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Five bank accounts of drug cartel frozen in Kashmir: ANTF

Jammu: The Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) on Monday froze five bank accounts amounting to over Rs 54.27 lakh of a drug cartel in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. “We have got five bank accounts frozen of a drug cartel in Kashmir. The head of this cartel is Masood Ahmed Dar of Bijbehara of Anantnag,” […]

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Int’l women’s day: Women farmers take centre stage at protest sites

New Delhi: Thousands of women farmers held protest marches and delivered speeches at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur protest sites at Delhi’s borders on International Women’s Day. Noting that women contribute significantly to the country’s farming sector, the organisers have laid out elaborate plans to let women farmers manage the stage, arrange food and security […]

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India’s 75 years of independence: Public participation should be basis of celebrations says PM Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said when India commemorates its 75 years of independence, the country will take “bold steps” to achieve targets that seemed impossible at some point, and emphasised that celebrations should be based on public participation. Speaking at the first meeting of the 259-member high-level national committee headed by […]

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Rajya Sabha witnesses washout over rising fuel prices

New Delhi: The Opposition’s continuous uproar and persistent demand for a discussion on the increase in petrol, diesel and LPG prices on Monday led to washout of the day’s proceedings in Rajya Sabha. The upper house which met for the first time in the second part of the Budget Session saw repeated adjournments aa the […]

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Soldier found dead near LoC, suicide suspected

Srinagar: A soldier was found dead near the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, an Army official said on Monday. The official said Gunner Trived Prakash, posted at Kachhal, was found dead due to fire from his service weapon, at sentry post on March 7. “The circumstances and reason […]

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Farooq says no to campaigning in upcoming West Bengal polls

Jammu: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said he does not have time to campaign for the Trinamool Congress in the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections. He also asserted that India should abide by the United Nations charter on refugees in dealing with the Rohingya crisis. “I do not have time for campaigning,” Abdullah […]

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China & India should not “undercut” each other; must create ‘enabling conditions’ to resolve border issue: Chinese FM Wang

China & India should not “undercut” each other; must create ‘enabling conditions’ to resolve border issue: Chinese FM Wang

Beijing: China and India should stop “undercutting” each other, shed mutual “suspicion” and create “enabling conditions” by expanding bilateral cooperation to resolve the border issue, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday. Calling the boundary dispute as not the “whole story” of the China-India relationship, Wang said that both countries were friends and partners […]

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ACB registers FIR in Rs 1,000-cr loan default case, raids conducted

Jammu: The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Saturday registered a case against the top officials of Jammu and Kashmir Cooperative Housing Corporation (JKCHC), including its former managing director, in a Rs 1,000 crore loan default case, officials said. Searches were conducted after obtaining warrants from the court at the residential premises of JKCHCL chairman and MD […]

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Omar targets BJP leader Suvendhu Adhikari over Kashmir remarks

Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday hit out at BJP leader Suvendhu Adhikari for his remarks that West Bengal will become like Kashmir if the Trinamool Congress came back to power in the state. “But according to you BJP wallas Kashmir has become paradise after August 2019 so what’s wrong with West Bengal […]

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‘Sticky bombs’: Security forces redraw SOPs; ask public not to leave vehicles unattended

Srinagar: Suspecting that ‘sticky bombs’ may have entered the valley, security forces are redrawing their standard operating procedures and also advising general public not to leave their vehicles unattended, officials said on Sunday. In the middle of last month, the Jammu and Kashmir police recovered an arms consignment consisting of a Improvised Explosive Device (IED) […]