Added on May 27, 2024
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Rajouri (J-K): After trekking for a day, a polling party reached here Sunday evening to deposit electronic voting machines at a designated strongroom, having successfully conducted polling in Hill Kaka – a village in Poonch that was infested with foreign terrorists over two decades ago. Poonch is part of Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency which went […]
Added on May 27, 2024
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Jammu: Police here on Sunday arrested a history-sheeter and seized a sharp-edged weapon from him, officials said. Navjot Singh, a resident of Miran Sahib, was arrested from R S Pura following information that he was promoting criminal activities and brandishing a sharp-edged weapon, a police spokesperson said. He said Singh is a notorious criminal and […]
Added on May 27, 2024
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Jammu: Two wagons of a freight train derailed near Jammu on Sunday, causing disruption in the train traffic between Jammu and Katra railway stations for over an hour, officials said. The mishap occurred at Sangar near Manwal on the outskirts of Jammu city this afternoon when the goods train was moving to Jammu from Udhampur, […]
Added on May 27, 2024
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Jammu: A Bangladeshi national appearing to be mentally challenged was detained in a forward village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Pallanwalla area of Akhnoor sub-division here, officials said on Sunday. An army patrol party saw the person, who seemed to be a vagrant, at Lower Kot Maira in Khour area on Saturday and […]
Added on May 27, 2024
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Jammu: A police constable booked last year under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was dismissed from service in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, an official said on Sunday. Senior Superintendent of Police (Reasi) Mohita Sharma ordered the dismissal of selection grade constable Tariq Hussain Shah for his prolonged unauthorised absence from duties and […]
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Srinagar: Election authorities in Jammu and Kashmir seized about Rs 95 crore worth of cash and other freebies like liquor that were meant for influencing the minds of voters during the staggered elections to five Lok Sabha seats in the Union territory. The polling in Jammu and Kashmir was completed on Saturday as Anantnag-Rajouri Lok […]
Added on May 27, 2024
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Jammu: Two Haryana residents were arrested allegedly with more than 300 kg of poppy straw in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. Dinesh Kumar and Rajinder Sharma, both residents of Haryana’s Giraward, were coming from Srinagar in a mini-truck when they were intercepted by police at Jakhani check point along the […]
Added on May 27, 2024
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New Delhi: A Leh-bound SpiceJet aircraft suffered a bird hit on Sunday morning and returned to the national capital, according to the airline. The plane landed back safely and the passengers were deplaned normally. A source said the Boeing 737 plane had around 135 people onboard. In a statement, SpiceJet said the aircraft operating SG […]
Added on May 27, 2024
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a meeting to review the preparedness for cyclone Remal, asking the Ministry of Home Affairs to monitor the situation and take a review after the cyclone’s landfall to extend necessary assistance for restoration. During the meeting at his 7, Lok Kalyan Marg residence, the prime minister […]
Added on May 27, 2024
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Shimla: Prime Minister Narendra Modi waived loans worth Rs 16 lakh crore of 22 people in the last 10 years but could not give Rs 9,000 crore to deal with the disaster caused by monsoon rains in Himachal Pradesh last year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday. Addressing an election rally at Nahan in […]
