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Bakerwal community starts return journey to keep date with polls

Kishtwar/Jammu: Mohammad Sidiq, a shepherd, is walking back to his native Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir with his herd of sheep and goats from the high-altitude meadows of Kishtwar, months ahead than intended. Like him, many members of the pastoralist Bakerwal community are making the journey two months ahead of the scheduled seasonal migration […]

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Hailstorm wreaks havoc in Shopian, Kulgam villages

Growers demand implementation of crop insurance scheme Srinagar: A severe hailstorm wreaked havoc in several villages of south Kashmir’s Shopian and Kulgam districts on Monday, causing significant damage to orchards, reports said. According to the locals, the hail storm hit different areas of the both Kulgam and Shopian districts causing damage to the fruit on […]

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Lt Governor attends flag-in ceremony for Mountain Expedition

Congratulates the triumphant mountaineering expedition team SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday attended the flag-in ceremony of the triumphant mountaineering expedition, accomplished by Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering & Winter Sports, Pahalgam and interacted with the Expedition team at Raj Bhawan. The Mountaineering Expedition team has successfully completed the expedition to Nine peaks including Six peaks […]

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Accelerate safety measures to reduce road traffic deaths: WHO

Accelerate safety measures to reduce road traffic deaths: WHO

New Delhi: The World Health Organization on Monday called on countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region to accelerate measures to reduce road traffic deaths, a leading cause of mortality among young people aged 15-29. “Vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, bicyclists and two or three-wheelers constitute 66 per cent of all reported road traffic deaths […]

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Cong releases list of 6 candidates: Fields JKPCC chief Karra from Central Shalteng

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday released its second list of six candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, fielding JKPCC chief Tariq Hameed Karra from Central Shalteng. The list was released soon after Congress’ Central Election Committee met here to finalise names of candidates for the elections, which the party is […]

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BJP’s membership drive: PM Modi asks BJP members to focus on young generation

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked BJP members on Monday to expand the party during its membership drive in a way that a maximum number of its women candidates are elected to Lok Sabha and assemblies when the 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures come into force. Speaking at the launch of […]

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BJP releases 4th list for J-K assembly polls

Fields party chief Ravinder Raina from Nowshera Jammu: The BJP Monday released its fourth list of candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, fielding its union territory unit president Ravinder Raina from Nowshera in the Jammu region. With the fresh list, the party has so far named 51 candidates, including 14 for the Kashmir […]

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PDP spokesperson Tahir Sayeed quits

Srinagar: PDP spokesperson Tahir Sayeed resigned from the party on Monday, ahead of Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Sayeed, who was appointed as media analyst in the chief minister’s office by Mehbooba Mufti during her tenure at the helm of Jammu and Kashmir, announced his resignation through a post on social media. “With heavy […]

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ACB books govt employee in disproportionate assets case

Srinagar: The Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) in Jammu and Kashmir has booked a government employee for amassing wealth beyond the sources of his known income, officials said on Monday. The bureau has also lodged an FIR against an executive engineer, Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat, for misappropriation of funds by allotting work to an unqualified contractor and later […]

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Note ban- 7,261 cr worth Rs 2000 notes still with public: RBI

Note ban- 7,261 cr worth Rs 2000 notes still with public: RBI

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday said 97.96 per cent of the Rs 2000 denomination banknotes have returned to the banking system, and only Rs 7,261 crore worth of the withdrawn notes are still with the public. On May 19, 2023, the RBI announced the withdrawal of Rs 2000 denomination banknotes from […]

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