantar Mantar tomorrow. The farmers are agitating against the Centre “for not fulfilling their…

Bathinda, August 21 Late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala’s mother, Charan Kaur, has hit out at the police for having “failed” to arrest the masterminds of his son’s murder and said she and her husband would start a protest, seeking justice for their son. “We cooperated with the police and…

New Delhi, August 21 Days after Ghulam Nabi Azad declined to accept the role of Jammu and Kashmir Congress campaign committee chairman, senior party leader Anand Sharma on Sunday resigned as chairman of the Himachal Congress steering committee, formed on April 26 ahead of state Assembly elections later this year….

Hyderabad, August 21 Union Home Minister Amit Shah today launched BJP’s campaign for the Munugodu bypoll by declaring open war on the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and his family. At the same time, the sitting Congress MLA Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy, who recently resigned…

New Delhi, August 21 The CBI on Sunday issued a “look out circular” against eight persons named in the FIR over the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. Editorial: The raid No such circular has been issued against Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, three bureaucrats and three former…

Bathinda, August 21 The municipal elections in Brampton city of Ontario, Canada, has evoked a lot of interest for locals, as around 40 Punjabi candidates are in the fray. The elections are scheduled for October 24. Nikki Kaur, Prabh Kaur Mand and Bob Singh are locked in an interesting…

Chandigarh, August 21 The Punjab Government on Sunday announced reservation for the Scheduled Castes in the posts of law officer recruited by the state. CM Bhagwant Mann said 58 new posts of law officer being created in the Advocate-General’s office would be reserved for the Scheduled Castes. Punjab govt…

Buner (Pakistan), August 21 Sikh community in the Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan organised massive protests after a Sikh girl was forcibly abducted and converted to Islam on the evening of August 20. The girl was reported to be abducted on gunpoint, raped and married to her…

Sao Paulo (Brazil), August 21External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said China has disregarded the border pacts with India, casting a shadow on the bilateral ties as he asserted that a lasting relationship cannot be a one-way street and there has to be mutual respect.Jaishankar, who arrived here on the…

Srinagar, August 21Nine civilians were injured after terrorists hurled a grenade in the Nishat area of the city here on Sunday, officials said.The attack took place outside the famous Mughal garden on the banks of the Dal Lake, they said.The officials said nine civilians were injured.Seven of them were taken…

New Delhi, August 21The Delhi Police on Sunday tightened the security and installed cemented barricades across the Delhi-Haryana Tikri border ahead of farmers’ protest in the Capital on Monday.The farmers are agitating against the Centre “for not fulfilling their legitimate demands and going against its promises”.BKU leader Rakesh Tikait was…

New Delhi, August 21 The Delhi Police on Sunday tightened the security and installed cemented barricades across the Delhi-Haryana Tikri border ahead of farmers’ protest in the Capital on Monday. The farmers are agitating against the Centre “for not fulfilling their legitimate demands and going against its promises”. BKU…

New Delhi, August 21India is in an “advanced stage” of negotiations with the US to procure 30 MQ-9B Predator armed drones for over USD 3 billion to crank up its surveillance apparatus along the frontier with China as well as in the Indian Ocean region, people familiar with the developments…