Added on August 1, 2022
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 704 fresh Covid cases on Sunday that took the infection tally to 4,64,764, while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 4,771, officials said. Of the new cases, 210 were reported from the Jammu division and 494 from the Kashmir valley, they said. There are 4,859 active cases in […]
Added on August 1, 2022
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Kathua/Jammu: Three people were washed away in a flash flood amid heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday, officials said. The three were washed away in the district’s Tarnah nallah, they said, adding that rescue operations have been started. The three people have been identified as Dev Raj (50), Bablu (48) and […]
Added on August 1, 2022
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has provided security cover to advocate Monika Kohli, the standing counsel for the CBI in the high court who has been handling some sensitive cases related to terrorism, officials said on Sunday. Kohli is the chief prosecutor in two key cases against Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin […]
Added on August 1, 2022
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Jammu: The Army has built a 170-feet long bailey bridge on a river to facilitate pilgrims visiting the Himalayan shrine of Mata Machail in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Sunday. The bridge was recently washed away due to a flash-flood. The 40-day annual Shree Machail Mata yatra, which started on Monday after […]
Added on July 31, 2022
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Says more stringent laws needed for anti-narcotics efforts
Chandigarh: The Centre’s zero-tolerance policy towards narcotics is showing results, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday, noting that there were seizures of 3.3 lakh kg drugs and a 260 per cent increase in arrests in the 20014-21 period compared to 2006-13. Stating that the drug problem was “more” in Punjab, a border state, […]
Added on July 31, 2022
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New Delhi: The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991 cannot be enforced in a dispute between two sects of the same religion, the Supreme Court has said while refusing to entertain a petition related to a dispute between two segments of the Jain community on “conversion” of places of worship. The top court was […]
Added on July 31, 2022
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New Delhi: More than 4.87 crore income tax returns have been filed till late evening, the department said on Saturday, a day before the ITR filing deadline for the financial year 2021-22 ends. The department issued a public message through its official Twitter handle asking taxpayers, largely individuals and salaried class, to file their Income […]
Added on July 31, 2022
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Jammu: Over 500 more pilgrims on Saturday left here for the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. A total of 597 pilgrims of the 30th batch left base camp Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in the city in a convoy of 30 vehicles amid heavy CRPF security in the morning, they […]
Added on July 31, 2022
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal administered the oath of office to newly-appointed judge Justice Rajesh Sekhri on Friday, an official spokesperson said here. Justice Sekhri was appointed as an additional judge of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh by President Droupadi Murmu. The proceedings of […]
Added on July 31, 2022
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Says small percentage of population can approach courts, majority suffers in silence
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India N V Ramana Saturday termed access to justice “a tool for social emancipation” and said only a small percentage of the population can approach courts while the majority suffers in silence, lacking awareness and necessary means. Technology has emerged as a great enabler, the chief justice of India (CJI) […]
