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New Delhi: The issue of heavy mortar shelling by Pakistan forces along the Line of Control and subsequent Army personnel killings’ rocked the J&K Assembly on Monday.

The issue led to the complete pandemonium and adjournment of the house.The Opposition National Conference, NC and Congress MLAs trooped into the well of the Assembly criticizing the PDP-BJP government over Army's casualties on the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan's shelling.

The coalition partner BJP was targeted by the NC and Congress members for the alleged failure in safeguarding the lives of those living along the International Border and the LoC.

New Delhi: Maldivian Supreme Court dealt another blow to President Abdulla Yameen, asking him to comply with its order to release political prisoners and reinstate dissident lawmakers. It said there should be no legal barrier to prevent the enforcement of its last week ruling to release nine opposition leaders and re-try them in court. The government had expressed concerns over the judicial order and resisted complying with it.

Security forces have been deployed inside the national Parliament - known as the People's Majlis - since March last year when Yameen ordered them to evict dissident lawmakers.Former President and current opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed described the government's refusal to obey the Supreme Court as a "coup". 

New Delhi: The government has removed the minimum export price (MEP) of onion to boost exports of the kitchen staple. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade said in a notification in New Delhi on Sunday that requirement of MEP on export of onions stands removed till further orders and all varieties of onions can now be exported without any MEP. 

In a tweet, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu also said the requirement of MEP has been removed. He said government is taking all measures to promote exports of agriculture products.

New Delhi:An All Party Meeting was held in Jammu to discuss the holding of Panchayat elections in the state. Talking to reporters after the meeting, which was chaired by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on sunday, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Abdul Haq Khan said, though all parties favoured holding of panchayat elections, the majority view was that the situation is not conducive for the elections at present. 

The Chief Minister on December 25 last year, had announced the holding of Panchayat elections from 15th of this month after conveying her government's decision to state Governor N NVohra. The Panchayat elections in the state were scheduled in 2016 but the government failed to hold till now.The last Panchayat elections were held in March-April 2011 after a gap of nearly four decades. The state has 4490 panchayats with 35096 panch constituencies.