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Huge cache of weapons seized from terrorist hideout in Poonch

Poonch/Jammu: Security forces on Sunday busted a terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s border district of Poonch, leading to the recovery of a huge quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives, officials said. The hideout was busted during a joint operation by the police and the Army at Bahian Wali village in Surankote tehsil, they said. […]

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Landslide kills labourer in Kishtwar

Jammu: A 55-year-old labourer was buried in a landslide in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. Ganesh Dass, a resident of Tagood village, was trapped under the landslide during road construction at the Kuntwara village this afternoon, the officials said. They said rescuers retrieved Dass’ body this evening.

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Project for revival of silk industry approved in J-K

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Administration has approved a project worth Rs 91 crore for the revival and revitalization of silk industry in the Union Territory through technological interventions, an official said on Sunday. The project which contains end to end interventions, right from availability of mulberry leaves to better seed and worm production and finally […]

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PM Modi has vision for progressive, prosperous J-K: BJP leader Rana

Jammu: Senior BJP leader Devender Singh Rana on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a vision for a progressive and prosperous Jammu and Kashmir and it is incumbent upon all to come forward and strengthen his hands. He said the BJP was the “harbinger of change” in the Union Territory. Rana, a former legislator, […]

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Admin warns of avalanche in 11 districts

Admin warns of avalanche in 11 districts

Srinagar, Jan 15: The administration has warned of an avalanche in eleven districts of Jammu & Kashmir in the next 24 hours. The Jammu & Kashmir State Disaster Management Authority on Sunday warned of “medium danger level” above 2000 metres over Kupwara district in the next 24 hours. It further said that an avalanche with […]

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SIT rules out terror angle in J-K prisons chief murder last Oct, finds accused was driven by ‘deep grudges’

SIT rules out terror angle in J-K prisons chief murder last Oct, finds accused was driven by ‘deep grudges’

Jammu, Jan 15 (PTI) Ruling out terror angle in the sensational murder of H K Lohia, a former director general of Jammu and Kashmir prisons, in October last year, the police investigation in the case has found accused Yassir Ahmad was driven by “deep grudges” against high-ranking officials. The Jammu and Kashmir crime branch Special […]

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Lt Governor pays tributes to civilians martyred in Rajouri terror attack

Lt Governor pays tributes to civilians martyred in Rajouri terror attack

JAMMU, JAN 15: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha in this month’s ‘Awaam Ki Awaaz’ programme, paid tributes to the civilians martyred in the Rajouri terror attack. “My tributes to civilians martyred in the terror attack in Rajouri. Perpetrators will have to pay a heavy price for their heinous action. Concrete measures are being taken to ensure […]

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Govt. establishing strong grassroot institutions for poor through UMEED

Govt. establishing strong grassroot institutions for poor through UMEED

SRINAGAR, JAN 15: Jammu and Kashmir Government is building strong grassroots institutions for the poor, engaging them into gainful livelihood interventions and ensuring appreciable improvement in their income on sustainable basis through UMEED scheme of J&K Rural Livelihood Mission (JKRLM). JKRLM’s mandate is to reach out to 66% rural population across the125 blocks of Jammu […]

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Teacher dies of cardiac arrest in Shopian

Teacher dies of cardiac arrest in Shopian

Shopian Jan 15: A government school teacher died of a cardiac arrest at his native village in Durpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday. An official said that Fayaz Ahmad Sofi, son of Mohammad Shaban Sofi, a resident of Durpora Zainapora, posted at Primary School Mujmarg, suffered a massive cardiac arrest at his […]

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68 killed in Yeti Airline plane crash in Nepal: Rescue official

68 killed in Yeti Airline plane crash in Nepal: Rescue official

Kathmandu, Jan 15 (PTI) At least 68 people were killed when a Nepalese passenger plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in central Nepal’s resort city of Pokhara on Sunday, a rescue official said. Yeti Airlines’ 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft took off from Kathmandu’s […]

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