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Pakistan never shied away from “meaningful” talks with India: FO

Pakistan never shied away from “meaningful” talks with India: FO

Islamabad, Apr 3 (PTI) Pakistan said on Friday that it never shied away from “meaningful” talks with India but normalisation of ties was linked with India revisiting its 2019 decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri was asked about the Cabinet’s decision to not allow import […]

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Biden lifts Trump sanctions on international court officials

Biden lifts Trump sanctions on international court officials

Washington, Apr 3 (AP) President Joe Biden on Friday lifted sanctions that Donald Trump had imposed on two top officials of the International Criminal Court, undoing one of the past administration’s more aggressive moves targeting international institutions and officials. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement stressed that the United States still strongly disagreed […]

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Police officer demands sexual favours from rape survivor, dismissed from service

Police officer demands sexual favours from rape survivor, dismissed from service

Jaipur, Apr 3 (PTI) Taking more harsh action against Kailash Bohra, who was given compulsory retirement from the Rajasthan Police Service (RPS) for demanding sexual favours from a rape survivor last month, the state government has ordered his dismissal. The order was issued on Friday after obtaining the approval from the governor. The state government […]

 Press Trust of India

Covid-19: 11 states, UTs witnessing spike in cases

Covid-19: 11 states, UTs witnessing spike in cases

New Delhi: Eleven states and Union Territories, marked as “states of grave concern” because of their rising daily COVID-19 cases, have not shown a commensurate increase in enforcement of containment activities, the Centre said on Friday. Chairing a high-level review meeting with chief secretaries, Directors General of Police and health secretaries of all states and […]

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JK reports 517 new COVID cases, 5 deaths

Death toll crosses 2000

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday recorded 517 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 1,31,938, while five fresh fatalities took the death toll to 2,003, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 96 were from the Jammu Division and 421 from the Kashmir Division of the union territory, they said. The officials said Srinagar […]

 Press Trust of India

Positivity rate jumps from 0.93 pc to over 3.5 pc in last two weeks

New Delhi: Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in Delhi, the positivity rate has mounted from just below one per cent to 3.57 per cent in the last two weeks, according to official data. Delhi had recorded 2,790 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest daily count this year while nine more people had died […]

 Press Trust of India

Three militants killed in Pulwama gunfight

Two slain militants were involved in attack on BJP leader's house: Police

Srinagar: Three militants, including two who were involved in an attack on a BJP leader’s house here, were killed in an encounter with security forces on Friday in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. The encounter took place early in the morning after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Ghat Mohalla in […]

 Press Trust of India

Increased attack on politicians: Police planning to revamp security cover of leaders

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police is mulling revamping the security cover of leaders “vulnerable” to militant attacks along with fresh training to those guarding them in view recent terror incidents, a top official said on Friday. The remarks came a day after four militants attacked BJP leader Anwar Ahmad’s residence in Nowgam here and […]

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Eastern Ladakh Row: India pitches for early disengagement in remaining areas

New Delhi: India on Friday hoped that China will work with it to ensure disengagement of troops in remaining areas of eastern Ladakh at the earliest, and asserted that de-escalation of tension alone will lead to restoration of peace and tranquility in border areas and provide conditions for progress of bilateral ties. At a media […]

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Monitoring COVID trajectory

Admin to focus on districts with increased tourist footfall: CS

Jammu: Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam on Friday said the administration is consistently monitoring the COVID trajectory with a special focus on districts with an increased tourist footfall. He also said that the administration would be carrying out a fast-track vaccination drive to cover all persons in the eligible age groups in four districts […]