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India not doing justice to Kashmir: Abdullah

Beerwah (J&K): India is not doing justice to the people of Kashmir but it cannot suppress them with its military might, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said Wednesday, asserting that the Centre will have to return the people’s right guaranteed by the Constitution.

Mayawati ‘saudagar’ of tickets: Maneka

Sultanpur: Union Minister and senior BJP leader Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday described BSP chief Mayawati as a “merchant of tickets” and alleged that she does not give her party tickets to anyone without taking money.

7 poll officials charged with dereliction of duty

Mathura: Authorities have issued orders to book seven employees for dereliction of election duty here, officials said on Wednesday. “FIR is being registered against seven employees, engaged in election duty, for skipping training,” Chief Development Officer Ram Newas said.

Mehbooba on J&K’s relation with India

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday that the relation of Jammu & Kashmir with India will end if the terms and conditions of the State’s accession to the Union were changed. “2020 will also be a deadline from Jammu & Kashmir to the nation.”

Modi can’t win over Kashmiris with guns: Azad

Kupwara: Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot win the hearts of Kashmiris by using guns, former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Wednesday.

Mining, CRZ top on Goa Congress manifesto

Panaji: Resumption of iron ore mining and scrapping of the 2019 Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification would be the major promises in Congress’ manifesto for Lok Sabha polls in Goa, a senior leader said on Wednesday.

Time to oust ‘facist’ Modi Govt: Stalin

Coimbatore: Dubbing the Narendra Modi Government as ‘fascist’, leaders of the DMK-led “Secular Progressive Front” in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday said the time has come to oust it to save the nation and the people. Addressing an election rally in this industrial city, they claimed the Goods Services Tax (GST) and demonetisation had broken the backbone of the country’s economy and leading to closure of small industries in the state, rendering thousands of workers jobless. Canvassing for the CPIM candidate in Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat, going to polls on April 18, DMK president M K Stalin reiterated his ‘facist’ charge against the Modi government and described the elections as a tool to oust it.

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