Former External Affairs Minister and veteran BJP leader Sushma Swaraj passed away yesterday at the age of 67.
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“We are closely following the events in Jammu and Kashmir. We take note of India’s announcement revising the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir and India’s plan to split the state into two union territories,” Ortagus said when asked to comment on India’s decision to revoke special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir.
“On Monday, we shifted more than 4,500 people from low-lying areas, and today, over 6,000 people have been evacuated from several villages,” Deshmukh said.
National integration cannot be achieved by ‘unilaterally’ tearing apart Jammu and Kashmir, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said, a day after the Centre revoked provisions of Article 370 that gave special status to J&K.
In Srinagar city, where there has been a virtual communications blackout with few phones and internet connections, people who have urgent work are being allowed to move despite strict restrictions, Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Shahid Iqbal Choduhary said.
The rape survivor was on Monday airlifted through an air ambulance. The victim and her lawyer suffered critical injuries on 28 July when the car, in which they and two others were travelling, was hit by a truck in Raebareli. Two of her relatives were killed in the accident.
Australia captain Tim Paine on Monday hailed Steve Smith as ‘probably the best Test batsman we’ve ever seen’ after his man-of-the-match performance in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
In a written reply to a question raised by Congress member Karan Singh Dalal, the Assembly was informed that 663 rape and 470 murder cases have been registered in Gurgaon.
Eight children were killed and 10 injured today when their school van fell into a deep gorge in the district in Uttarakhand, officials said.