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Former PDP leader Irshad Rasool Kar joins National Conference
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Irshad Rasool Kar, former PDP district president of Baramulla, on Friday joined the National Conference in presence of party president Farooq Abdullah at his residence here.
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Pakistan Foreign Minister calls up Kashmiri separatist leader Geelani
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad/Srinagar [Pakistan/India], Feb 2 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday called up hard-line Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, in yet another provocative act on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
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Stung by India's protest, Pakistan Foreign Secy summons Indian envoy
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 31 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on Thursday summoned Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisara, a day after New Delhi conveyed strong protest against Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's phone call to Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Uma
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India hopes UK will keep sensitivities in mind and not allow Kashmir confe
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Amid reports of Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who is slated to attend a seminar on the Kashmir issue at the UK’s House of Commons early next month, India on Thursday said they have taken the matter "very strongly" with the UK side,
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MEA summons Pak envoy, protests Pakistan Foreign Minister's phone call to
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 30 (ANI): India on Wednesday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over its Foreign Minister's phone call to Kashmiri separatist Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq as its High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood was summoned by Indian Foreign Secretary and told to desist fr
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Centre files petition before SC, seeks nod for releasing undisputed land t
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): In a significant move, the government on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court, seeking permission to restore to Ram Janambhoomi Nyas the "excess" land surrounding the disputed portion in Ayodhya, triggering call for permission to begin temple construction
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BSF shots at Pakistani intruder along IB in J-K's Samba sector
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir), India, Jan 26 (ANI): A Pakistani intruder was shot by the Border Security Force (BSF) while he was trying to cross the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba sector at Chak Fakira on Saturday, said officials.
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Sharp divisions in Opposition over PM candidate
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Over 20 non-BJP parties may have gotten together at a rally to project unity, but the issue of prime ministerial candidate remains a sticky one as various parties are pitting their own leaders for the coveted post.
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4-member opposition committee on EVMs
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that a four-member committee has been formed to take a call on the stand the opposition parties would have about the electronic voting machines (EVMs) in view of the coming Lok Sabha elec
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Don't focus on becoming PM: Farooq Abdullah tells Opposition leaders
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah said opposition leaders must not give thought to their individual prospects of becoming the next Prime Minister, rather fight collectively against the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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TMC rally a platform to battle against BJP: Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) rally, to be held here on January 19, is a demonstration of the unity of the opposition parties in India and a platform to battle against the BJP in the
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Chandrababu Naidu meets Farooq Abdullah, Sharad Pawar
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu met with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah here on Tuesday.
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