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Govt issues new guidelines to curb misleading ads, bans surrogate ads

New Delhi: The government on Friday announced new guidelines to curb misleading advertisements and endorsers by banning surrogate ads, while imposing strict norms for those advertisements that seek to lure consumers offering discounts and free claims. The new guidelines on “Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022” also seeks to regulate advertisements […]

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Capitol riot panel blames Trump for 1/6 ‘attempted coup’

Capitol riot panel blames Trump for 1/6 ‘attempted coup’

Washington: The House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump on Thursday night, saying the assault was hardly spontaneous but an attempted coup and a direct result of the defeated president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election. With a never-before-seen 12-minute video of extremist groups […]

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Two ‘hybrid’ terrorists arrested in Kashmir

Srinagar: Security forces arrested two ‘hybrid terrorists’ linked to the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit in Sopore area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir, officials said on Friday. The terrorists were arrested at a check point jointly set up by the police, CRPF and Army at Gurseer in Sopore area late on Thursday night, the officials […]

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SC dismisses pleas seeking special stray round of counselling for NEET-PG

SC dismisses pleas seeking special stray round of counselling for NEET-PG

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a batch of petitions seeking a special stray round of counselling to fill 1,456 seats in NEET-PG-21 which have remained vacant after the conduct of a stray round of counselling for All India Quota. A bench of Justices M R Shah and Aniruddha Bose said there cannot […]

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Covid cases record upswing across India

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 7,584 in a day to reach 4,32,05,106 while the number of active cases has increased to 36,267, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll has climbed to 5,24,747 with 24 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. Active case tally […]

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ED issues fresh summons to Sonia Gandhi for appearance on June 23

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has issued a fresh summons to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to appear before it for questioning on June 23 in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper, officials said Friday. Gandhi, 75, was earlier asked to depose on June 8 but as she got infected with COVID-19, […]

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120 kg of poppy recovered from truck in Udhampur

Jammu: Police on Friday recovered 120 kilogramme of poppy from a truck on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur district but the driver managed to escape, officials said. A police party during routine checking intercepted a truck on the highway at Chenani area and was subjected to search, they said. During the search, a special cabin […]

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Jammu’s pluralistic ethos will defeat hate mongers: Rana

Jammu: Cautioning against machinations of straining the time tested inclusive and pluralistic ethos of Jammu, senior BJP leader and former MLA Devender Singh Rana on Friday called for identifying, exposing and isolating the elements inimical to peace and tranquility. Jammu’s tryst with harmony is strong enough to withstand the vicious onslaught of hate mongers , […]

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Recruitment of Police SI’s: After fraud allegations, Lt Guv orders probe

Jammu: Taking cognisance of media reports about alleged fraud in the recruitment of police sub-inspectors in Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday ordered a probe into the matter. Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board, Sub-Inspector result 2022 was declared online on June 4. With the list of shortlisted candidates out, the J-K […]

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SANJY-2022: Centre plans third chopper route for Amarnath pilgrims

New Delhi: The Centre is contemplating to start a new helicopter service from Srinagar to Panchtarni, which is the last drop-off point for pilgrims visiting holy cave shrine Amarnath, in addition to the two already existing chopper routes for the pilgrimage, officials said. The move came in view of the anticipated rush of the pilgrims […]