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Councillor, his personal security guard killed
Srinagar: A municipal councillor and his personal security guard were shot dead by militants during a meeting of the urban local body in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. Unidentified gunmen barged into the premises of the Sopore Municipal Council around 1.15 pm and shot at the councillors and security personnel while […]
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Dushanbe: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Tajikistan’s capital on Monday to attend a key conference on Afghanistan, where representatives from around 50 countries and international organisations would discuss building regional consensus around the peace process in the war-torn country. “Touchdown in Dushanbe. Look forward to my bilateral visit and attending the Heart of […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said no meeting has been “finalised or requested” so far with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on the sidelines of the ‘Heart of Asia’ conference on Tuesday at Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe, according to a media report on Monday. The participation of both the ministers at the conference […]
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Beijing: China said on Monday that it was “happy” over the recent “active interactions” between Pakistan and India, indicating that it would like to work with Islamabad to inject “more positive energy” into regional peace, stability and development. The militaries of India and Pakistan announced on February 25 that they have agreed to strictly observe […]
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Jammu: There was an increase in accumulated balances in 1,138 bank accounts of three departments in Jammu and Kashmir between 2014 and 2019 due to factors such as improper planning and undisbursed funds for relief or compensation to victims of militancy and natural disasters, the CAG has said. It is recommended that there is an […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded 235 new positive COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally to 1,30,228, even as no fresh death due to the disease was reported in the Union territory in the past 24 hours, officials said. These fresh cases also include 58 travellers, they said. Out of the new cases, 51 […]
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Srinagar: The Sajad Lone-led Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference received a shot in the arm as three former legislators from the NC and the PDP joined the party here on Monday. Former minister Syed Basharat Bukhari, who recently left the National Conference; former MLA Peer Mansoor, who was associated with the Peoples Democratic Party since […]
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SrinagarL A CRPF constable who suffered injuries in militant firing died at a hospital here on Monday, taking the death toll in the attack in Lawaypora on the outskirts of Srinagar last week to three, officials said. Constable Jagannath Ray succumbed to injuries at the SKIMS Hospital in Soura after battling for life for four […]
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Srinagar: Security forces have seized a cache of arms and ammunition, including five AK assault rifles, from an area close to the Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, an army official said on Monday. “In a major success to security forces deployed in Karnah, a huge recovery was made in the late hours […]
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Beijing: A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is extremely unlikely, according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press. The findings offer little new insight into how the […]
