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Security forces alert to threat of drones from across border: BSF

Jammu: The threat of drones is present everywhere along the Indo-Pakistan border but security forces are alert to foil any nefarious design from across the border in the region, a senior Border Security Force (BSF) said on Monday. He said that Army and BSF are fully dominating the Line of Control (LoC) to ensure the […]

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Suspected terrorist arrested with IED in Doda

Jammu: A suspected terrorist was arrested Monday, along with an improvised explosive device (IED), from his house in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior police officer said. The arrest and recovery of the IED followed busting of a module run by local Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammad Amin alias Khubaib , who is presently […]

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Man, his son drown in river at Kathua

Jammu: A man and his son died after drowning in a river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Monday, officials said. Ashok was taking a bath in the Naaz-Phinnu river in the Billawar area, when he slipped into deep waters, they said. His father Seva Rama jumped into river to save him but both […]

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Target killings: Protests demanding transfer of KP, Dogra employees from Kashmir continue

Target killings: Protests demanding transfer of KP, Dogra employees from Kashmir continue

Jammu: Dogras and Kashmiri Pandits on Monday continued their protests demanding that employees from the two communities posted in Kashmir be relocated here in the wake of the targeted killings of minorities in the Valley. Dogra employees assembled under the banner of “All Jammu-based Reserved Categories Employees Association” at Panama Chowk here for the sixth […]

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1.57 Cr fine collected for traffic rules violations in Ladakh till April-end

Leh: The Ladakh traffic police has collected over Rs 1.50 crore as fines for rules violations till April-end, following which the authorities launched a traffic rules enforcement drive ahead of the tourist season, officials said. A fine of Rs 1,57,25,750 has been collected by the traffic authorities till the end of April 2022 for different […]

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BJP suspends Nupur, expels Naveen in damage-control exercise; says it respects all religions

BJP suspends Nupur, expels Naveen in damage-control exercise; says it respects all religions

New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal as the row over their alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet (PBUH) escalated with protests from some Muslim countries. Amid demonstrations by Muslim groups and the sharp reaction from countries like Kuwait, Qatar and Iran, […]

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Qatar, Iran and Kuwait summon Indian envoys over controversial remarks of BJP leader

Doha/Tehran: Qatar, Iran and Kuwait on Sunday summoned India’s Ambassadors and the key Gulf nations expressed their strong protest and condemnation of the controversial remarks of a BJP leader against Prophet (PBUH). Seeking to defuse a diplomatic row, spokespersons of the Indian Embassy in Qatar and Kuwait said that the Ambassadors “conveyed that the tweets […]

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Militants are attacking civilians in ‘desperation to provoke security forces’, says LG Sinha

Srinagar: Militants are attacking innocent civilians in desperation to provoke security forces , Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday, as he appealed to the people of the Union territory to isolate terror elements to promote peace. Addressing the ‘One Earth, Shared Future’ programme organised by the forest department on the World […]

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Govt made series of efforts to boost pro-people governance: PM

Govt made series of efforts to boost pro-people governance: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shared details of various initiatives of his government, and asserted that it has made a series of efforts to boost pro-people governance which helps the poor, youth, farmers, women and the marginalised. Modi shared articles from his website that had details of the government’s reforms in defence […]

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IED blast outside Udhampur court

LeT terrorist, two associates arrested: Officials

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist and his two associates in connection with the low-intensity IED explosion outside a court complex in Udhampur district in March in which one person was killed and 14 were injured, officials said on Saturday. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh told […]