Added on January 16, 2021
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Jammu: Congress workers clashed with police on Friday when they were stopped from marching to the Raj Bhawan here as part of a protest called in support of farmers agitating against the Centre’s new agri laws. Police lathi-charged the marchers and briefly detained some of them, an officer said. Led by Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh […]
Added on January 16, 2021
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Awantipora: The Indian Army has changed its standard operating procedure (SOP) for anti-militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir to now focus on ensuring surrenders during live encounters notwithstanding the threat to the lives of its personnel — a policy that has helped save the lives of 17 youths in the last six months. On the […]
Added on January 16, 2021
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Wants data to be deleted after exercise is over
New Delhi: The Election Commission will extend “full assistance” to the government in identifying targeted beneficiaries at the polling station level for the COVID-19 vaccination drive, but wants health authorities to delete the data once the inoculation exercise is over, sources privy to the development said on Friday. On December 31 last year, Union Home […]
Added on January 16, 2021
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New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests to finalise the “Extended Producer Responsibility” (EPR) regime for plastic waste within three months saying that steps taken by it were “too slow”. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said unscientific management of plastic waste is a […]
Added on January 16, 2021
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New Delhi: Protesting farmer unions stuck to their demand for a complete repeal of three contentious farm laws at their ninth round of talks with three central ministers but while the government asked them to be more flexible in their approach and expressed willingness for necessary amendments, as the two sides decided to meet again […]
Added on January 16, 2021
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Washington: US security agencies have arrested more than 100 individuals for their criminal activities in last week’s siege of the Capitol and are monitoring an extensive amount of concerning online chatter ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, FBI Director Christopher Wray said. The violence on January 6 by outgoing President Donald Trump’s […]
Added on January 16, 2021
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Mamuju (Indonesia): A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sulawesi island just after midnight, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least 42 people. More than 600 people were injured by the magnitude 6.2 quake, which sent people fleeing their homes in the darkness on Friday. Authorities were still collecting information about the full […]
Added on January 16, 2021
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Jammu: Five people were arrested here on Thursday in connection with an attempt to murder case, police said. A written complaint was lodged at police station Bagh-e-Bahu by Parvinder Singh claiming that he was attacked by five people, namely Rasvinder Singh, Ravinder Pal Singh, Surjeet Singh, Pawandeep Singh and Amarjeet Singh along with other unknown […]
Added on January 15, 2021
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Dal Lake freezes partially
Srinagar: A major portion of Kashmir’s famous Dal Lake and several other water bodies froze on Thursday as the cold wave in the valley continued with Srinagar recording the coldest night in 30 years, officials said here. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 8.4 degrees Celsius, which was the coldest temperature recorded in the city […]
Added on January 15, 2021
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Srinagar: Authorities here on Thursday deployed SDRF personnel in the Dal Lake, which has frozen due to record low minimum temperature in Kashmir, to prevent people from walking on the frozen surface of the water body. “Due to freezing temperatures, many water bodies in the valley, including the world famous Dal Lake have frozen. It […]
