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Baba Chamliyal mela along IB in Samba to be held on June 23

Jammu: After two years of coronavirus pandemic, authorities in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir are going to host Baba Chamliyal Mela on June 23 on the Indo-Pakistan international border in Ramgarh sector, an official said. An epicenter of the Indo-Pak bonhomie in the past, the famous fair at the shrine of Baba Dalip Singh […]

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Rusted arms, ammunition recovered in Samba

Jammu: Rusted arms and ammunition, including a carbine, were recovered from a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, police said on Wednesday. The arms and ammunition were found by residents of Chak Manga village on Tuesday evening while digging a well, they said. The villagers informed the police, which recovered a rusted carbine, two […]

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Annual Kheer Bhawani ‘mela’ Amid tight security, over 200 Kashmiri pandits leave for valley

Jammu: Amid tight security arrangements nearly 250 devotees, mostly migrant Kashmiri pandits, left Jammu on Tuesday in a fleet of government arranged buses to pay obeisance at the revered Kheer Bhawani temple in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, officials said. The annual Mata Kheer Bhawani mela at the famous Ragnya Devi temple, one of the biggest […]

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Four terrorists, including 2 Pakistanis, killed in 24 hours: Police

Srinagar: Four terrorists, including two Pakistanis, were killed in joint operations by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and central security forces in the restive valley in the last two days, officials said on Tuesday. The action followed Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s directive to security forces to eliminate those involved in the recent series of […]

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Srinagar bench of CAT disposed sizeable number of service matters: Govt

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has disposed of a sizeable number of service cases which were received on transfer from the J&K High Court besides fresh litigation filed by the government employees, a statement issued by the personnel ministry on Tuesday said. Consequent upon re-constitution of the […]

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‘Vector and Scorpion’ drone to undergo test trial along LAC

Jammu: Serving in the war zone between Russia and Ukraine, the latest state-of-the-art “Vector and Scorpion” drone, which is India’s longest-range drone with a 65-kilometre telemetric range, is all set to undergo test trials along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh in July, ahead of its possible induction into the armed forces. The […]

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Former BJP MLA dies after prolonged illness in Jammu

Jammu: Senior BJP leader and former MLA Rajesh Gupta died on Tuesday after a prolonged illness at a hospital here. He was 53. Gupta is survived by his wife and three children two daughters and a son, a BJP leader said. Principal of Government Medical College and Hospital Shashi Sudan Sharma said Gupta was suffering […]

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Trekking activities in Ladakh: IMF submits proposal to Centre for opening more peaks

Leh: Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) has submitted a proposal to the Union Home Ministry for the opening of 141 more peaks for the promotion of mountaineering and trekking activities in the union territory of Ladakh. The organisation has also proposed conducting the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (ICMF) meeting in Ladakh in 2025 to promote […]

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Jio expands 4G services in Ladakh region near Pangong lake

Srinagar: Reliance Jio has expanded the reach of its 4G services in Ladakh region to a village close to Pangong lake, an area which has been a friction point between India and China in recent years. Officials said Reliance Jio launched its 4G voice and data services at Spangmik village near Pangong lake in Ladakh. […]

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Environmental performance index: India ranks lowest among 180 countries

Environmental performance index: India ranks lowest among 180 countries

New Delhi: India has been placed at the bottom on a list of 180 countries judged for their environmental performances by US-based institutions. Denmark topped the 2022 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) published recently by the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, followed by […]