Added on August 31, 2022
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Jammu: The 9.8 km tunnel connecting two stations on the 111 km under-construction Banihal-Katra railway link in Jammu and Kashmir has been completed, officials said. It is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL) project. This is the third tunnel following the 12.6 km tunnel T-49B, the longest tunnel of Indian Railways, which was completed […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would first examine the constitutional validity of the Centre’s decision to grant 10 per cent reservation to EWS in admissions and jobs before hearing appeals against a high court verdict which had set aside a local law granting quota to Muslims. A five-judge Constitution bench comprising […]
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Srinagar: A local court here has sentenced a businessman to three months imprisonment for stopping payment of cheques after issuing the instrument for the purchase of goods. Judicial Magistrate Tauseef Ahmad Magray, while disposing of an application the other day, sentenced Farooq Ahmad Sofi, a businessman from Sopore town of Baramulla district in north Kashmir, […]
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Jaipur: Two residents of Jammu and Kashmir were caught in a restricted area in Jaisalmer district and are being interrogated jointly, police said on Tuesday. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Premshankar said on the information of the Border Security Force (BSF), a police team caught Mohammad Abbas (23) and Mumtaz Ahmed (25), residents of Poonch in Jammu […]
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Jammu: People living in the arid land of Ladakh will be able to grow fresh vegetables round the year as scientists have developed a new greenhouse model, a passive solar greenhouse, for farming. The model, developed by a team of scientists of the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), was displayed at the Ladakhi […]
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Vikar Rasool Wani on Tuesday played down chain of resignations in the party and said “cowards” run away during difficult times as the state unit held a show of strength rally here. He said the new leadership will strive hard to make the Congress “number one” party in the […]
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Jammu: The Army on Tuesday said its 14-member mountaineering expedition team successfully scaled 21,000-feet-high Mount Kang Yatse-I, one of the toughest and most technical peaks in the Zanskar ranges of Ladakh. The expedition was flagged-off by Chief of Staff, Headquarters Northern Command, Lt Gen N S Raja Subramani, at Leh, a defence spokesman said. He […]
Added on August 30, 2022
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New Delhi: President of the United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid acknowledged on Monday the important role played by India at the global body, while describing the country as a “source of pride” for not only South Asia, but for all peace-loving democracies. Acknowledging the pivotal role the country played during the COVID-19 recovery phase, […]
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Azad fires fresh salvo at his former party
Kathua/Jammu/News Delhi: Four more Congress leaders, including former deputy speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Gulam Hyder Malik, and a dozen prominent workers of the Apni Party resigned from their respective parties on Monday in support of veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad. Azad (73), a former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, ended his five-decade […]
Added on August 30, 2022
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New Delhi: As many as 1.73 lakh people lost their lives in around 4.22 lakh traffic accidents in the country in 2021 with Uttar Pradesh reporting the highest number of deaths in such mishaps at 24,711 deaths followed by Tamil Nadu which recorded 16,685 deaths. According to the latest report of the National Crime Records […]
