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Elderly man found dead under mysterious circumstances in Khrew Pampore

Elderly man found dead under mysterious circumstances in Khrew Pampore

Srinagar, Feb 27: An elderly man was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Khrew area of Pampore in Pulwama district on Thursday. An official said that a person aged about  60 years was found hanging on a Walnut Tree at Badi Dallo Khrew. He said that man was taken to hospital by authorities for legal […]

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Lancet study estimates third of newborns admitted to district hospitals with sepsis could die

Lancet study estimates third of newborns admitted to district hospitals with sepsis could die

NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (PTI): More than a third of newborns diagnosed with sepsis, a life-threatening condition triggered by an infection, could be expected to die, a study conducted across five district hospitals in India has found. The study, which analysed data from over 6,600 newborns, found that the overall incidence of sepsis ranged from […]

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Wet spell brings rainfall deficiency to 69% from last week’s 83%

Wet spell brings rainfall deficiency to 69% from last week’s 83%

Temperature plummets amid snow, rains Srinagar: The fresh spell of precipitation has brought down the rainfall deficiency by 14 per cent as the deficit rainfall has reduced from 83 per cent last week to 69 per cent till Wednesday. Meanwhile, the fresh downpour has brought down the temperature across Kashmir. Reports said that major precipitation […]

 Press Trust of India

Devotees throng temples across country on Mahashivratri eve

New Delhi: Amid chants of ‘Om Namah Shivay’ and ‘Har Har Mahadev’, tens of thousands of devotees thronged temples across the country on Wednesday to offer prayers to Lord Shiva on Mahashivratri to seek his divine blessings. In Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath led the celebrations as he performed ‘Rudrabhishek’ at the Gorakhnath temple […]

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Devotees flock to Shankaracharya Temple

Braving cold weather, worshippers mark ‘Herath’ with devotion, rituals Srinagar: A large number of devotees thronged the historic Shankaracharya Temple in Srinagar on Wednesday to offer prayers on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri, locally known as “Herath”. Braving the chilly and wet weather conditions, devotees formed long queues to seek blessings at the revered temple, […]

 Press Trust of India

CBSE allows schools to set up branches under same name, affiliation number

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has relaxed affiliation norms for its schools, allowing them to set up branch schools under the same name and affiliation number, according to officials. However, both schools will be required to have separate set of resources in terms of physical and academic infrastructure. There will be […]

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SC appoints ex-apex court judge to head panel on SCBA reforms

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has appointed its former judge L Nageswara Rao as the head of a committee on electoral reforms in the apex court bar association. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and K V Viswanathan said Justice Rao had agreed to chair the committee, which would also suggest the eligibility criteria for […]

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Police in Awantipora registers first e-FIR on e-mail complaint

Srinagar: Police in Awantipora area of south Kashmir has registered its first electronic FIR (e-FIR) following a complaint lodged via e-mail, officials said on Wednesday. The complaint was filed by Mushtaq Ahmed Bhat, from New Colony Khrew, against Adil Ahmad Bhat and Bilal Ahmad Bhat who are also residents of the same colony, a police […]

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‘No reduction in Parliamentary seats due to delimitation’: Shah assures southern states

Coimbatore: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday assured the southern states that they will not lose a “single Parliamentary seat” due to delimitation and accused Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin of spreading “misinformation” on the issue. Shah, who was addressing BJP members after inaugurating a party office here, also rejected Stalin’s claims […]

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Chinar trees ‘felled’ in Anantnag, NC’s Bijbehara MLA seeks probe

Srinagar: National Conference MLA Bashir Ahmad Shah Veeri has demanded a high-level inquiry into the alleged felling of green Chinar trees, a protected species, in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The Bijbehara MLA was reacting to pictures on social media that purported to show green Chinar trees being felled in the Rani Bagh public park. “These […]

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