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Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir accepted that it was involved in the 1999 Kargil War on Saturday, reported Pakistani news channel G News Network. Lt Gen (retd) Shahid Aziz, Musharraf, Nawaz Sharif had accepted involvement, but not when they were in office. Munir was speaking at an event on the occasion of Pakistan Army Day. He said that the Pakistani army had given tough fight to its enemies over the years. «Be it 1948, 1965, 1971 or 1999 Kargil Pakistan-India wars, thousands of Shuhadas have sacrificed their life for the country and nation,» he said, adding that sacrifices continued even today. Munir said that the Pakistani army was brave and knew the importance and the cost of independence

Congress leader Pawan Khera slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, saying that the BJP takes a stand for those who do wrong and that the Congress raises their voice against the wrong, following claims made by former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh that the wrestler's protest was politically motivated by the Congress. Speaking to ANI, Khera said, «Whoever does wrong, the BJP stands with them and they are with the BJP. Whoever is wronged, Congress fights for them and raises their voice and will raise it in the future too and that is why they also like Congress.» «Six players had filed an FIR against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Have you seen what sections he was accused of? How dare he speak like this? We are proud that we stood, are standing and will stand with our daughters,» Khera added.

Doda district are leveraging advanced technology across all three assembly constituencies. For the first time, CCTV cameras are being installed at all 534 polling stations, with live monitoring from the Deputy Commissioner's office. This extensive surveillance setup also includes the installation of CCTV cameras at special Nakas to monitor road activities. Harvinder Singh, District Election Officer Doda, said, «One of the main focus of this upcoming Assembly election is surveillance. We have 27 static surveillance teams; they will work on 3 shifts at the borders and 9 nakas for 24 hours, that too with CCTV cameras. We have 27 flying squad teams as well, who are working and put surprise nakas and raids different places based on the actionable inputs and complaints. We are live telecasting the CCTVs at our 534 polling stations, we are going to monitor 534 polling stations live for 24 hours through CCTV.»

R. Madhavan recently shared his thoughts on the changing times and the impact on today's children. Appearing on Ranveer Allahbadia's podcast, The Ranveer Show, the 54-year-old actor expressed a sense of nostalgia and concern for the younger generation. When asked by Allahbadia about growing up in India during the 1970s and 1980s compared to the present day, Madhavan reminisced about the simplicity and richness of life back then. «I feel sorry for today's kids,» he said. «We had the best times climbing trees, catching tadpoles, and getting into and out of fights. We learned valuable life lessons from these experiences.»

Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joined the Congress party, former Wrestling Federation of India president and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said this development proves that the entire wrestlers' movement was a «conspiracy» against him and the Congress party was behind it. Speaking to on Saturday, Brij Bhushan said that just when the wrestler's protest started at Jantar Mantar in January last year, he had claimed that it was not a movement of sportspersons and Congress was behind it, led by Bhupinder Hooda. «On 18th January 2023, when the protest started at Jantar Mantar, I said that this is not a movement of sportspersons, Congress is behind it. Especially Bhupinder Hooda, Deepender Hooda, Priyanka ji, and Rahul ji. This is a movement of Congress. And today this thing has been proved. In this entire movement, the conspiracy that happened against us, Congress was involved in it and Bhupinder Hooda was leading it,» he said.

National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday alleged that leaders in New Delhi 'hate' him, want to 'silence' him and 'keep conspiring' against him, as he represents the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. «This is a strange election. I knew that leaders in Delhi never liked me. But now I have realised that they hate me and they want to silence me,» said Abdullah, while addressing an election rally here. Abdullah, while referring to his loss in the Lok Sabha polls from Baramulla against jailed Awami Ittehad Party leader Engineer Rashid, said, «A candidate who was behind bars (Engineer Rashid) filed the nomination against me. He recorded an audio clip and circulated it among the electorate… I thought maybe it was my bad luck. I did not see any conspiracy in it. But for the last 2 to 3 days, it seems like a conspiracy to me… daal main kuch kala hai… I don't understand in this situation how those behind bars file nominations only against me.»

Royal Bank of Canada’s former chief financial officer, fired over allegations she had an undisclosed personal relationship with another executive, said the bank was trying to “manufacture” a reason to get rid of her, as both sides double down in the increasingly acrimonious fight.

: Wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat join the Congress in the presence of party general secretary KC Venugopal, party leader Pawan Khera, Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan and AICC in-charge of Haryana, Deepak Babaria.Earlier, media reports had stated that Phogat is likely to contest from Julana seat, while Bajrang Punia is likely to contest from the Badli seat as Congress candidates. Badli is a Congress seat while Julana is currently held by Jannayak Janta Party's Amarjeet Dhanda.Live updates: Haryana BJP leader Anil Vij took a dig at Vinesh Phogat over joining Congress, saying what objection could they have if she wanted to become "Congress ki beti" from "desh ki beti"."...

Vinesh Phogat on Friday asserted that she was ready for the rigours of politics after she joined the Indian National Congress (INC) in the presence of the party's General Secretary K C Venugopal, Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan and AICC in-charge of Haryana, Deepak Babaria. «I thank Congress party...Kehte hain na ki bure time mein pata lagta hai ki apna kaun hai [You know how they say we find out who is on our side when we are in trouble]...When we were being dragged on the road, all parties except BJP were with us. I feel proud that I have joined a party which stands with women and is ready to fight from 'sadak to sansad'...,» she said. Phogat joined the Congress alongside fellow wrestler Bajrang Punia ahead of the Assembly elections in the state of Haryana, scheduled to take place on October 5. Votes are set to be counted on October 8.

Bajrang Punia on Friday joined the Congress party ahead of Haryana Assembly elections. «I will always be with the congress. I will fight for women, farmers and athletes. BJP does not support them,» said Punia upon joining the party. He said that the Congress was the only party who stood by the wrestlers during the protests in December 2023. He said that the BJP IT cell had alleged that the wrestler's objective was political, but added that it was not the case. «We sent BJP a letter to stand by is, but they did not come. We sent a letter to all the women leaders of BJP but we got no support. Congress came forward without even us asking for their help,» said Punia.

SHANGHAI — China's policymakers need to focus on boosting domestic demand, Yi Gang, former head of the People's Bank of China, said Friday at the Bund Summit in Shanghai.

Sabalenka reached a second successive US Open final on Thursday when she defeated a battling Emma Navarro as well as a partisan crowd to move one win away from her third Grand Slam title. Double Australian Open champion Sabalenka triumphed over the 13th-seeded American 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) and will face either Jessica Pegula of the United States or the Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova in Saturday's final. Navarro, playing in her first semi-final at the majors, went down fighting, however, when she clawed her way back from 3-5 down in the second set to take her chances in a tiebreak.

Hina Khan, battling stage three breast cancer, has been diagnosed with mucositis as a side effect of her chemotherapy. She shared the news with her fans on Instagram, asking for their prayers and any useful remedies, while also providing an update on her ongoing treatment. Hina Khan revealed her diagnosis of mucositis, a painful side effect of chemotherapy, via her Instagram account. She wrote, «Another side effect of chemotherapy is mucositis. Although I am following the doctors' advice to treat it. If any of you have been through it or have known any useful remedies. Please suggest. It's really hard when you can't eat. It will greatly help me.» She captioned her Instagram post, «Please suggest. DUA.» Her fans and followers quickly responded with words of support and suggested various remedies. One fan wrote, «Heal Soon. Prayers for your speedy recovery.» Another person added, «Get well soon. Praying for you.» A comment also advised, «Get the treatment done, one bad piece of advice can worsen things.»

Sajad Lone on Thursday released a party manifesto promising to fight for the restoration of Article 370, 35 (A), statehood and setting up a judicial commission to probe into the rigging of 1987 elections. Lone released a 12 point manifesto here is Srinagar and claimed that the party plans to field its candidates on 20 to 25 seats in the upcoming three-phased assembly elections in 90 constituencies, starting from September 18. Lone himself is likely to fight on two constituencies of Handwara and Kupwara in northern Kashmir. “Our main focus of the manifesto is dignity and development. We will undertake all exhaustive measures to pursue the cause of restoration of Article 370, 35 (A) and statehood,” said Lone. He further said that the political parties will have to unitedly agitate for restoration of Article 370. “I also feel that Article 370 has been defamed and blemished for ever. I hope that a day will come when J&K will have a solution at par with Article 370,” he said.

flat from renowned builders, it's generally expected that they will adhere to the agreed payment schedule. However, a non-resident Indian (NRI) residing in London encountered an unfortunate situation with Godrej Properties. The builder requested 60% payment for the flat almost six months before the initially proposed deadline in December 2017. Unable to meet the new deadline, the NRI's flat booking was cancelled in March 2018 by the builder, who allegedly forfeited the NRI's Rs 97 lakh advance payment. Despite the NRI's plea to not cancel the booking, the builder asked for Rs 3.17 lakh as reinstatement fees and Rs 9 lakh as interest in April 2018. The NRI did not agree to the above terms and asked the builder to refund Rs 97 lakh he had already paid when the agreement for sale was registered in 2016. However, the builder refused to pay any money and cited legal terms and conditions. It was later proved in MahaRERA courts that after cancelling the NRI's flat booking, the builder resold these flats to another person for 'substantially' more money. «The Promoter forfeited the amount of Rs 56,66,800/- as per Clause 13(6) of the agreements for sale and did not refund the balance amount,» alleged the NRI in MahaRERA.

National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah, who filed his nomination from Ganderbal constituency in central Kashmir on Wednesday, accused the BJP of using independent candidates to manipulate the assembly elections. Abdullah, while appealing to the electorate of Ganderbal, removed his skull cap, and urged them to uphold the dignity of his cap. “BJP is making a concerted effort to manipulate this election through independent candidates. They want as many independent candidates as possible to get elected from J&K as they aim to form the government with their help later,” said Abdullah. After abrogation of Article 370 and 35 (A) in August 2019, Abdullah along with others were jailed and when he was released in September 2020, he had maintained till recently that he will not fight elections in a Union Territory. He had likened the position of a chief minister in the UT to that of a municipality commissioner of an extremely weak municipality. However, soon after the elections were announced, NC decided to field Abdullah as its star candidate.

Rajasthan's Education Minister, Madan Dilawar, made headlines by announcing that the bicycles distributed to schoolgirls will switch from black to saffron. Dilawar explained that there’s no special reason behind changing the colour of the bicycles. However, he pointed out that during the previous BJP government in Rajasthan, the bicycles were saffron. When the Congress came to power, they changed the colour to black. Dilawar emphasised that saffron is a symbol of valour and bravery, recalling that patriots wore this colour during India’s independence movement. «With this thought in mind, we have decided to change the colour to saffron,» he said. The free bicycle scheme in Rajasthan started in 2009 to help girls stay in school, as many drop out in Class 9 due to transportation issues. Over 7 lakh girls are eligible for these bicycles, and the government also provides a travel allowance to those living within three to five kilometres of their school.

A Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for burns on 75 per cent of her body, police said.

A hedge fund that's been urging Southwest Airlines to dump its CEO and chairman says it has acquired enough of the company's stock to call a special meeting of shareholders

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are currently in a very close tussle during the US Presidential Polls 2024, and when the polls indeed happen, one will surely witness one of the closest battles ever. Some of the polls even suggest that Donald Trump would get a clear victory if the elections were held today itself.

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