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New Delhi: International oil prices rose after OPEC and its allies ignored India’s plea to ease production control, with Saudi Arabia asking New Delhi to instead use oil it bought at rock bottom rates last year. Brent crude, the most widely used benchmark, on Friday rose nearly 1 per cent to USD 67.44 a barrel […]
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Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has approached the Jammu and Kashmir High Court against an Enforcement Directorate order attaching his properties worth nearly Rs 12 crore in a case of alleged money laundering. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister challenged the December 2020 order before the high court on Wednesday. It is scheduled […]
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New Delhi: India’s resolute response on its borders has helped in positive and peaceful resolution of certain significant issues and the country has nurtured close relations with like-minded nations to further common security interests, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. Last month, India and Pakistan had announced that they have agreed to observe all […]
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Srinagar: The moderate Hurriyat Conference on Friday claimed that the Jammu and Kashmir authorities have gone back on their decision to release its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq from preventive custody. On Thursday, a close aide of Farooq had claimed that curbs on the movement of the Mirwaiz had been lifted. The administration, however, neither confirmed […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said the Centre’s guidelines on regulating social media do not have any provision for taking appropriate action against digital platforms showing inappropriate content. It also granted protection from arrest to Amazon Prime Video’s India head Aparna Purohit in FIRs lodged over web series Tandav. A bench comprising justices Ashok […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the country is on track to achieving its climate goals well before the target date as it switches over to energy-efficient mediums and uses waste to generate energy. Speaking after accepting the 2021 CERAWeek Global Energy & Environment Leadership Award for his commitment to energy sustainability […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan is not planning to buy vaccines anytime soon as it aims to tackle the COVID-19 challenge through herd immunity and donated vaccines from friendly countries like China, authorities have said. So far, four vaccines Sinophram (China), Oxford-AstraZeneca (UK), Sputnik-V (Russia) and Cansino Bio (China) have been registered in the country. National Health Service […]
Added on March 5, 2021
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Says its policy on Kashmir has not changed
Washington: The US has said that it does not view its relationships with India and Pakistan as a “zero-sum proposition” and welcomed the steps taken by New Delhi to return the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to full economic and political normalcy consistent with India’s democratic values. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price also told […]
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday made security clearance from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) mandatory for drawing salary and allowances of new entrants into government service in the union territory. The order was issued by Commissioner-Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD), Manoj Dwivedi. “In terms of government order, security clearance from the Criminal […]
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New Delhi: The Delimitation Commission, a panel for redrawing the parliamentary and Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, has got a one-year extension, a move indicating that the Assembly polls in the Union Territory would not be held anytime soon. A gazette notification issued by the government on Wednesday night said the panel, headed by […]
