Rajnath Singh says ‘talks with Pakistan now only on POK’

The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, suggested that bilateral talks between India and Pakistan on Kashmir would happen on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir – the territory under Pakistan’s control since it tried to invade Jammu & Kashmir and annex it in 1948. Read More
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Imran rants against Modi govt, calls it ‘fascist’, ‘supremacist’

The Pakistani prime minister, Imran Khan, took to Twitter and attacked the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, and his Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, which he called “fascist” and “Hindu supremacist”. Read More
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Gen Rawat: Another war with India will give Pakistan a ‘bloody nose’

Army chief General Bipin Rawat warned Pakistan of a “bloodier nose” if it chooses to go into another war with India while advising the neighbouring country of not repeating “misadventures”. Read More
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BJP to Adoor Gopakrishnan: Go to Moon if you can’t stand ‘Jai Shri Ram’

A day after 49 filmmakers and eminent personalities raised voice against violence in the name of religion, a Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman B Gopalkrishnan, in Kerala took a dig at the renowned auteur Adoor Gopalkrishnan. Read More
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Mukherjee: India will become a $5tn economy due to previous govts

Delivering a lecture on “Furthering India’s Promise”, former President Pranab Mukherjee said that India would become a $5 trillion economy by 2024 because of the strong foundation laid by previous governments. Read More
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Mamata says Bangladesh dam killing Atrai river, slams Centre

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee warned the state assembly about the drying Atrai river and said the is drying up because of a dam’s construction in Bangladesh. She also blamed the Centre for not the issue seriously with Dhaka. Read More
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Urjit Patel: ‘Lack of timely govt action stoked bad-loan problems’

Former governor of Reserve Bank of India, Urjit Patel, in his first public appearance since his abrupt exit from the central bank as its governor in December 2018, gave a presentation at Stanford University’s annual conference on Indian economic policy on June 3-4. Read More
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RJD takes jibe at Amit Shah’s tweet, says ‘strike on encephalitis, please’

Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal took a swipe at Union home minister Amit Shah over his “strike” tweet on India’s win on Pakistan at the ICC World Cup and urged him to carry out a “strike” against the raging encephalitis epidemic in Bihar. Read More
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‘Another strike, same result’: Shah after India’s win against Pakistan

After India’s 89-run victory over Pakistan in the ICC World Cup match at Manchester, home minister Amit Shah tweeted congratulating the Indian cricket team with the word “strike”, evoking memories of the Indian military strikes on Pakistan-based terror camps. Read More
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Jyotiraditya Scindia: ‘Focusing on strengthening Congress in UP’

The Congress general secretary in charge of western Uttar Pradesh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, said that senior party leaders are focusing on strengthening the grand old party after the humiliating defeat in Lok Sabha election in the state. Read More
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