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Army personnel rescue 12 people from overturned bus in Ladakh

Leh: Twelve passengers, including five children, trapped inside an overturned mini-bus following an accident were rescued by the Army and provided necessary medical assistance here, a defence spokesperson said on Tuesday. Two passenger mini-buses collided with each other on the Shyok-Durbuk road on Monday, following which one of the vehicles turned turtle, he said. The […]

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India joins Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

Will work with partners to build 'inclusive and flexible' structure: PM Modi

Tokyo: India on Monday joined a US-led initiative to set up an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) to bind partner countries to achieve common goals with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that New Delhi will work towards making it an “inclusive and flexible” structure to pave the way for peace and prosperity in the region. Rolling […]

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Police nabs five hybrid’ terrorists of LeT

Three were involved in killing of sarpanch last month

Srinagar: Police Monday said they have arrested five ‘hybrid’ terrorists of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, three of whom were allegedly involved in the killing of a sarpanch in Baramulla district last month. The arrests were made during separate police actions — two of them were held with arms and ammunition in the Srinagar city […]

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Declared dead, newborn found alive at graveyard

Banihal: A baby girl who was declared dead in a hospital here soon after her birth on Monday was found to be alive when her family was forced to dig up her grave nearly an hour after she was buried, officials said. Locals in the area objected to her burial in their graveyard and insisted […]

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‘Some in administration creating controversies to defame BJP’: Raina

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Monday alleged that a lobby is working to defame his party as he tried to pacify angry workers protesting the re-advertising of posts under three schemes where these people were employed. The government had on Friday re-advertised ‘Rehbar-e-Janglat’, Rehbar-e-Zirat’ and Rehbar-e-Khel’ posts through the Service Selection […]

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No plans to disengage ‘Rehbar-e-Khel’, other employees: Govt

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday said it has no plans to disengage employees working under its ‘Rehbar-e-Khel’, ‘Rehbar-e-Janglat’ and Nehru Yuva Club schemes. The clarification comes amid a massive outrage over a purported move to re-advertise posts under these schemes through the Services Selection Board, with extra weightage and age relaxation for those […]

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Pfizer says 3 COVID shots protect children under five

Pfizer says 3 COVID shots protect children under five

Washington: Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots. The news comes after months of anxious waiting by parents desperate to vaccinate […]

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Bicycle-sharing system evokes overwhelming response in Jammu

Bicycle-sharing system evokes overwhelming response in Jammu

Jammu: The new bicycle-sharing system launched by Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) has received an overwhelming response from the people with over 2,500 registrations and 10,000 rides within a span of three weeks, an official said on Monday. JSCL, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) constituted in August 2017 by the Jammu and Kashmir government for […]

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Family pension rules for missing central government employees relaxed: Union Minister

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said family pension rules for missing central government employees have been relaxed, in a major relief for kin of those serving in militancy-affected areas such as Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast as well as Naxalism-hit regions. According to an order, in all cases where a government […]

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Police asked to identify fake media groups’ in Ramban

Banihal/Jammu: Taking serious note of mushrooming of illegal web news channels, authorities in Ramban on Monday asked police to identify all such fake media groups which are operating without any proper registration in the district. The decision of the District Magistrate, Ramban, Mussarat Islam to verify the antecedents and source of funding of all so-called […]