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Says 3498 MW of additional power to be generated in the next 4-5 years
JAMMU: Giving a major push to strengthen Power sector in J&K, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Thursday inaugurated 35 power projects worth Rs 44.14 crores, augmenting the overall capacity in Jammu Division by 367 MVA. On the occasion, the Lt Governor also launched several e-Services of Power Development Department, including the new provision for submitting application […]
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JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Thursday unveiled the Mission Youth Skill Development calendar on the occasion of International Youth Skills Day, under Annual Action Plan approved by Mission Youth’s Governing Body. Speaking on the aims and objectives behind the ‘Endeavour to Empower’ initiative of the Mission Youth, the Lt Governor observed that the Jammu & […]
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Press Trust of India
Beijing: With India firmly conveying to China that the prolongation of the existing situation in eastern Ladakh was visibly impacting the bilateral ties in a “negative manner”, Beijing on Thursday said it is ready to seek a “mutually acceptable solution” to the issues that require “urgent treatment” through negotiation. During their hour-long in-person meeting on […]
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Press Trust of India
Court to hear arguments on chargesheet
Srinagar: A special court here Thursday rejected the bail plea of PDP leader Waheed Parra, the second time in five months, and decided to hear Friday arguments on the chargesheet filed against him, officials said. Parra is considered a close aide of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti. The in-camera proceedings had been […]
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Srinagar: The trial of a luxury bus boat conducted on the Jhelum river on Thursday with an aim to revive water transport in the valley, went successful, officials said. A private company, ‘Sukhnag Enterprises’, launched the luxury bus boat on trial basis in the river, they said. The bus boat has the capacity of 35 […]
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Jammu: The Army fired on a Pakistani quadcopter after it tried to venture into the Indian territory along the Line of Control (LoC) here, official sources said on Thursday. The quadcopter was spotted by the alert Army troops in Pallanwaka sector around 9 pm on Wednesday, they said. The sources said the quadcopter returned to […]
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir police have seized mobile phones and SIM cards from some inmates of the high-security Kot Bhalwal Central Jail here during a surprise search operation on Thursday, officials said. The raid was conducted by a team of police and CID wing this morning after specific inputs were received that mobile phones […]
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Jammu: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat is visiting forward areas along Line of Control (LoC) to take stock of the army’s operational preparedness and the security situation in Jammu region, officials said Thursday. He will be returning to Delhi in the evening, they said. He will be reviewing operational preparedness, security situation and […]
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New Delhi: Two persons, including an Army man, have been arrested under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly providing classified documents to the Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan, the Delhi Police said on Thursday. The Army headquarters have confirmed that the documents in question were classified in nature, they said. The development comes after a 34-year-old […]
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New Delhi: India has the highest number of under-vaccinated or unvaccinated children worldwide at 3.5 million, an increase of 1.4 million from 2019, amid the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the UNICEF said. It also noted that over 3 million of zero-dose children in 2020 lived in India. At nearly 4.4 million, South Asia recorded the highest […]
