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Govt asks Twitter to block 1,178 accounts for spreading misinformation amid farmer stir

Govt asks Twitter to block 1,178 accounts for spreading misinformation amid farmer stir

New Delhi, Feb 8 (PTI) The government has ordered Twitter to block 1,178 accounts with links to Pakistan and Khalistan supporters which were spreading misinformation and provocative content on farmers’ protest, sources said. The IT Ministry, on February 4, shared a list of these Twitter accounts that were flagged by security agencies as accounts of […]

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Govt employee, 2 Sgr residents arrested with rusty revolver

Govt employee, 2 Sgr residents arrested with rusty revolver

Budgam, Feb 08: Security forces arrested three persons including a government employee and recovered a rusty pistol from their possession in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said on Monday. They said that 53 RR and Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir arrested three persons during the intervening night of Feb 07 and 08 […]

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Pakistani intruder killed by BSF along International Border in Jammu

Pakistani intruder killed by BSF along International Border in Jammu

Jammu/New Delhi, Feb 8 (PTI) A Pakistani intruder was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the India-Pakistan international border in Jammu on Monday, officials said. The incident took place near the Chak Faquira border post (border pillar no 64) in the Samba sector around 9:45 am, they said. “Despite repeated warnings, the […]

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  Improvement in cold in Kashmir

   Improvement in cold in Kashmir

Srinagar, Feb 8 (PTI) There was an improvement in the cold conditions in Kashmir as the minimum temperature increased across the valley on Monday, while it settled below the freezing point at all weather stations, officials said. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 2 degrees Celsius last night, […]

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Toll climbs to 10 in Uttarakhand glacier burst, 143 still missing

Toll climbs to 10 in Uttarakhand glacier burst, 143 still missing

Dehradun, Feb 8 (PTI) IAF teams left for the avalanche-hit areas of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district early on Monday to ramp up relief efforts, while rescuers pulled out three more bodies of the people missing in the glacier burst taking the toll to 10. Uttarakahnd DGP Ashok Kumar said 143 people are still missing, a day […]

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US moves to rejoin UN rights council, reversing Trump anew

US moves to rejoin UN rights council, reversing Trump anew

Washington, Feb 8 (AP) The Biden administration is set to announce this week that it will reengage with the much-maligned UN Human Rights Council that former President Donald Trump withdrew from almost three years ago, US officials have said. The decision on Sunday reverses another Trump-era move away from multilateral organisations and agreements. US officials […]

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Floods as glacier breaks off in U’khand, 16 labourers rescued, 7 bodies recovered, 125 still missing

Floods as glacier breaks off in U’khand, 16 labourers rescued, 7 bodies recovered, 125 still missing

Dehradun/New Delhi: A portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the Alaknanda river system that washed away hydroelectric stations, leaving at least seven people dead and 125 missing who are feared dead. The sudden flood in the middle of the day […]

 Press Trust of India

Mehbooba claims police lodge FIR against father of Athar Mushtaq killed in Srinagar encounter

Mehbooba claims police lodge FIR against father of Athar Mushtaq killed in Srinagar encounter

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday claimed that police have registered an FIR against the father of an alleged militant killed in an encounter in the Parimpora area of the city last year. Athar Mushtaq, along with two other alleged militants Ajaz Maqbool Ganai and Zubair Ahmad Lone, was killed in an encounter with […]

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Results of polls to DDC chairpersons’ posts not a surprise: Omar Abdullah

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Sunday said the results of the elections to the posts of chairpersons of District Development Councils (DDC) in Jammu and Kashmir were not a surprise. “Shopian DDC election, even Srinagar for that matter, aren’t really a surprise. These people have been buying & selling elected representatives since […]

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NC desperate after defeat in DDC chairperson polls: JKAP

Jammu: The National Conference has become desperate after defeat in chairperson and vice-chairperson elections for district development councils (DDCs) in Srinagar and Shopian, the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) said on Sunday. The NC had alleged that the JKAP “engineered defections” after the DDC elections in December last year to win council chairperson posts […]

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