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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has accorded permission in 46 cases for seizure and attachment of various moveable and immovable assets used for militancy in the union territory, an official said on Tuesday. A total of 61 vehicles, five houses, six shops, besides land and cash were subsequently seized or attached under the Unlawful […]
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Srinagar: A parliamentary panel has asked the Centre to submit the details of investment proposals received for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir since its creation. In its report tabled in the Parliament earlier this month, the department-related parliamentary standing committee on Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Centre to apprise it about […]
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Banihal/Jammu: Hundreds of labourers went on a sudden strike on Tuesday, affecting the ongoing work on the double-tube 8.5-km Banihal-Qazigund tunnel along the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, officials said. The tunnel is nearing completion and is expected to be opened for public use by March-end. “Local labourers stayed away from work and also did not […]
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Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said her party was not merely demanding statehood but the restoration of pre-August 2019 status for Jammu and Kashmir. She also called for resumption of dialogue for the resolution of the Kashmir issue and alleged that there was “jungle raj” in the country. “We are not demanding (the […]
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Kupwara: As PDP President Mehbooba Mufti visited Kupwara two key members of her party Fayaz Mir and Abul Haq Khan were seen absent from the function. A senior member of the district body said that the former minister Abdul Haq Khan and recently retired Rajya Sabha Member Fayaz Member were not invited to the maiden […]
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Srinagar: Senior Peoples Democratic Party leader and party’s former general secretary Mansoor Hussain Sohrawardhy on Tuesday announced his formal resignation from PDP’s basic membership, citing “strong political and personal reasons” to bid adieu to the party of which he was a founding member. Mansoor who won the 2008 state assembly elections from Shangus constituency was […]
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New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir finance minister Haseeb Drabu has formally joined aircraft maintenance provider Air Works’s board as an independent director after getting all requisite government and regulatory approvals, said an official statement on Tuesday. “Dr Haseeb A Drabu – noted economist and policy maker – was appointed to the Board of Directors […]
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Srinagar: The minimum temperature dropped at most places in Kashmir on Tuesday, even as the day temperature settled several notches above the normal for this time of the season, officials said. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.9 degrees Celsius last night, down from minus 0.3 degrees Celsius the night before, they said. The city […]
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday approved transfer of functions and functionaries of several Jal Shakti department divisions to Urban Local Bodies as mandated under the 74th constitutional amendment. The amendment aims at strengthening democracy at the grass root level in urban areas through local bodies. In an order, the Jal Shakti department […]
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Toronto: The World Health Organisation has granted an emergency authorization to AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, a move that should allow the UN agency’s partners to ship millions of doses to countries as part of a UN-backed programme to tame the pandemic. In a statement Monday, the WHO said it was clearing the AstraZeneca vaccines made by […]
