J&K election: Counting begins in Srinagar, Jammu

Srinagar/Jammu, Oct 8 (UNI) Amid tight security, the counting of votes for the 90 Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir commenced on Tuesday morning. The political fate of 873 candidates, including 43 women, will be decided by the election results. The counting exercise began at 8 am with postal ballots followed by the counting of…

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Sri Lanka secures $200 mln from World Bank

Colombo, Oct 7 (UNI) Sri Lanka secured $200 million from the World Bank’s IDA for Phase 2 of the Resilience, Stability and Economic Turnaround (RESET) programme, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said on Monday. This funding will help in the economic reforms for stability, growth and protection of the vulnerable, the PMD added. The agreement…

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ED raids premises of AAP MP in Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh, Oct 7 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted searches at the premises of realtor and Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha member Sanjeev Arora across multiple locations in Punjab and Haryana, sources said. Sources said that the searches were conducted at many places in Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Gurugram. A financier and former minister Bharat…

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