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Islamabad: Pakistan’s textile ministry headed by Prime Minister Imran Khan has recommended the lifting of a ban on the import of cotton from India to bridge the raw material shortfall the country’s textile sector was facing, according to a media report on Tuesday. The Ministry of Textile Industry has sought permission from the Economic Coordination […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir State Executive Committee on Tuesday put Srinagar district in the orange category in view of the rising number of COVID positive cases. According to an order issued by Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam, who is also the chairperson of the SEC, Srinagar district has been put in orange category while […]
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Srinagar: A municipal councillor, who was injured in a militant attack at Sopore Municipal Council in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, died at a hospital here, taking the death toll in the incident to three, police said on Tuesday. Shamsuddin Peer succumbed to injuries this morning, while another councillor Reyaz Ahmad and his personal security […]
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Jammu: In a major setback to the PDP, its senior leader and former MLC Surinder Choudhary on Tuesday resigned from the basic membership of the party, saying it has been hijacked by “drawing-room politicians, land grabbers and land mafia” members. He said he was leaving the party because it has been hijacked and not under […]
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PM wishes him speedy recovery
Srinagar: Veteran politician and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday and he received wishes for speedy recovery from several leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a tweet this morning, the National Conference (NC) leader’s son Omar Abdullah informed about his father testing positive for the coronavirus and also urged […]
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Dushanbe: India on Tuesday underlined that for ensuring durable peace in war-torn Afghanistan, genuine “double peace” — peace within the country and peace around it — was essential. Addressing the 9th Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference here in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also highlighted that it requires harmonising the interests of […]
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President, defence minister latest victims
Islamabad: Pakistan’s top leadership has been hit by the coronavirus with President Dr Arif Alvi and Defence Minister Pervez Khattak contracting it, days after Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife tested positive for the disease which is now raging in the country. On Monday, President Alvi tweeted that he had tested positive for the […]
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday registered a disproportionate assets case against an assistant executive engineer. The case was registered against Bashir Ahmad Mir, presently posted as AEE, Jammu and Kashmir Project Construction Corporation at Anantnag, an ACB spokesman said. “The suspect was found to be in possession of huge assets […]
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Beijing/Geneva: A team of WHO experts, which probed the origin of the novel coronavirus, said that it has “not yet” found the source of the deadly virus and called for further studies to find answers to questions, including allegations that it could have emanated from a bio lab, need to be addressed. The report of […]
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee president G A Mir on Tuesday called for meaningful dialogue with Pakistan, saying talks are the only way forward in heralding lasting peace in the region. “Peace will remain elusive until the two neighbours (India and Pakistan) sit together and work towards ending their differences in an amicable […]
