Added on December 30, 2020
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New Delhi: About 45 per cent of all COVID-19 deaths in the country have been reported in those below 60 years of age while 70 per cent of total fatalities from the infection were registered in men, the Health ministry said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 63 per […]
Added on December 30, 2020
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded 234 fresh COVID-19 cases, while four more people died due to the disease in the last 24 hours, officials said. The union territory’s COVID-19 tally has mounted to 1,20,527 and the death toll stands at 1,879, they said. Out of the fresh cases, 131 were from Kashmir and […]
Added on December 30, 2020
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Jammu: The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday registered a case against several persons for allegedly duping two brothers of Rs 80 lakh on the pretext of selling over two kanals of prime land here, an official said. Ajay Bali and Rajinder Singh along with other persons were booked after an investigation, […]
Added on December 30, 2020
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Hilal Rather, son of a former National Conference minister, in a Rs 177 crore bank fraud case. Hilal, son of former finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather, was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on January 17 for his alleged involvement in misappropriation of […]
Added on December 30, 2020
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Srinagar: Militants opened fire at security forces during a cordon-and-search operation in the Parimpora area of the city on Tuesday but no casualties were reported, officials said. The ultras fired on the security forces personnel conducting the search operation in the area, they added. The cordon has been strengthened and the searches have been intensified […]
Added on December 30, 2020
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Srinagar: A CRPF officer and an Army jawan, injured in separate incidents of militancy-related violence in Jammu and Kashmir last week, have succumbed to their injuries, officials said on Tuesday. Assistant sub-inspector of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Netrapal Singh, who got injured in a grenade attack at Ganderbal on December 23, died at […]
Added on December 30, 2020
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New Delhi: The year 2020 exposed the vulnerability of our cultural heritage which is dependent on tourism for its survival and forced the government to look at alternatives to keep not just the sites and monuments alive, but also to position India as the choice of destination when the coronavirus pandemic ends. While acknowledging that […]
Added on December 30, 2020
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Mumbai: Mumbai Police have submitted a C summary report before a metropolitan court here in a case filed against a woman who was accused of holding a “Free Kashmir” poster during a protest held at the Gateway of India against the JNU violence in January this year, a senior police official said on Tuesday. A […]
Added on December 29, 2020
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Srinagar: Many areas in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall even as there was improvement in the minimum temperature across the Valley, providing some respite from the cold to the residents, officials said on Monday. Fresh snowfall was recorded in many areas in the higher reaches of the valley and the […]
Added on December 29, 2020
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New Delhi: La Nina seemed to have played a critical role in influencing the country’s weather in 2020 which was a second consecutive year of above normal rainfall with below normal temperatures in the winter and less occurrence of heat waves. The year also saw formation of five cyclones in the seas along eastern and […]
