Added on February 4, 2021
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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has begun its probe into a blast near the Israeli Embassy here by re-registering the case filed by the Delhi Police, officials said on Wednesday. The Home Ministry on Tuesday gave its nod to the anti-terror probe agency to carry out a detailed investigation into the explosion that […]
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Jammu/Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday claimed her party’s youth wing president Waheed Para, arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police last month, was being kept under “inhuman conditions and tortured” to compel him to admit to false indictment, a charge denied by the police as “unfortunate”. The 61-year-old former chief minister of Jammu […]
Added on February 4, 2021
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Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday alleged her party’s youth wing president Waheed Para, arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, was being kept under “inhuman conditions and tortured” to compel him to admit to false charges. In a series of tweets, Mehbooba said it was shameful and appalling and that such actions discredit […]
Added on February 4, 2021
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Srinagar: The moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference on Wednesday alleged that its leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was still under house arrest and demanded his release. The amalgam contested Union Minister of State G Kishan Reddy’s statement in Parliament that no person is currently under house arrest in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement issued […]
Added on February 3, 2021
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Srinagar: The minimum temperature in Kashmir, barring Srinagar and Pahalgam, improved on Tuesday, even as the MET Office forecast light to moderate rain and snow in some areas over the next three days, officials said. Srinagar and Pahalgam were the only places in the valley where the mercury went down on Monday night, while there […]
Added on February 3, 2021
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New Delhi: Tourist arrivals in Jammu and Kashmir have declined since the revocation of the erstwhile state’s special status, Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel informed Parliament on Tuesday. In a written reply to a query in Rajya Sabha, he said 84,326 tourists visited Kashmir since August 5, 2019 while 87,94,837 visited Jammu and 1,00931 tourists visited […]
Added on February 3, 2021
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New Delhi: As many as 33.8 lakh domicile certificates have been issued in Jammu and Kashmir till January 25, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said that since the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into Union Territories in August 2019, […]
Added on February 3, 2021
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New Delhi: COVID-19 has so far claimed the lives of 162 doctors, 107 nurses and 44 ASHA workers in the country, Rajya Sabha was told on Tuesday. The figures are based on the intimations received from the states till January 22. This was stated by Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey in the […]
Added on February 3, 2021
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New Delhi: The country is showing a declining trend of COVID-19 cases since the last four months and compared to similarly placed nations, the cases and deaths per million population in India is among the lowest, the government told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey was responding to a question […]
Added on February 3, 2021
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Chandigarh: An all-party meeting convened by Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday demanded immediate withdrawal of the three farm laws while holding the BJP-led central government responsible for the substantial delay in resolving the crisis. Terming the violence during the tractor rally on Republic Day in Delhi as sponsored, the meeting also demanded a […]
