J&K’s Article 370 ‘scrapped’; RS passes bill to split state into 2 UTs  Politics Today

Amit Shah, the Union home minister, announced in Rajya Sabha, that the special status given to the state of Jammu & Kashmir has been scrapped after modifying Article 370 of the Constitution through a presidential order. Read More
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says ‘India is heaven for Muslims’  Neta Speak

In a reaction to a statement by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and criticism by some eminent people in the Gulf on “Islamophobia” in India, the Union minority affairs minister, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, said India is “heaven for Muslims”. Read More
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BJP manifesto includes Ram mandir, nixing Article 370, 35A  Politics Today

The Bhartiya Janata Party has released its 2019 Lok Sabha election manifesto, on Monday, just three days ahead of the first phase of the general election. The party has focused mainly on development and national security in its manifesto. Read More
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OIC slams India on J&K ‘atrocities’, New Delhi says ‘internal matter’   Politics Today

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation adopted a resolution which condemned “atrocities and human rights violations” in Jammu & Kashmir a day after external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj attended the OIC foreign ministers’ summit in Abhu Dhabi. Read More
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Swaraj at OIC meeting: ‘States which sponsor terror must stop’   Neta Speak

The external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, who attended the Organization of Islamic Coperation foreign ministers’ meeting, in Abhu Dhabi, on Friday, underlined there that the fight against terrorism is not a confrontation against any religion. Read More
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Rajnath Singh says ‘we will launch decisive fight against terror’   Neta Speak

Union home minister Rajnath Singh said that the Centre has resolved to launch a decisive fight against terrorism in the country and root it out, after the Pulwama terror attack happened earlier in February, in which over 40 CRPF personal were killed. Read More
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Rising tensions: World urges India, Pakistan to show restrain  Politics Today

Following the rapid escalation of hostilities between the Pulwama terror attack, which triggered Indian air strikes on terror camps inside Pakistan and subsequent Pakistani military retaliation, world leaders have urged both New Delhi and Islamabad to de-escalate tensions. Read More
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After inviting India, OIC slams New Delhi for air strikes in Pakistan  Politics Today

Three days after the UAE invited India to the OIC foreign ministers’ meeting as “guest of honour”, the Islamic countries’ body has condemned India for carrying out air strikes against the Jaish-e-Muhammed terror group inside Pakistan’s territory. Read More
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Anand Sharma says OIC invitation to India is ‘misplaced euphoria’  Neta Speak

Anand Sharma, who is a senior Congress spokesman, has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Swaraj to respect the past position of India of not attending meetings of the OIC until it is accepted as a full member, given the country’s large Muslim population. Read More
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UAE invites India to OIC meet after 50 years, Sushma Swaraj to attend  Politics Today

India will make its appearance at the foreign ministers’ meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on March 1 as a “guest of honour”, after 50 years of being disinvited from the 1969 Conference of Islamic Countries in Morocco’s Rabat at Pakistan’s behest. Read More
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