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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police will launch an awareness campaign across the Union Territory on the three new criminal laws that will come into effect from July 1. The new laws — the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam — will replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, the […]
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Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Jammu and Kashmir next month and address a public rally in Anantnag district, BJP sources said here on Tuesday. This would be the prime minister’s first visit to the Kashmir Valley after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. The public rally will be held […]
Added on February 28, 2024
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New Delhi: The liberty of a citizen is of paramount importance and not deciding a matter pertaining to it expeditiously will deprive a person of the precious right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has said. Observing that Article 21, which deals with protection of life and personal liberty, is the […]
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New Delhi: The rules for the implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) for fast-tracking citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are likely to be issued before the Model Code of Conduct for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections comes into effect. The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) gets enforced […]
Added on February 28, 2024
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New Delhi: The government on Tuesday extended the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu Kashmir, for five more years for continuing activities against the security, integrity and sovereignty of the nation, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said. He also said that anyone threatening the security of the nation will face ruthless measures. “Pursuing PM @narendramodi Ji’s policy […]
Added on February 28, 2024
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Jammu: Officers of enforcement agencies, including police, Army and BSF, were imparted training by the Jammu and Kashmir Election Office here to strengthen the election expenditure monitoring mechanism and ensure peaceful conduct of upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the Union Territory, an official said on Tuesday. The comprehensive one-day training programme was inaugurated by Chief […]
Added on February 28, 2024
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New Delhi: To avoid delay in deciding corruption cases, probity watchdog CVC has suggested “delayering” by limiting the levels of processing and speeding up decision making. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has issued guidelines from time to time, prescribing the time limit for completion of different stages of actions in vigilance related matters. “It has […]
Added on February 28, 2024
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Jammu: A man has been arrested for allegedly posing as a government official posted with the Raj Bhavan in Jammu, the crime branch on Tuesday said. The impersonator identified as Firdous Ahmad Wagay, a resident of Waskora village of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal, was arrested by a team of the Cyber Crime Investigation Centre for Excellence […]
Added on February 28, 2024
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New Delhi: Indians suffer high rates of lung function damage after acute Covid with about half reporting shortness of breath, according to a recent study, a worrying finding that experts attribute to various reasons, including co-morbidities and pollution. The study by the Christian Medical College, Vellore, is the largest from India to investigate the impact […]
Added on February 28, 2024
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United Nations: India has questioned why the UN Security Council has been rendered “completely ineffective” in resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict that has continued unabated for two years, as New Delhi asserted that outdated structures need reform for multilateralism to be effective. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador, Ruchira Kamboj, raised the question at a […]
