Added on December 29, 2020
KV Network
Dubai, Dec 29 (AP) One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent women’s rights activists was sentenced to nearly six years in prison under a vague and broadly worded counterterrorism law. The ruling nearly brings to a close a case that has drawn international criticism and the ire of US lawmakers. Loujain al-Hathloul has already been in […]
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Bengaluru, Dec 29 (PTI) Karnataka Legislative Council Deputy Chairman S L Dharme Gowda was found dead on a rail track in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka in the early hours of Tuesday, with police sources claiming he died by suicide. The body was found on a rail track near Gunasagara in Kadur taluk, they said. Dharme […]
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Press Trust of India
Srinagar: Many areas in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall even as there was improvement in the minimum temperature across the Valley, providing some respite from the cold to the residents, officials said on Monday. Fresh snowfall was recorded in many areas in the higher reaches of the valley and the […]
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Press Trust of India
New Delhi: La Nina seemed to have played a critical role in influencing the country’s weather in 2020 which was a second consecutive year of above normal rainfall with below normal temperatures in the winter and less occurrence of heat waves. The year also saw formation of five cyclones in the seas along eastern and […]
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Press Trust of India
Claims support of independents, others
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) is aiming to have its chairpersons in at least six to seven District Development Councils with the help of Independents and members of other parties who are “willing” to cross over, its chief Altaf Bukhari said on Monday. Elected DDC members will pick the chairpersons in 20 […]
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Press Trust of India
Jammu: A suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative was arrested here and two grenades were recovered from him, scuttling an attempt by the Pakistan-based group to carry out an attack in the winter capital Jammu, a top police officer said on Monday. The latest arrest comes a day after security forces busted a terror module with the […]
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Jahangeer Ganaie
Anantnag: In what can be termed as quite weird, a Primary Health Centre, (PHC) is functioning from a small shop at Gadool in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Even though this may not have been enough for the shell shocked residents the PHC is presently defunct as it continues to operate without a doctor being available […]
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Press Trust of India
Anantnag: There was the young man who surrendered after he spent a night on a tree to hide from a bear on the prowl and felt his militant recruiters had left him to die and another, so moved by the entreaties of his parents that he laid down arms right in the middle of an […]
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Press Trust of India
Pune: Social activist Anna Hazare has threatened to go on a hunger strike if his demands on issues concerning farmers are not met by the Union government by the end of January next year, and said it would be his “last protest”. Speaking to reporters in his Ralegaon Siddhi village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra […]
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Press Trust of India
New Delhi: The government on Monday invited 40 protesting farmer unions for the next round of talks on December 30 on all relevant issues to find a “logical solution” to the current impasse over the three new farm laws. The government’s invite followed a proposal made by unions last week to hold the talks on […]
