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Search operation extended to neutralise terrorist in Reasi

Jammu: Security forces on Tuesday extended the search operation to adjoining villages to track down a terrorist who managed to escape from a remote village in Reasi district, officials said. While one terrorist was killed and two security personnel injured in the initial gunfight at Gali Sohab village in Tuli area on Monday, the second […]

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Kashmir’s figurine wood carving art faces extinction

Srinagar: Mohammad Yousuf Muran is deaf and mute but a wizard with hands. His wood-carved figurines are a work of art, and if his relatives are to be believed, he is the last of his kind in Kashmir. “Our family has been in this business for the last 200 years … it is a premium […]

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Restoring Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership

Plea in SC seeking quashing of notification

New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the August 7 notification which restored the Lok Sabha membership of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi following the apex court order staying his conviction in a 2019 defamation case over his Modi surname remark. The top court had on August 4 stayed […]

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Family members of victims of Shopian ‘staged’ encounter get jobs

Jammu: The administration on Tuesday handed over appointment letters for government jobs to family members of three persons killed in a staged encounter by an army captain in south Kashmir’s Shopian district in 2020. The three were killed at Amshipura, a remote hilly village in Shopian on July 18, 2020 by Captain Bhoopendra Singh, who […]

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Current climate policies not enough to meet Paris targets: Lancet Study

Current climate policies not enough to meet Paris targets: Lancet Study

New Delhi: Attempts to pursue “green growth” in high-income countries will not deliver the emission reductions required to meet the climate targets and fairness principles of the Paris Agreement, according to a study. The study, published recently in The Lancet Planetary Health journal, shows that if current trends continue, even the 11 high-income countries that […]

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G20 security: Delhi Police says comprehensive assessment of protests during previous summits done

G20 security: Delhi Police says comprehensive assessment of protests during previous summits done

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Tuesday said it has done a comprehensive assessment of protests held by various international and local groups in other nations during previous G20 summits as part of security arrangements for the prestigious event to be held later this week. The G20 Leaders Summit will be held from September 9-10 […]

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RBI considering introduction of CBDC in call money market soon

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank is planning to extend wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for transactions for interbank borrowing or call money market, sources said on Tuesday. The pilot in the wholesale segment, known as the Digital Rupee -Wholesale (e?-W), was launched on November 1, 2022, with the use case being limited to the […]

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Woman dragged out of house, thrashed in Kathua; 4 held

Jammu: Four persons have been arrested in Kathua district in connection with a viral video which shows some men dragging a woman out of her house and thrashing her, officials said. The incident took place in Kathua’s Dewal village last week, following which a complaint was lodged on Monday and the accused were nabbed a […]

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Fake job racket busted in Kupwara, 5 held

Srinagar: Police on Tuesday arrested five persons who were running a fake job racket in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, officials said here. Acting on a complaint, police arrested Nazir Ahmad Khan who had duped a youth of Rs 70,000 by promising to provide him with a job in the Military Engineering Service (MES). “Responding […]

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Defence Minister to inaugurate 90 BRO projects on Sep 12

Jammu: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will on September 12 inaugurate 90 infrastructure projects of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) including four airstrips and helipads built along the northern and western borders, a spokesperson of the ministry on Tuesday said. The projects includes 21 roads, 64 bridges, one tunnel, two air strips, and two helipads, he […]