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New Delhi: Scientists have developed a compact and portable sensor that detects explosives like DNT and TNT in real time, and can be used to monitor public spaces to counter terrorism. Nitroaromatic explosives like DNT, TNT and TNP pose a serious threat to civilian and military safety. These chemicals are also recognised as toxic contaminants […]
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New Delhi: The number of cases where tribal and non-tribal dwellers could be evicted from forest lands has “reduced considerably” after a review of rejected claims for ownership rights under the Forest Rights Act, officials said Wednesday. The Supreme Court on February 13 had ordered eviction of 11.8 lakh “illegal forest dwellers” whose claim for […]
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New Delhi: Rajasthan MP Om Birla was on Wednesday chosen as speaker of the Lok Sabha. The motion to choose Birla as the speaker was moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also Leader of the House, and passed by a voice vote “That Shri Om Birla, a member of the is House, be […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan’s chief justice Asif Saeed Khosa Wednesday lamented that Pakistanis were only hearing “depressing” news these days — on the state of the economy, politics and even from the cricket field. Addressing a ceremony to highlight the work of model courts in Pakistan, the Chief Justice of Pakistan said that the reports of the […]
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Jammu: The BSF Wednesday described border village residents as key elements in the safety grid of the country’s frontiers and urged them to report any suspicious activity to it or the police promptly. The BSF conveyed this message to villagers in a series of coordination meetings with them in villages on the International Border in […]
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Srinagar: At least 70 Army personnel and their kin have given consent for organ donation under an initiative of the Army Organ Retrieval and Transplant Authority (AORTA), an official said Wednesday. “As a part of the silver jubilee celebrations of the 20 Rashtriya Rifles Battalion, the unit instituted a noble gesture of organ donation. The […]
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Jammu: Days before the start of Amarnath Yatra, the Army’s Northern Command’s top brass Wednesday reviewed security arrangements to ensure a safe and secure annual pilgrimage. General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh also reviewed the Army’s operational readiness at various forward posts in Akhnoor and Reasi sectors of Jammu and Kashmir, said a Defence spokesperson. […]
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Srinagar: The Government on Wednesday asked principals of Government Medical Colleges and Director Health Service J&K to ensure the faculty members and consultants of the concerned specialties make an evening round of their respective wards. “It is impressed upon all the principals of Government Medical Colleges (New/old) and Director Health Service J&K that in order […]
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Jammu: Three suspected drug peddlers have been arrested with narcotics from different places in the Jammu region, police said Wednesday. During a checking on Tuesday night, a vehicle coming from Jammu city was intercepted at the Asia Chowk in Katra town in Reasi district. A person named Bishan Singh was arrested after 10 grams of […]
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Srinagar: A number of illegal structures in Rajbagh, Jawahar Nagar, Gogji Bagh and Wazir Bagh areas of Srinagar were demolished on Wednesday by Srinagar Municipal Corporation. A team of Enforcement wing headed by Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation Khurshid Ahmad Sanai, accompanied by Chief Enforcement Officer and the concerned SHO of Rajbagh, carried the drive early […]
