Day: August 12, 2024

Muslims Protest Shiv Sena MPs’ Absence During Waqf Amendment Bill Debate

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Muslims Protest Shiv Sena MPs’ Absence During Waqf Amendment Bill Debate

‘Vote lekar bhaag gaye’: Muslims protest outside Matoshree over Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs’ absence during Waqf Amendment Bill debate A section of Muslims on Sunday protested outside Matoshree, the residence of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, in Mumbai. They protested over the absence of Shiv Sena (UBT)’s MPs when the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was being introduced in the Lok Sabha. Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju tabled the bill in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. After a heated discussion, the bill was referred to a joint parliamentary committee…

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J&K Police Unveils Strategy: VDGs to Raise the Stakes for Adversaries

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J&K Police Unveils Strategy: VDGs to Raise the Stakes for Adversaries

Jammu, Aug 11: Director General of Police (DGP) R R Swain Sunday stated that Village Defence Guards (VDGs) would be strengthened at all levels to bolster anti-infiltration grid, particularly in border stretch and “create new difficulty level for enemy” in J&K. With regard to foreign terrorists, he reiterated that they (foreign mercenaries) were few in number but taking advantage of treacherous terrain, riverine in depth areas, were getting food at gun-point. They would be eliminated soon, he added. He was replying to media queries after holding meetings with VDGs in…

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BJP Gears Up: Election Preparations on War Footing

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BJP Gears Up: Election Preparations on War Footing

Srinagar, 10 August: Tarun Chugh, BJP National General Secretary & J&K Prabhari, Ravinder Raina, President, J&K BJP, Ashok Koul, General Secretary (organization), Aseem Gupta, Vice President, J&K BJP & Convenor of Election Management Committee hold 1st meeting with the newly announced J&K BJP Assembly Election Management Committee at BJP headquarters, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu. Tarun Chugh, while addressing the 2024 Assembly Election Management Committee meeting of J&K BJP, asked the party leaders entrusted with the different responsibilities, to prepare their roadmap to extreme working till the last day of elections. He…

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Civilian Dies from Encounter Injuries, Anantnag Death Toll Climbs

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Civilian Dies from Encounter Injuries, Anantnag Death Toll Climbs

Three Lives Lost: Anantnag Encounter’s Bitter Harvest The death toll in the overnight anti-terror operation in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir rose to three on Sunday as one of the two civilians injured in the encounter succumbed, officials said. Abdul Rashid Dar, who was injured in terrorist firing on Saturday, succumbed to injuries at a hospital here early Sunday, the officials said. Two Army personnel were killed and two civilians injured in a fierce gunfight with terrorists in the Ahlan Gagarmandu forest area of Anantnag district at an altitude…

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