Added on February 19, 2025
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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that the Jammu and Kashmir administration should ensure full implementation of the three new criminal laws in the Union Territory by April. Chairing a review meeting here on the implementation of the three new criminal laws in Jammu and Kashmir, in the presence of Chief […]
Added on February 19, 2025
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New Delhi: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that implementing three new criminal laws is not the mandate of the elected government in Jammu and Kashmir, but the dispensation led by him needs to do more to create awareness about these provisions. Talking to reporters here after attending a meeting called by Home Minister […]
Added on February 19, 2025
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Srinagar: A court in Srinagar on Tuesday sentenced a faith healer to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for committing unnatural sexual offences with two minor children during their religious lessons. Dismissing defense counsel’s assertion about four-year delay in registering of FIR, Chief Judicial Magistrate Sopore Mir Wajahat reasoned it with a poem. “Better Late Than […]
Added on February 19, 2025
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Jammu: The crime branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested five accused, including a former manager of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, in connection with an alleged multi-crore-rupee loan scam here, the agency said on Tuesday. The case was registered in 2023 on a written complaint from Mohammad Shakeel, the chief manager […]
Added on February 19, 2025
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New Delhi: Rajiv Kumar, who oversaw the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the crucial Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, demitted office on Tuesday as the 25th chief election commissioner after a nearly three-year tenure marked with high electoral successes but also repeated allegations of bias by opposition parties. Kumar joined the poll panel as an […]
Added on February 19, 2025
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Says Jan, Feb records 80 percent precipitation deficit Srinagar: Kashmir has witnessed a dry winter this year with the months of January and February recording a precipitation deficit of around 80 per cent, which has raised the possibility of drought in the valley this summer, the MeT department officials said. Several water bodies are flowing […]
Added on February 19, 2025
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New Delhi: India and Qatar on Tuesday agreed to double bilateral trade to USD 28 billion over the next five years and announced elevation of their relationship to the level of strategic partnership as Prime Minster Narendra Modi held talks with Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani. The two sides also signed two agreements – […]
Added on February 19, 2025
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New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has extended the last date to apply for this year’s civil services preliminary examination till February 21. This is the second extension in the deadline for applying to the examination, conducted annually by the UPSC in three stages — preliminary, mains and interview — to select officers […]
Added on February 19, 2025
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Jammu: Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu zone, Bhim Sen Tuti, has called for heightened vigilance and proactive measures to counter any potential security threats as he visited forward operating bases in Kathua district, a police official said on Tuesday. Accompanied by Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Jammu-Samba-Kathua range, Shiv Kumar Sharma, the IGP’s visit to […]
Added on February 19, 2025
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would on February 19 take up on “priority basis” the pleas against the appointments of the chief election commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners (EC) under the 2023 law. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh was informed by advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for […]
