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The two women hockey players - Sunandini Bage (23) and Shraddha Soreng (18) - went missing on Saturday and their bodies were found hanging from a tree at Biru village in Simdega district on Sunday, the officer said. The families of Sunandini and Shraddha alleged that they were murdered. 

On the basis of the complaint lodged by the family members, an FIR has been registered under IPC section 302 (murder) against unidentified persons, the officer said. Post-mortems were conducted at Simdega Sadar Hospital on Monday and the bodies were cremated at their native places.

 Superintendent of Police, Simdega, Sanjeev Kumar on Tuesday claimed that the mystery behind the death of the two sportspersons will be solved very soon. He, however, refused to divulge whether it was a case of murder or suicide, adding that such disclosure at this juncture would adversely affect the investigations. "We have interrogated several persons in Jharkhand and Odisha and gathered some vital clues. In fact, one of our team is still camping in Rourkela. 

They are expected to return in the evening. "The post mortem reports of the deceased to are expected to reach us in the evening or tomorrow morning. Thereafter, we will be in a position to say something indefinite terms," Shraddha belonged to Patratoli village in Simdega district and was a student of a school at Birmitrapur in Sundergrah district while Sunandini was from Gipitola Lachra village in Sundergarh district of Odisha. Both of them used to train at a hockey coaching center in Rourkela and became friends. "Though they did not regularly stay together, they frequented each other's place in Simdega and Sundergarh,"

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A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra told advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for Bhasin, "you hand over the memo to the registrar and he will look into it". Grover told the bench that Bhasin is an editor of a leading daily in Kashmir and there has been a complete lockdown in the Valley due to which journalists are unable to work. To this, the bench said, "We will see".

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Commissioner Secretary Information M K Dwedi and Director Information and Public Relations Syed Sehrish Asgar were present. The Spokesperson informed that the restrictions are being eased out after a local assessment by relevant local authorities of different areas and localities of the Kashmir division in a phased manner. 

While referring to the initiatives taken by the Government with reference to the various essential services, the Spokesperson informed that medical services are being provided to the people without any hindrance. 

He further informed that 13,500 OPDs have been given requisite medical treatment and 1400 new admissions have also been done, besides performing 600 medical procedures. 

The Spokesperson said that the availability of all drugs including life-saving has been ensured in every hospital across the Valley. The spokesperson further said that the national highway continues to function normally and the 100 heavy vehicles carrying LPG, and other essentials are plying on a daily basis. He further said that flights from Valley are operating normally and 1400-1500 light motor and other vehicles are plying on a daily basis. 

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Sources in the poll panel said the Ministry of Home Affairs is yet to formally write to the EC to carry out the delimitation exercise as per the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act.

 According to Section 60 of the Act, "...the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall be increased from 107 to 114...". Senior Commission officials are leaned to have briefed the Chief Election Commissioner and fellow Election Commissioners about the nitty-gritty of the proposed delimitation exercise. As per the Act, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will have an assembly. The Union Territory of Leh will not have an assembly.

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"The assessment is that should anything go wrong, we are prepared," he said on the sidelines of an event when asked about the security situation along the LoC after India withdrew special status to Jammu and Kashmir and split the state into two union territories. On Pakistan increasing the number of troops along the LoC following India's decisions on Kashmir, Gen Rawat said, "Everybody does precautionary deployments and movement of precautionary resources." "We should not get too concerned about it. That is normal," he added.

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The apex court said that it will wait for the return of normalcy and take up the matter after two weeks. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra was hearing the petition filed by Congress activist Tehseen Poonawalla on the Centre's decision to impose restrictions and "other regressive measures" in Jammu and Kashmir following the revocation of the provisions of Article 370. During the hearing, the bench also comprising Justices M R Shah and Ajay Rastogi, said the present situation in Jammu and Kashmir was "very sensitive" and some-time should be given for bringing back normalcy in the region. The bench also said that it should be ensured that there is no loss of life there.

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The minister also accused Congress leader P Chidambaram of communalizing the issue and said people of Jammu and Kashmir are happy with the decision to revoke the state's special status under Article 370.

 Chidambaram on Monday alleged that the BJP scrapped the special status of Jammu and Kashmir as the region is "dominated" by Muslims, a remark condemned by the ruling party as "provocative and irresponsible". 

The former union finance minister also alleged that the BJP-led NDA government would not have taken the bold decision had Jammu and Kashmir been a "Hindu-dominated" state. "This is Congress' frustration, despair, and directionless politics. Karan Singh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Milind Deora, R P N Singh, and other leaders are talking one thing and Chidambaram, Mani Shankar Aiyar saying another thing. The party is in perennial confusion. They never had a clear stand," Javadekar told reporters here. 

The union minister of Information and Broadcasting and Environment also said the people of Jammu and Kashmir celebrated Eid happily. "Let me say that after Article 370 people of Kashmir will progress and will get the rights that have been denied to them in the last 70 years. That is why they are happy. People tried and even expected disturbances in Jammu and Kashmir. 

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He said that reduction in the number of Assembly seats for scheduled castes has been given effect vide sec 14 (9) (d) of the J&K Re-organization Act. He said that while extending Representation of peoples Act 1950 to the state of J&K, a new entry has been made in second scheduled of the said Act by virtue of which the effective number of seats in LA of UT of J&K for which polls shall be held has been fixed at 83 out of which 6 seats shall be reserved for SCs.

 The said schedule as amended under the JK Re-organization Act 2019 does not provide for reservation of even a single seat for ST category despite tall announcements made by the BJP leadership over the issue of providing political reservation to Scheduled Tribes. He said that such reservations could become available to STs only after amending the 2nd schedule of central Representation of peoples Act 1950 by incorporating a fresh entry with regard to ST reservation which had not been done while passing the J&K Re-organization Act 2019. Harsh Dev Singh said that the BJP stood fully exposed for its melodramatic rants and theatrics over the issue of rights of STs and SCs as both the classes were cheated by the saffron brigade when it came to their political reservation.

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Thereafter, the Organization General Secretary R.L.Kaith highlighted the on-going developmental activities of the Organization which were praiseworthy and thanked the team of his office bearers for doing its best to serve the Batwal community members. Havildar (retd) Des Raj Kaith in his address said that The Batwals India is supreme and it will remain so in the future also. He appreciated the organization members especially R.L.Kaith and offered his selfless services to bring a peaceful and cooperative atmosphere in the working of the organization.

 Also speaking, Subedar Major (Retd) Gunni Ram Kaith said that many evils have crept in the Batwal community and we should make every possible effort to fight against these evils. During the celebration, the organization members hailed the Union Government’s decision on Jammu and Kashmir, terming it as ‘Necessary step taken’ for the unity, integrity, and interest of the nation India. Subedar Major (Retd) Romesh Sargotra thanked all who graced the occasion with their distinguished presence and making the program a grand success.

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They said the standard five-digit landline number of the 'madadgaar' helpline has been restored after it went inactive due to the communication clampdown in the Kashmir Valley. Over 500 calls have been received on the helpline number, 14411, since late Sunday, they said.

 Callers want to know about the situation in the state, the well being of their families and have similar concerns. The CRPF is helping them in all ways possible, a senior official said. The 'madadgaar' had on Monday posted a message on Twitter, saying people can call on its mobile number 9469793260 "for any assistance or updates" as the five-digit number was not working. 

The mobile number Tweeted on Monday has been diverted to the landline number. It also said that help can be sought over its official handle @CRPFmadadgaar. The Central Reserve Police Force has a permanent deployment of about 65 battalions for security and counter-terrorist duties in Jammu and Kashmir, while it has sent in about 120 fresh companies to the region in order to strengthen the internal security grid post the abrogation of provisions of Article 370. While a CRPF battalion has an operational strength of about 1,000 personnel, there are about 100 troops in a company. It had launched the 24 7 helplines 'madadgaar' (14411) in June 2017 to help any Kashmir Valley resident in distress.

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The officers found the situation to be absolutely fine, they said. Eid prayers were concluded peacefully across Jammu and Kashmir, they said. In Srinagar, keeping in view the possibility of terrorists, militants and mischievous elements trying to disturb public order and peace, reasonable restrictions were imposed on large gatherings in sensitive areas.

 People gathered in large numbers at local mosques to offer prayers and greet each other, the administration said in a statement. According to the statement, people congregated in large numbers at many places including Bandipora (Dar ul Uloom Rahimiya 5000, Jamia Masjid 2000), Baramulla (10,000), Kupwara (Eidgah 3500), Trehgam (3000), Sopore (1500), Kulgam (Qazigund 5500, Qaimoh 6000), Shopian (3000), Pulwama (1800), Awantipora (2500), Anantnag (Achabal 3000), Ganderbal (over 7000), Budgam (Charar-e-sharif 5000, Magam 8000), Srinagar (hundreds of local mosques). In Jammu, over 5,000 offered prayers at Eidgah while similar large gatherings were there in the province. However, there have been some minor localized protests of a routine nature at a few places, the statement said. "This is not unknown in Jammu and Kashmir in the past. 

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While Law Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad accused the former home minister of making a very irresponsible and provocative statement, BJP leaders Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, also a Union minister, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the Congress was giving the issue a communal angle. Speaking at a public event in Chennai, Chidambaram slammed the BJP-led NDA government on Sunday for ending the state's special status. "If J-K was a Hindu-dominated state, the BJP would not have done this.

 They did it only because the region is dominated by Muslims," he had alleged. Defending the decision to revoke Article 370, Naqvi said the government has rectified a very big mistake made decades ago by the Congress. "What he has said is an attempt to give communal color to the issue even though the decision is in the national interest," he said. Chouhan, a former Madhya Pradesh chief minister, said it was the Congress's "narrow mindedness" that it is looking at the issue through a "Hindu-Muslim" prism. Prasad said the decision taken by the government is in the interest of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, and their development. Hitting out at the Congress, he asked if it was not true that over 42,000, mostly Muslims, had died in the Valley during decades of violence.

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The family had gone to a nearby forest area from their Laar village in Mahore belt when the landslide struck on Sunday evening, they said. They were hit by a big boulder, resulting in the death of three persons and injuries to two others, they said. People, police and forest officials retrieved bodies. They have been identified as that of 55-year-old Mehbtaab Begum, 25-year-old Abdual Lateef and 37-year-old Bashir Ahmed they said. Mehbtaab Begum's two sons, Nawabdin and Shabir were injured and have been airlifted to the GMC Hospital in Jammu.

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He also extended greetings to the people of Palestine and the people in the Arab World who have been facing Zionist aggression for over half a century. Prof. Bhim Singh also extended Eid greetings to the brethren in Jammu and Kashmir who have been passing through the unfortunate situation because of political reasons.

 In a greeting message to the Muslim brethren in Ladakh, Kashmir Valley, Jammu province, Gilgit & Baltistan, Prof.Bhim Singh hoped that peace shall return to entire State of Jammu and Kashmir and the people residing in the state shall get all their fundamental rights back and live in peace and harmony. He said that the Eid sends us a unique message of peace, harmony and brotherhood among the people of the world.

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Announcing the deals at the company's 42nd annual general meeting, an agreement has been reached for Saudi Aramco to buy a 20 per cent stake in Reliance Industries' oil-to-chemicals division at an enterprise value of USD 75 billion. "This is the biggest foreign investment in the history of Reliance," he said. "It is also amongst the largest foreign investments ever in India." The deal covers all of Reliance's refining and petrochemicals assets as well as the remainder of stake the firm has in fuel retailing business after selling 49 per cent to BP, he said.

 Aramco, the world's biggest crude exporter, will also supply Reliance's twin-refineries at Jamnagar in Gujarat with 7,00,000 barrels of oil a day on a long-term basis, Ambani said. The deal is subject to due diligence, definitive agreements and regulatory and other approvals, he said. He said BP will pay about Rs 7,000 crore for acquiring a 49 per cent stake in Reliance's fuel retailing network. Last week, the two firms had announced a new joint venture to set up petrol pumps and retail aviation turbine fuel to airlines in India.

 Reliance's existing 1,400-odd petrol pumps, as well as 31 aviation fuel stations, will be transferred to the new joint venture where BP will hold 49 per cent equity stake. Reliance will hold the balance 51 per cent in the entity, which aims to expand the retail network to 5,500 petrol pumps in the next five years, the two firms had said. "In a significant new initiative, BP acquired a 49 per cent stake in our Petro-retail business. Reliance will get Rs 7,000 crore from BP for this transaction," Ambani said at the AGM. The twin deals will help cut some of the Rs 2,88,243 crore group debt. This is the third joint venture between Reliance and BP since 2011. BP had in 2011 bought 30 per cent stake in 21 oil and gas exploration and production blocks of Reliance for USD 7.2 billion. At that time, another 50:50 joint venture, India Gas Solutions, was set up for sourcing and marketing gas in India. 

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Welcoming Jaishankar, Foreign Minister Wang referred to the Indo-Pak tensions without directly mentioning India scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. "On the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, we can have mutually beneficial cooperation. 

This is in the fundamental interest and long term interest of our two peoples and also contribute to world peace and human progress," Wang said. At the same time, China and India as two big nations, also have important responsibilities for upholding regional peace and stability," he said. When it comes to the recent tensions between India and Pakistan and the possible ramifications, we follow these developments very closely. We hope that India would also play a constructive role in regional peace and stability," Wang said. 

The visit of Jaishankar, the first Indian minister to tour China after the Modi government began its second term, is taking place following India's decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and divide the state into two Union Territories -Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. His visit was finalized much before India's move to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. 

Jaishankar's visit comes days after Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi traveled to Beijing on August 9 to seek China's support for his country's attempts to take India's move to revoke special status to Kashmir to the UN Security Council. India has maintained that Jammu and Kashmir is its integral part and the issue is strictly internal to the country. Jaishankar's visit is mainly to finalize arrangements for President Xi's visit to India later this year for the second informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.