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<p>Hoping that the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir would soon be a state again, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday asserted he will fight for the restoration of its dignity.</p> <p>During an interaction with the members of civil society at Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) here, Abdullah said he was hopeful that the system of a UT will not remain for long, “and we will get our statehood back”.</p> <p>”It is after a long time that the people’s government has returned. I have been a chief minister before but the circumstances were different.</p> <p>”There is a lot of difference between the situation then and now,” he said.</p> <p>The chief minister said while the… Read More »CM Omar Abdullah Vows To Fight For Restoration Of J&K’s Dignity

Tension erupted in a part of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district over lists of beneficiaries in the state’s housing scheme. The Trinamool Congress government has announced that it would build new homes after a tussle with the Union government over the funding of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.  Alapan Banerjee, the Chief Advisor to the Chief Minister addressed the media on this issue at the state secretariat, Nabanna, this evening. Amid allegations of nepotism and corruption, the state has ordered re-verification of housing scheme beneficiaries. For this, the secretariat has issued new guidelines. The state government has decided to verify data to reconsider the names omitted from the list of beneficiaries. On Wednesday, there… Read More »Tension In Bengal Over Housing Scheme, State Orders List Verification

Bangladesh lost four wickets in their first seven overs in a hapless reply to South Africa’s mammoth first innings of 575-6 at stumps Wednesday on day two of the second and final Test in Chattogram. The hosts were 38-4 when bad light forced an early end to play, with Mominul Haque (six) and Najmul Hossain Shanto (four) resuming on Thursday. Bangladesh trail by 537 runs after a commanding performance by the visitors that gifted maiden Test centuries to three batsmen including Tony de Zorzi, who was dismissed before lunch on 177. Kagiso Rabada struck in the first over after the change, cutting off Shadman Islam for a duck when the left-hander edged a delivery going… Read More »Bangladesh Stumble To 38-4 In Reply To Mammoth South Africa Total

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky strongly suggested in a video released on Wednesday that Kyiv has requested supplies of long-range US Tomahawk missiles, as he made critical remarks about “confidential” information he said had been leaked. Tomahawk missiles have a range of 2,500 km (1,550 miles), far greater than any missile Ukraine currently has in its arsenal. Such a weapons delivery would almost certainly be seen by Russia as an escalation in its war in Ukraine. Zelensky travelled to the United States last month to pitch a “victory plan” to President Joe Biden, which he said could help pressure Moscow to negotiate an end to the war in good faith. The Ukrainian leader has since said… Read More »Zelensky Hints At Ukraine’s Request For US Long-Range Tomahawk Missiles

The tussle between the Centre and the Delhi government over not implementing Ayushman Bharat escalated on Wednesday with Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena hitting out at AAP chief and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, claiming that he had deprived people of the benefits of the healthcare scheme to prevent the “false model” promoted by him from getting “exposed”.  In a lengthy post on X in Hindi, Mr Saxena said he does not pay attention to Mr Kejriwal’s baseless statements but was forced to do so this time because it concerned the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, which benefits crores of Indians.  “You have kept lakhs of people of Delhi deprived of this scheme till… Read More »“You Feared…”: Lt Governor’s Attack On Arvind Kejriwal Over Ayushman Bharat