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Srinagar: An explosion took place in Budgam district on Saturday, police said. No injury or loss of life was reported in the incident. A police official said, a loud sound was heard in the morning by inhabitants of the Kralpora area of the central Kashmir district, where some families from the minority community also live. […]
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New Delhi: An order of acquittal ought not be interfered with lightly, the Supreme Court has said while restoring the exoneration of a man accused of subjecting his wife to cruelty. The apex court observed that the appellate court must deal with every reason, which weighed with the court concerned while recording acquittal, before setting […]
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Udhampur/Jammu: At least 18 people, mostly students, were injured when a mini-bus skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge in Udhampur district on Saturday morning, officials said. The mini-bus was on its way to Udhampur from Barmeen, they said, adding that the the driver lost control over it and the vehicle fell into […]
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Leh: Ladakh’s COVID-19 tally rose to 28,960 on Saturday after 16 more people tested positive for the disease in the last 24 hours, officials said. Ladakh has so far recorded 228 fatalities due to COVID-19 since its outbreak in 2020. Of the total fatalities, Leh accounts for the highest deaths at 168, followed by Kargil […]
Added on August 6, 2022
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir has taken a giant leap in every sector since the abrogation of its special status three years ago and the youth now want to work with a smart phone rather than indulge in stone pelting, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Friday. “Huge changes have taken place in J-K in the […]
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New Delhi: India has firmly conveyed its concerns to China over certain instances of Chinese combat jets flying close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, official sources said on Friday. The concerns were conveyed during a special round of military talks on August 2, they said. In the dialogue that took […]
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Srinagar: Law and order incidents in Kashmir have dropped by over 88 per cent in three years since the revocation of the erstwhile state’s special status compared to the preceding three years, police said on Friday. From August 5, 2016, to August 4, 2019, the Valley witnessed 3,686 law and order incidents, as per the […]
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CBI conducts searches at 30 locations over irregularities
New Delhi: The CBI conducted searches at 30 locations on Friday in connection with alleged irregularities in the selection of police sub-inspectors by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB), officials said. The searches were conducted at 28 locations in Jammu and one each in Srinagar and Bengaluru after the registration of an FIR […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair NITI Aayog’s Governing Council meeting on August 7 and discuss various issues, including crop diversification and implementation of the National Education Policy, an official statement said on Friday. According to the statement, in the drive towards building a steady, sustainable and inclusive India, the seventh Governing Council […]
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New Delhi: A private member’s Bill proposing compulsory voting was withdrawn on Friday after the government made it clear that it is not practical to implement its provisions. Janardhan Singh ‘Sigriwal’ (BJP) had introduced it as private member’s bill in 2019 in Lok Sabha and stressed that such a law will make democracy more participatory […]
