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Srinagar: The Bakshi Stadium here has been draped in national tricolour for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on Thursday even as stringent security arrangements have been put in place to ensure the high profile event passes off peacefully. Prime Minister Modi will participate in the ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit Jammu Kashmir’ programme at the stadium. The […]
Added on March 7, 2024
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Srinagar: A court here has given life imprisonment to a man in a 2022 acid attack case and also imposed a fine of Rs 40 lakh that would be recovered from his property. The victim girl was attacked on February 1, 2022 by two people, one of whom was a juvenile, who wanted to “teach […]
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New Delhi: Breathing in air having fine particulate matter (PM2.5) even for a few hours and up to a few days, resulted in more than a million premature deaths globally every year from 2000 to 2019, according to a new research. It also found that Asia accounted for roughly 65 per cent of the global […]
Added on March 7, 2024
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Anantnag: A young singer from south Kashmir’s Anantnag district has composed a song eulogising Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit to the Kashmir valley on Thursday. Imran Aziz (27), who claims to be a huge fan of the prime minister, has composed the around three-minute song, welcoming him and praising the steps his […]
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New Delhi: India and the US have called for bringing to justice the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai and Pathankot terrorist attacks while asserting that terrorism remains a “serious threat” to international peace and security, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Wednesday. They also demanded concerted action against all terrorist groups, including those proscribed […]
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Budgam: The Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) headed by Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday announced G M Saroori as its candidate for Udhampur-Jammu Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming general polls. The announcement was made at a public rally addressed by Azad at Chrar-e-Shareef in Budgam district of central Kashmir. “For Udhampur-Jammu, it is my […]
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University professor suffers injury Jammu: A Jammu University professor was injured here when the gun of a security guard of a private company went off accidentally on Wednesday, police officials said. The security guard was arrested and a .12 shotgun was recovered from him, they said. Police said they received information regarding accidental firing by […]
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Geneva: A total of 8,565 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, the UN migration agency said Wednesday, a record high since it began tallying deaths a decade ago. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said the biggest increase in deaths last year was on the treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing, to 3,129 […]
Added on March 6, 2024
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Srinagar: Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to inaugurate integrated development of Hazratbal shrine project and Sonamarg ski drag lift during his visit to Kashmir on Thursday, officials said here on Tuesday. The prime minister will inaugurate the integrated development of Hazratbal shrine project from Bakshi Stadium here on March 7, the officials said. They said […]
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Banihal/Jammu: Two people were killed after their car skidded off a road and fell into a 150-metre-deep gorge in Ramban district on Tuesday, officials said. The accident happened at the Battery Cashman area on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, they said. The car skidded off the road and fell into the 150-metre-deep gorge, the officials said […]
