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Covid Surge: Curfew in Maharashtra for 15 days from April 14: CM Thackeray

Mumbai: Maharashtra Government on Tuesday announced a 15-day long statewide curfew from April 14 amid the spike in coronavirus cases in the state. The curfew, which excludes essential services, will come into effect from 8 pm on Wednesday, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said in his address via social media to people of the state. Section […]

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WHO urges pause in market sale of captured live wild animals

Geneva: The United Nations’ health agency on Tuesday urged countries to suspend the sale of live animals captured from the wild in food markets as an emergency measure, saying wild animals are a leading source of emerging infectious diseases like the coronavirus. The World Health Organisation, backed by key partners, issued new guidance saying that […]

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Months after militant attack, Srinagar eatery reopens

Srinagar: “Life cannot stop, we have to move on,” said Ramesh Mehra, the owner of popular food joint Krishna Dhaba here, on Tuesday as he returned to work nearly two months after his son was shot dead by militants. Mehra’s world came crashing down on February 17 when his son, Akash, was shot at by […]

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Woman, daughter missing since Mar 14 rescued

Jammu: A woman and her two-year-old daughter, who were missing from Reasi district for nearly a month, have been rescued, police said. The missing complaint was lodged by Mohd Sharief on March 14 and he had stated that his wife and child were missing from their home, they said. Police said family members and relatives […]

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People have right to raise voice against abrogation of Art 370: Soz

Srinagar: The abrogation of provisions of Article 370 was “wrong” and “unconstitutional” and people of Jammu and Kashmir have every right to raise their voice against it, senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz said on Tuesday. He was reacting to a statement made by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu last week where he said that Jammu […]

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All rural households in JK to get piped water by Sep 2022: JK to Centre

All rural households in JK to get piped water by Sep 2022: JK to Centre

New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has assured the Centre that it would provide piped drinking water to every rural household in the union territory by September 2022 under the Jal Jeevan Mission, ahead of the national deadline, the Jal Shakti ministry said on Monday. The UT has presented its Annual Action Plan (AAP) […]

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Removing 26 verses of Quran absolutely frivolous: SC

Imposes Rs 50K cost on petitioner

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday termed as “absolutely frivolous” a petition filed by former UP Shia Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi seeking removal of 26 verses from holy Quran and dismissed it with a cost of Rs 50,000. A bench of Justices R F Nariman B R Gavai and Hrishikesh Roy rejected the petition […]

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IMD predicts rainfall in JK, other areas

New Delhi/Srinagar: Several parts of the country including Jammu and Kashmir are likely to receive rainfall in the next five days due to different cyclonic circulations, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday. According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the IMD, under the influence of trough and cyclonic circulations over the south […]

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Ten states show steep rise in daily COVID-19 cases

New Delhi: Ten states — Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan have shown a steep rise in the daily COVID-19 cases accounting for 83.02 per cent of the new infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. India’s daily cases continue to rise and 1,68,912 fresh coronavirus […]

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India approves Sputnik-V vaccine for emergency use

New Delhi: An expert panel of India’s central drug authority has recommended granting approval to Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V for emergency use in the country with certain conditions, sources said. The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) on Monday took up the application of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories seeking […]