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PM Modi to roll out SEHAT scheme in JK next week

PM Modi to roll out SEHAT scheme in JK next week

Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will roll out the Social Endeavour for Health and Telemedicine (SEHAT) scheme in Jammu and Kashmir on December 26, an official spokesperson said here on Saturday. He said Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo chaired a review meeting here to ensure smooth implementation of the scheme. At the […]

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Ladakh standoff: Want peace, but won’t tolerate any harm to India’s self respect, says Rajnath Singh

Ladakh standoff: Want peace, but won’t tolerate any harm to India’s self respect, says Rajnath Singh

Hyderabad: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said India’s handling of the border standoff with China showed that the country was not weak and could give a befitting reply to any kind of transgression, aggression or unilateral acts. With the two countries having held several rounds of talks to resolve the issue, Singh said India […]

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Farmers’ agitation: Will decide next course of action in 2-3 days: Protesting unions

Farmers’ agitation: Will decide next course of action in 2-3 days: Protesting unions

New Delhi: Farmer unions protesting against the three agri laws on Saturday said they will decide their next course of action in the next two-three days, after the Supreme Court earlier this week pointed out it was thinking of setting up an “impartial and independent” panel of agriculture experts and peasants’ unions to resolve the […]

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Way out for talks to come in a day or two: Haryana CM

New Delhi: There can be a way out for the next round of talks between the government and farmer unions protesting against the Centre’s new farm laws in a day or two, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said after meeting Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday. This is the second time the […]

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Indian economy reviving well after outbreak, says LS Speaker

Indore: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said India’s economy was witnessing rapid revival after the slowdown due to the coronavirus outbreak and lockdown. Addressing the national convention of company secretaries online, Birla said the country had turned the challenges posed by the outbreak into opportunities due to community help and this had caused […]

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Pak summons Indian diplomat after UNMO vehicle targeted along LoC

Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday summoned India’s Charg d’Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia to register a protest after a United Nations Military Observers (UNMO) vehicle was targeted in the country’s Chirikot sector along the Line of Control (LoC). The Indian diplomat was summoned to the Foreign Office (FO) here a day after the Pakistan Army accused the Indian […]

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LoC in Poonch witnesses shelling

Jammu: Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire on Saturday with unprovoked firing and mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, a defence spokesperson said. The Indian Army retaliated befittingly to silence the Pakistani guns, he added. “At about 5 pm, Pakistan initiated the unprovoked ceasefire violation by […]

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Final phase of DDC polls today

Final phase of DDC polls today

Voting to be held in 28 constituencies: SEC

Srinagar: The staggered voting for the maiden District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir will conclude on Saturday as 28 constituencies are set to go for polling in the eighth and final phase. Voting will also be held for 369 vacant panch and sarpanch seats on Saturday across Jammu and Kashmir, state election […]

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Ladakh standoff: India, China resume diplomatic talks

Ladakh standoff: India, China resume diplomatic talks

New Delhi: Resuming diplomatic talks on their military standoff, India and China on Friday agreed to continue working towards ensuring complete disengagement of troops in all friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh at the earliest. At the virtual talks, the two sides agreed that the next round of military […]

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LoC shelling: Indian army targeted UN vehicle, says Pak

LoC shelling: Indian army targeted UN vehicle, says Pak

India refutes, says Pak army targeted areas in Poonch

Islamabad: The Pakistan Army on Friday accused the Indian Army of “deliberately” targeting a United Nations Military Observers (UNMO) vehicle in the Chirikot Sector along the Line of Control, an allegation dismissed by India as untrue. The Indian Army resorted to unprovoked fire in the Chirikot Sector of the Line of Control. “Indian troops deliberately […]