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Remembering Kargil war heroes: BJP flags off first-ever Vijay Divas bikers rally from Lal Chowk

Remembering Kargil war heroes: BJP flags off first-ever Vijay Divas bikers rally from Lal Chowk

Srinagar: The BJP on Monday held the first-ever Tiranga bikers rally at the once separatist strong-hold of Lal Chowk in the city centre here to pay tributes to the fallen soldiers of the 1999 Kargil War. The bikers rally to the Kargil War Memorial in Drass area of the Ladakh Union territory was flagged off […]

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Article 370 was a cultural, psychological barrier in country’s integration: Tejasvi Surya

Srinagar: Article 370 was not only a constitutional barrier in the way of Jammu and Kashmir’s full integration with India, but also posed as a cultural and psychological hurdle, BJP’s Tejasvi Surya said here on Monday. Article 370, that granted the erstwhile state of J&K special status, was abrogated by the Centre in August 2019. […]

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Govt jobs in JK not for sale, merit sole criterion for selection: Mehta

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Government will not tolerate any wrongdoings in selection process for jobs in public sector as merit is the only criterion for entering into government service, Chief Secretary A K Mehta said on Monday. “You should have faith that merit will be the only basis for selection (in government jobs). We won’t […]

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Nine cops among 21 rescued from flash floods

Kathua/Jammu: Twenty-one persons, including nine policemen, were rescued from flash floods in Kathua and Poonch districts on Monday, officials said. Three trucks parked on the Mughal Road in Poonch got damaged due to shooting stones, they said. Acting on information about a dozen of persons trapped in flash floods in Ujh river on Monday, a […]

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Northern army commander reviews security situation in Kashmir

Udhampur: Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday reviewed the security situation in Kashmir valley and impressed upon troops not to forget the lessons learnt during a conflict. The army commander also took stock of the security measures for the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, northern command’s defence spokesman said. Soon after his arrival on […]

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BSF sub-inspector commits suicide

Jammu: A Border Security Force (BSF) sub-inspector allegedly shot himself dead at a post along the India-Pakistan international border here on Monday, officials said. Ramdev Singh was found lying in a pool of blood and his personal assault weapon was found by his side when a junior rank soldier reached his room around 6.35 am. […]

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Death toll in Ramban accident rises to six

Death toll in Ramban accident rises to six

Banihal/Jammu: The death toll in the accident in Ramban district has gone up to six, with two more people succumbing to their injuries in the hospital, officials said on Monday. Naseema Begum, 42, and Naza Begum, 45, had sustained serious injuries and they died in hospitals in Srinagar, the officials said. Two other injured women […]

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Two-day conference on pain palliative care to begin in Jammu from July 28

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir government will organise a two-day conference and workshop here from Thursday for imparting the palliative and geriatric education to doctors and paramedics, officials said. “Keeping in view the magnitude of the health care need for palliative and geriatric and imparting the education to doctors and paramedics of Jammu province in interest […]

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Amarnath Yatra: 25th batch leaves Jammu for cave shrine

Jammu: The 25th batch of over 3,800 Amarnath pilgrims left the base camp in Jammu for the twin base camps of the 3,880-metre-high Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas on Monday, officials said. A total of 3,862 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here in a convoy of 125 vehicles amid heavy security of […]

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Ladakh reports 19 new Covid cases

Leh: Ladakh reported 19 fresh cases of COVID-19, raising its tally to 28,769, officials said on Monday. All the cases were reported from Leh district, they said. 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. They said the […]