Added on March 4, 2021
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Jammu: Protesting the recent killing of an eatery owner’s son in Srinagar, a group of traders staged a protest here on Wednesday and demanded safety and security of the non-local businessmen working in the Kashmir valley. Akash Mehra was shot at by militants inside the Krishna Dhaba, a popular eatery in a high-security area of […]
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Srinagar: An Army officer allegedly shot himself dead at an Army depot in Khonmoh area of Srinagar on Wednesday, officials said here. Lieutenant Colonel Sudeep Bhagat, who was posted at the depot, died on the spot, they said. It was not immediately known why the officer took such an extreme step. Meanwhile, a 24-year-old soldier […]
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Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday asked the forest department to focus on increasing the ‘hangul’ (Kashmiri stag) population at the Dachigam National Park and opening the destination to a limited number of tourists. Sinha was addressing the passing-out ceremony of 98 forest guards here. The 32nd batch of the Soil Conservation Training School […]
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New Delhi: Closure of 1.5 million schools due to coronavirus pandemic and the resultant lockdowns in 2020 impacted 247 million children enrolled in elementary and secondary schools in India, a UNICEF report has found. Globally, schools for more than 168 million children have been completely closed for almost a full year, it said. The report […]
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New Delhi: The CBI arrested a patwari allegedly while receiving a bribe in a mutation case, official said on Wednesday. This is the first trap operation in Kashmir valley since the erstwhile state was bifurcated into union territories in 2019, while the agency has carried out four such operations in Jammu division. Mohammad Afzal, a […]
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Jammu: A case was registered in Reasi district on Wednesday after the severed head of a calf was found on a roadside in the region. A police spokesperson said the calf head was found at the Mandi Mohalla locality of Reasi town. The case was registered at the Reasi police station under IPC section 295-A […]
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New Delhi: Those who have recovered from COVID-19 respond faster to the Covishield vaccine and reach high antibody levels, says a study, leading to hopes that they may not need a second dose and therefore help widen India’s corona immunisation cover. The study on the immune response to Covishield was carried out by researchers from […]
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Washington: President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the US expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all adult Americans by the end of May, two months earlier than anticipated, as his administration announced that drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s newly approved shot. The announcement comes as the […]
Added on March 3, 2021
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Jammu: A few hours after a section of Congress workers burnt an effigy of Ghulam Nabi Azad here on Tuesday and accused him of conspiring against the party at the behest of the BJP, another group of their colleagues came out in Azad’s support, bringing a rift within the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the […]
Added on March 3, 2021
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New Delhi: The BJP Tuesday took a swipe at the Congress amid a vocal dissidence within the opposition party, saying its ideology is all about fulfilling the Gandhi family’s “ambition”, and anyone speaking against it or standing with the rightful agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is castigated. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told a press […]
