Added on April 25, 2021
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Tehran: Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency is reporting the country’s civil aviation agency has banned all flights to and from India and Pakistan because of the dramatic surge in coronavirus cases in the two nations. IRNA says the decision was made by Iran’s Health Ministry and it takes effect Saturday at midnight. Mohammad Hassan Zibakhsh, […]
Added on April 25, 2021
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Saturday claimed that he has received a death threat from a Pakistani militant affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). He said he took up the matter with Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh, who assured him that a proper investigation would be carried out in […]
Added on April 25, 2021
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Authored key verdicts, ensured end of internet ban in Kashmir
New Delhi: Justice N V Ramana, the new chief justice of India, has authored path-breaking verdicts as a Supreme Court judge and one of them led to the end of internet ban in Jammu and Kashmir, and another brought the apex court under the ambit of transparency law. Hailing from an agriculturist family of Ponnavaram […]
Added on April 25, 2021
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress president G A Mir on Saturday asked party workers to help the needy and health authorities amid a spike in COVID-19 infections. He expressed concern over the surge in COVID-19 cases and alleged that because of the failure of the central government, people are dying due to lack of oxygen […]
Added on April 25, 2021
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Srinagar: Security forces arrested a militant belonging to the Al-Badr outfit in Budgam district and recovered arms and ammunition from his possession, police said on Saturday. Based on specific information about the presence of militants, security forces launched a search operation in village Nagbal of Chrar-i-Sharif area of the central Kashmir district, a police spokesman […]
Added on April 24, 2021
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Washington: Defending US’ restrictions on the export of key raw materials for the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine that threatens to slow India’s vaccination drive, a senior State Department official has said the Biden administration’s first obligation is to take care of the requirements of the American people. When asked when the Biden administration would decide […]
Added on April 24, 2021
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Islamabad: Pakistan has said that it has consistently underscored the need for a “meaningful” and “result-oriented” dialogue with India and peaceful resolution of all outstanding topics, including on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir. Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry, at a weekly briefing, said that for any “meaningful” and “result oriented dialogue” to take […]
Added on April 24, 2021
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Move aimed to help them tide over pandemic impact
New Delhi: The government on Friday decided to resume providing free food grains to the poor in May and June to help them tide over the economic hardship in the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. “We will provide 5-kg additional food grains for free to PDS beneficiaries under the PMGKAY for two […]
Added on April 24, 2021
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Washington: The US has advised its citizens to avoid travelling to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and the Maldives due to the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in the region. In a series of travel advisories on Thursday, the authorities also urged Americans to reconsider travel to China and Nepal; exercise increased caution while travelling to […]
Added on April 24, 2021
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Toronto: Canada has said it would ban all flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days due to the growing wave of COVID-19 cases in that region. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said the ban would start late Thursday, speaking hours after India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections in the previous […]
