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Hindu temple attack: Commission on minorities rights submits report to Pak SC

Peshawar: A one-man commission on the rights of minorities submitted its report to Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday on the vandalisation of a Hindu temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, recommending that the shrine’s land should be retrieved from land grabbers and the government should conduct a detailed inquiry into the attack. The commission’s chairman, Shuaib […]

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Covid-19: After 9 months, schools reopen in Aurangabad, Nagpur, Pune

Aurangabad/Nagpur/Pune: After remaining closed for over nine months due to the COVID-19 outbreak, schools reopened on Monday for students of select classes in Aurangabad, Nagpur and Pune cities of Maharashtra with all protocols and precautions in place, officials said. In Nagpur city, 67 teaching and five non-teaching staff tested positive for COVID-19 during tests conducted […]

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Pakistan delays reopening of schools, colleges to Jan 18

Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday delayed the planned phased reopening of educational institutions to January 18, as 1,895 new coronavirus cases were reported in the country in the last 24 hours. With the new cases, Pakistan’s COVID-19 caseload stands at 488,529, according to official data. In the last 24 hours, 39 people have died due to […]

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Ladakh’s COVID-19 tally rises to 9,956

Leh: Ladakh’s COVID-19 caseload climbed to 9,956 on Monday as six more people tested positive for the disease, officials said. All the six fresh cases were reported from Leh district, they said. So far, Ladakh has recorded a total of 127 COVID-19 deaths with Leh alone accounting for 84, the officials said. With the recovery […]

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Snowfall leads to suspension of flights at Srinagar airport

Snowfall leads to suspension of flights at Srinagar airport

Srinagar: Moderate snowfall across the Kashmir Valley led to suspension of flight operations at the Srinagar airport on Sunday, officials said.The air traffic control did not allow flights to operate due to the bad weather as it continued to snow throughout the day. The visibility was also poor. A blanket of snow covered Kashmir on […]

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11 injured as bus falls into gorge in J-K’s Doda

Bhaderwah: At least 11 people were injured on Sunday when a passenger bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The bus was on its way from Bhaderwah to Jammu when its driver lost control due to slippery conditions near Ganpat bridge. The […]

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Centre to provide liberal funding to make J&K power-surplus region: Union minister

Jammu: Stating that Jammu and Kashmir is a challenge as far as providing round-the-clock electricity to consumers is concerned, Union minister R K Singh on Sunday said the Centre would spend “liberally” to tap the immense potential of the Union Territory in the sector to make it a power-surplus region. However, he said a conducive […]

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Probe agencies carrying out ‘audit’ of my father’s grave: Mehbooba Mufti

Srinagar:”Let them prove a single case, I am ready to face the consequences,” said PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti about the cases being probed by various investigating agencies, including the NIA which has arrested a senior leader of her party on terror funding charges. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also said it is mortifying […]

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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. […]