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Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday asserted that the Gupkar alliance was striving to achieve the restoration of special status of Jammu and Kashmir “within the Constitution of the country”. She also criticised the BJP-led central government over the three agri laws which have triggered protests by a section of farmers. […]
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir recorded the killing of 203 militants including 166 local militants by security forces in 2020, while 43 civilians were killed and 92 others injured in the union territory, official sources said. The security forces have also arrested 49 militants and ensured surrender of nine militants during the year, they said. This […]
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Jammu: There were 5,100 instances of ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in 2020 in Jammu and Kashmir, the highest in nearly 18 years, that claimed 36 lives and left more than 130 people injured, according to security officials. They said the “very heavy” shelling and firing by Pakistani troops virtually […]
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Srinagar: Maiden District Development Council (DDC) elections in the fag end of 2020 marked a resumption of political activity in Jammu and Kashmir after abrogation of special status and reorganisation of the erstwhile state last year. The year 2020 began amid uncertainty as most of the mainstream political leaders continued to be under various forms […]
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New Delhi: About 45 per cent of all COVID-19 deaths in the country have been reported in those below 60 years of age while 70 per cent of total fatalities from the infection were registered in men, the Health ministry said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 63 per […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded 234 fresh COVID-19 cases, while four more people died due to the disease in the last 24 hours, officials said. The union territory’s COVID-19 tally has mounted to 1,20,527 and the death toll stands at 1,879, they said. Out of the fresh cases, 131 were from Kashmir and […]
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Jammu: The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday registered a case against several persons for allegedly duping two brothers of Rs 80 lakh on the pretext of selling over two kanals of prime land here, an official said. Ajay Bali and Rajinder Singh along with other persons were booked after an investigation, […]
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Hilal Rather, son of a former National Conference minister, in a Rs 177 crore bank fraud case. Hilal, son of former finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather, was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on January 17 for his alleged involvement in misappropriation of […]
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Srinagar: Militants opened fire at security forces during a cordon-and-search operation in the Parimpora area of the city on Tuesday but no casualties were reported, officials said. The ultras fired on the security forces personnel conducting the search operation in the area, they added. The cordon has been strengthened and the searches have been intensified […]
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Srinagar: A CRPF officer and an Army jawan, injured in separate incidents of militancy-related violence in Jammu and Kashmir last week, have succumbed to their injuries, officials said on Tuesday. Assistant sub-inspector of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Netrapal Singh, who got injured in a grenade attack at Ganderbal on December 23, died at […]
