Three decades of wait, plus a few fears, ride on the train to Kashmir Five years after it claimed to have bridged the historical gap between Kashmir and the rest of the country with the abrogation of Article 370, the Narendra Modi government is looking at a geographical triumph with the inauguration of the last link connecting Kashmir to the country’s railway network. The project was promised first in 1994, and seemed a remote possibility, with Kashmir in the grip of militancy at the time. For close to a decade,…
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#Covid19: Coronavirus cases rise to 169 across India, first positive case reported from Kashmir
The number of novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 169, reports PTI. The pandemic, described as an “unprecedented threat” by the WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom, has now affected over 2,00,000 people around the world and caused 8,000 deaths globally. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on Thursday at 8 PM during which he will talk about issues relating to COVID-19 and the efforts to combat it, the prime minister’s office announced on Wednesday. The border between the US and Canada has been temporarily closed by “mutual consent”…
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