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Modi focuses on Maharashtra tourism for employment opportunities

Pandharpur, Oct 12 (ANI): Focusing on tourism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday while addressing a rally in Maharashtra's Pandharpur said that if lakhs of pilgrims come to the place it will make a huge difference in the lives of the poor, there will be employment and everyone will earn. Taking on the opposition parties, Prime Minister Modi said that farmers commit suicide but that does not affect the Congress-NCP leaders. Oct 12, 2014
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Indian army conducts mock drill in Poonch in wake of Pakistan firing

Poonch, Oct 12 (ANI): Indian army conducted mock drill in Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir to avoid any casualty during ceasefire violation by Pakistan. India and Pakistan exchanged gunfire across the Kashmir frontier on Saturday. Pakistani troops heavily shelled 15 border out posts and hamlets along the International Border overnight, leaving three persons injured, one of them seriously in Jammu district. After nine days of attacking each other with mortars and heavy machine guns, the two armies abruptly stopped fighting on Thursday night (October 09), although their governments kept up the war of words blaming the other of launching unprovoked fire. Poonch has reported 10 injuries and a death during the cross-border firing. Meanwhile, as part of the mock drill, the army instructed villagers to wait for a siren, after which they should immediately evacuate roads and hide behind solid structures. Oct 12, 2014
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Army says India handing infiltration activities effectively

Sopore, Oct 11 (ANI): General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Kashmir based 15 Corps of the Indian army, Lieutenant General Subrata Saha, commented on infiltration at the border while he was at a blood donation camp in Sopore town of Jammu and Kashmir. He said on Saturday (October 11) the force's counter infiltration operation has been able to deal with infiltration activities of militants quite effectively. Saha also said the army also proved efficient in handling the cross-border firing at the border between India and Pakistan. Oct 11, 2014
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Surge in sales of Pakistan branded pigeons in India

RS Pura, Oct 11 (ANI): Traders in Jammu and Kashmir do brisk business as Pakistan branded pigeons, which migrate from the other side of the border, are in demand in the markets. The pigeons, allegedly used for spying, are also a source of income for the unemployed youth who indulge in bird-farming. The Pakistani pigeons are generally branded with certain stamp or with some number. They are also dyed and have ring in their claws. The reason for such demarcation of Pakistani pigeons is still uncertain. There is a remarkable difference between the prices of Indian and Pakistani pigeon offered by the middlemen to the traders. Oct 11, 2014
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Sudarsan Pattnaik urges for peace in Kashmir through sand art

Puri, Oct 10 (ANI): Internationally famed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on Friday urged for peace in Jammu and Kashmir state through his sculpture at Puri beach in Odisha. Pattnaik crafted a five feet long sculpture using three tonnes of sand with a message reading, "Bullets can't bring peace". The sand art also had replicas of national flags of both India and Pakistan, along with face of an injured child. Nine Pakistani and eight Indian civilians have been killed since security forces of both sides started heavy shelling more than a week ago along a 200-km (125-mile) stretch of border in the disputed, region of Kashmir. Oct 10, 2014
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Panic stricken villagers migrate as India-Pakistan conflict continues

Kathua, Oct 10 (ANI): Hundreds of villagers in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir migrated to safer zones as violence between India and Pakistan escalated at the de-facto border dividing the two nuclear-armed rivals. Nine Pakistani and eight Indian civilians have been killed since security forces of both sides started heavy shelling more than a week ago along a 200-km stretch of border in the disputed region of Kashmir. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also expressed concern about the conflict, deploring the deaths and displacement of civilians in the worst fighting between the two nations in over a decade. District administration arranged buses and villagers around the international border were evacuated to safer regions. Almost 20,000 Indian civilians have fled their homes in the lowlands around India's Jammu region to escape the fighting, taking refuge in schools and relief camps. Oct 10, 2014
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Schools close in Kashmir amid continuous shelling by Pak even as people continue to flee from their

Rajouri, Oct 10 (ANI): Schools along border in Rajouri district of Kashmir have been closed down amid continuous shelling. Police said that parents are not sending their children to school due to fear of firing along the fence. Almost 20,000 Indian civilians have fled their homes in the lowlands around Jammu region to escape the fighting, taking refuge in schools and relief camps. On the Pakistan side of the border, villagers moved among piles of debris from walls and roofs of their homes destroyed by mortar shells. India held a meeting on Wednesday of its top security officials to discuss how to handle the conflict. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called a similar meeting on Friday. Meanwhile, Hindu Sena staged a protest outside Pakistan's embassy in New Delhi against continuous shelling along the international border in Kashmir by the nuclear armed neighbour. Oct 10, 2014
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