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China to permit ‘some’ Indian students to return: Chinese Foreign Ministry

China to permit ‘some’ Indian students to return: Chinese Foreign Ministry

Beijing, Apr 29 (PTI) China on Friday announced plans to permit the return of some” Indian students stranded in India for over two years following the visa and flight restrictions imposed by Beijing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing here that China attaches high importance to […]

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Bride shot dead during wedding ceremony in Mathura

Bride shot dead during wedding ceremony in Mathura

Mathura, Apr 29 (PTI) A 20-year-old woman was shot dead during her wedding ceremony in Mubarakpur village here allegedly as a fallout of a love affair, police said on Friday. Three people misbehaved and had an altercation with the bridegroom after the ‘varmala’ ceremony late on Thursday night, and later shot dead Kajal, the bride, at […]

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SC declines urgent hearing on plea seeking virtual court hearings be declared fundamental right

SC declines urgent hearing on plea seeking virtual court hearings be declared fundamental right

New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday declined to accord urgent hearing on a plea seeking that virtual court hearings be declared a fundamental right for litigants. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and P S Narasimha told senior advocate Siddharth Luthra that there is no urgency in the matter. The […]

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PaK resident arrested along LoC in Rajouri

PaK resident arrested along LoC in Rajouri

Rajouri, Apr 29: A man from Pakistan-administered Kashmir was arrested on Line of Control in Rajouri sector on Friday, police official said. An official said that the middle aged man hails from a village of Pakistan Administered Kashmir and reportedly was sneaking in from Line of Control in Tarkundi sub sector in Rajouri where he […]

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MeT forecasts light ‘late afternoon’ rain in 48 hours, another spell from May 3-5

MeT forecasts light ‘late afternoon’ rain in 48 hours, another spell from May 3-5

Srinagar, Apr 29: Weatherman forecast light rain at isolated places towards afternoon today and tomorrow as well as scattered to widespread moderate spell during May 3-5 in Kashmir Valley. “At present, weather is generally cloudy throughout Kashmir and hilly areas of Jammu,” a meteorological department official said on Friday. “(There is) no large change. A […]

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Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 17,801

Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 17,801

New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) India logged 3,377 new COVID-19 infections taking the country’s total tally of cases to 4,30,72,176, while the active cases rose to 17,801, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,23,753 with 60 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active […]

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No change in India’s approach: MEA on Pakistan

New Delhi: Over a fortnight after Shehbaz Sharif became Pakistan’s new prime minister, India on Thursday asserted there is no change to its approach that talks between the two sides can only take place in an atmosphere free of terror and insisted that the onus is on Islamabad to create such an environment. External Affairs […]

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Need to prepare for ‘short swift wars’: IAF Chief

New Delhi: The current geopolitical situation necessitates the Indian Air Force to prepare for “short swift wars and long drawn standoffs” akin to the situation in eastern Ladakh, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said on Thursday. Addressing a seminar, he also called for focusing on operational logistics to deal with various […]

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Delimitation panel set to submit report on JK next week

New Delhi: A Delimitation Commission, mandated to redraw the assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, is set to submit its report to the government next week, sources said on Thursday. The panel would also make public its “award” detailing the number of constituencies and their size by bringing out a gazettee notification after the report […]

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Shab-e-Qadr observed across JK

Srinagar: The night of forgiveness ‘Shab-e-Qadr or Lailat-ul-Qadr’ was observed across Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday night. The biggest congregational prayer was held at Dargah Hazratbal where the authorities had made special arrangements and also issued an elaborate traffic plan to ensure smooth passage to the vehicular movement. Muslims traditionally observe the occasion through nightlong […]