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Srinagar: A petition of veteran politician Farooq Abdullah challenging an order of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of attaching his properties in the erstwhile state will come up for hearing on Monday before a new judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. The plea, which has given a detailed reason for cancelling the provision attachment […]
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Kisan Tehreek on Sunday demanded minimum support price (MSP) and agricultural loans to small farmers and orchardists of the union territory. In a daylong conference in Kathua district, the farmers’ organisation also expressed concern over the lack of procurement centres and inadequate compensation to farmers of Jammu and Kashmir. CPI(M) […]
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Mumbai: A 56-year-old Jammu and Kashmir resident has gone missing a day after his son got married in Kalina in Mumbai’s Santacruz area, police said on Sunday. Mohanlal Sharma had reached the city along with his family members on February 28 and his son got married on Friday, an official said. “He went missing on […]
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Bengaluru: India plans to launch on March 28 an earth observation satellite that will provide it near real-time images of its borders and also enable quick monitoring of natural disasters. GISAT-1 is slated to be lofted into space by GSLV-F10 rocket from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district, about 100 kms north of Chennai. […]
Added on March 7, 2021
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Says opposition playing politics at the cost of agri-economy
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday said the government is ready to amend three new farm laws to respect the sentiments of protesting farmers, even as he attacked opposition parties for doing politics on this issue at the cost of agriculture economy and by hurting farmers’ interest. Addressing the 5th national convention […]
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New Delhi: The Centre has asked states and union territories witnessing surge in new COVID-19 cases and high active caseload to continue with the strategy of “test, track and treat” that had yielded rich dividends at the height of the pandemic and accelerate vaccination for priority population groups in districts reporting higher infections on mission […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 79 new positive COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 1,26,932, even as one fresh death due to the virus was reported in the past 24 hours, officials said. The death toll in the Union territory due to the pandemic is 1,961 after one fresh death was reported from […]
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Srinagar: Security forces have arrested two residents of Uttar Pradesh from Kulgam district of south Kashmir following recovery of a pistol from their possession, officials said on Saturday. The accused have been identified as Mohammad Danish Sedaqi and Mohammad Nawshad Nayi, both residents of Rajatpur in Uttar Pradesh. The police, Army and CRPF apprehended the […]
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Jammu: Three persons, including a woman, were on Saturday booked by the Crime Branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police for allegedly duping a man of Rs 1.92 crore on the pretext of selling him a house in a posh area here, officials said. The crime branch registered a criminal case against Rakesh Kumar Gupta, […]
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Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization called Friday for patent rights to be waived until the end of the coronavirus pandemic so that vaccine supplies can be dramatically increased, saying these unprecedented times warrant the move. At a press briefing, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries with their own vaccine capacity should […]
