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182 new COVID-19 cases, one more death in J-K

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 182 new positive cases on Sunday, bringing the infection count to 1,21,653, while another fatality linked to the pandemic raised the death toll to 1,866, officials said. Of the fresh novel coronavirus cases, 103 were from the Jammu Division and 79 from the Kashmir Division, they said. The officials said […]

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Arms, ammunition seized in  Poonch

Jammu: Security forces Sunday recovered a cache of arms and ammunition near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police officer said. This was the third round of recovery of arms and ammunition in the district following the busting of a three-member module of Jammu and Kashmir Gazanvi Force. […]

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Covid-19 vaccine: India rehearses for massive vaccination drive

Covid-19 vaccine: India rehearses for massive vaccination drive

Vaccine totally safe assures Union health Minister

New Delhi/Chennai: As it came closer to the roll-out of the first COVID-19 vaccine, India held a dry run by all states and union territories on Saturday in preparation for a massive vaccination drive, with Health Minister Harsh Vardhan appealing to people not to be misguided by rumours and disinformation regarding the safety and efficacy […]

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COVID-19 vaccines don’t belong to any political party: Omar

COVID-19 vaccines don’t belong to any political party: Omar

Srinagar: COVID-19 vaccines do not belong to any political party, but humanity, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said on Saturday, hours after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav termed coronavirus vaccines to be rolled out in the country as “vaccine of the BJP”. Taking to Twitter, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said, “I don’t […]

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Stone-pelting incidents dropped by 87.13 pc in 2020: DGP

Stone-pelting incidents dropped by 87.13 pc in 2020: DGP

Jammu: There was a 87.13 per cent dip in incidents of stone-pelting last year as compared to 2019 in Jammu and Kashmir, according to Director General of Police Dilbag Singh. In 2019, there were 1,999 incidents of stone-pelting, of which 1,193 took place after the Centre announced abrogation of the special status of the erstwhile […]

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China hopes Biden will end Trump’s Cold War

China hopes Biden will end Trump’s Cold War

Hopes new Prez will follow sensible approach to restore ties

Beijing: As Joe Biden is set to assume power this month, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday hoped that the US President-elect would end the incumbent Donald Trump’s Cold War policy towards Beijing and return to a sensible approach by restoring normal ties. The Trump administration launched a broadside against China on all fronts, […]

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Exports fall 0.8 pc in Dec, trade deficit widens to USD 15.71 bn

New Delhi: Contracting for the third straight month, India’s exports slipped marginally by 0.8 per cent in December 2020 even as the trade deficit widened to USD 15.71 billion due to the rise in imports. Exports in December 2020 stood at USD 26.89 billion, as compared to USD 27.11 in the same month of 2019, […]

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LeT operations commander Lakhvi arrested in Pakistan

Lahore: Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was arrested on Saturday in Pakistan on terror financing charges, according to an official statement, amidst growing international pressure on Islamabad to bring to justice terrorists roaming free in the country. UN proscribed terrorist Lakhvi, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai […]

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Farmers threaten tractor parade towards Delhi on Jan 26

Farmers threaten tractor parade towards Delhi on Jan 26

New Delhi: Hardening their position ahead of the next round of talks with the government, protesting farmer unions on Saturday said they will take out a tractor parade towards Delhi on January 26, when the country will celebrate Republic Day, if their demands are not met. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be in the […]

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Protesting farmer commits suicide

Ghaziabad: A 75-year-old farmer protesting against the Centre’s new agri laws allegedly hanged himself at the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border in Ghazipur on Saturday morning. Sardar Kashmir Singh, a native of Bilaspur in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur district, hanged himself in a mobile toilet using a rope, police said. Deputy Superintendent of Police of Indirapuram Anshu Jain […]