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Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was reopened for vehicular traffic on Wednesday, after remaining closed for nine days. The crucial 270-kilometre highway, which is the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, had remained closed since August 26 due to multiple blockages caused by heavy rains, flash floods and landslides. It […]
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Geneva: India has slammed Pakistan at the UN Human Rights Council, saying it doesn’t need lessons from a “terror sponsor” that continues to finance and shelter the very networks that threaten global security. “We are compelled, once again, to address provocations from a country whose own leadership recently likened it to a “dump truck”, perhaps […]
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New Delhi: The Election Commission will soon decide on the date to rollout special intensive revision on a pan-India basis and the exercise to clean up the voter list across states may take place before the end of the year, officials said Wednesday. After a day-long meeting of EC’s state chief electoral officers here, officials […]
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New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it was not justifying governors indefinitely sitting on bills passed by state legislature but barring a few exceptions most had acted in a way which the apex court would have perhaps desired. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta further submitted before a five-judge Constitution bench headed […]
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Jammu: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has restored two vital roads damaged in the recent floods and cloudbursts in the Jammu region, an official said. The roads restored were the Gulabgarh-Chashoti road in Kishtwar district and the Purna Bahadur-Thandi Kassi road along the Line of Control (LoC) – both lifelines for thousands of people, as […]
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Jammu: Drones manufactured by Garuda Aerospace played a key role in ferrying supplies to flood-hit people in cut-off, mountainous areas of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh during the recent rain fury that began from the end of August. Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir were badly affected by heavy rainfall, floods and landslides, causing […]
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New Delhi: A parliamentary committee has called fake news a “serious threat” to public order and democratic process, and recommended amending penal provisions, increasing fine and fixing accountability to deal with the issue. In its draft report adopted on Tuesday, the Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology has also called for mandatory presence of […]
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Srinagar: Police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) carried out raids in two districts on Wednesday in connection with a case pertaining to a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist’s escape. The raids were conducted early morning at two places located in Anantnag and Pulwama districts in the case related to the escape of Amin Baba, a divisional commander of […]
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Jammu: Police on Wednesday busted a drug peddling module and arrested four of its members in Reasi district, officials said. A police team stopped a car at Sool Kakryal area in the district during routine checking and recovered heroin from it, they said. The vehicle was being driven by Vikas Sharma, while three other persons, […]
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Jammu: Schools reopened in the Jammu zone on Wednesday after being closed for the last fortnight due to heavy rain, floods, and landslides. Beginning on August 26, heavy rains pounded the region with such severity that many people lost their lives, and physical infrastructure went through massive damage. “Schools have reopened in the region today. […]
