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New Delhi: The government is not considering setting up 8th Pay Commission for central government employees, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary informed Lok Sabha on Monday. “No such proposal is under consideration with the government for constitution of 8th Central Pay Commission for the central government employees,” Chaudhary said in a written reply […]
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New Delhi: A total of 6,195 km of border roads are currently under construction, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said on Monday. Between 2017-18 and 2021-22, a total of 3,595 km of border roads were constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), the minister said in a written reply to a question in […]
Added on August 9, 2022
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Leh: Ladakh reported 21 fresh cases of Coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the union territory’s overall infection tally to 29,004, officials said on Monday. As per officials, so far, 228 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Ladakh. Of these, 168 deaths were reported from Leh and 60 from Kargil. The officials said the […]
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Doda/Jammu: A policeman allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle at a court complex in Doda district, officials said on Monday. Special Police Officer (SPO) Gurmesh Singh (46) was on guard duty at Doda Sessions Court when his colleagues heard a gun shot and rushed towards him, only to see him lying in a […]
Added on August 8, 2022
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Gaza City: A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants took effect Sunday night in a bid to end nearly three days of violence that has killed dozens of Palestinians. Egyptian officials had worked to bring the sides to an agreement after the flare-up of fighting that saw Israeli aircraft pound targets in Gaza and militants […]
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Jammu: The Amarnath yatra remained suspended from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for the second day on Sunday owing to a sharp decline in the arrival of pilgrims, officials said. However, a fresh batch of 378 pilgrims left the base camp to pay obeisance at the shrine of Buddha Amarnath in Poonch district of […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 708 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its infection tally to 4,69,749, officials here said. The death toll remained unchanged at 4,776, they said. While 65 fresh cases were reported from the Jammu division, 643 were from the Kashmir valley, the officials said. There are 5,304 active COVID-19 cases […]
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Jammu: One person was killed and two others injured Sunday when a landslide struck a remote village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Two daily wage workers of Jal Shakti department along with a labourer were repairing a water pipeline at Simbli in Darhal dhok when they came under the landslide, the […]
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Gaza City: Israeli airstrikes flattened homes in Gaza and Palestinian rocket barrages into southern Israel persisted for a second day, raising fears of another major escalation in the Mideast conflict. Gaza’s health ministry said 24 people had been killed so far in the coastal strip, including six children. The fighting began with Israel’s killing of […]
Added on August 8, 2022
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Gaza City: Egyptian intelligence officials called for a cease-fire to begin Sunday night, indicating a deal has been struck to end the violence in Gaza that has seen Israeli airstrikes kill dozens of Palestinians. An Egyptian intelligence official said Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group had agreed to the truce to begin at […]
