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Charas smuggled from Kashmir seized in Mumbai: Police

Mumbai: Mumbai Police have seized “high quality” Charas worth Rs 14.44 crore, which was brought from Kashmir in a car, and arrested a man, his wife, daughter and one other person in this connection, an official said on Tuesday. Acting on a specific information received by units 6 and 7 of the Mumbai crime branch, […]

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Traffic management of drones: Govt notifies framework for operations in lower airspace

New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry has notified a traffic management framework for drones under which public and private third-party service providers will manage their movement in the airspace under 1,000 feet. Current air traffic management (ATM) systems have not been designed to handle the traffic from unmanned aircraft, the framework issued on October 24 […]

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Govt forcibly retires five CBI officers, senior advocate

New Delhi: The government has compulsorily retired five CBI officers and a senior public prosecutor, sources said Tuesday. The five CBI officers include an assistant superintendent of police and four deputy superintendents of police. The officers and a senior public prosecutor were compulsorily retired by the president with immediate effect in public interest under clause […]

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Leopard caught in Jammu, shifted to Manda zoo

Jammu: A leopard was caught by the wildlife department after it strayed into a village in the outskirts of Jammu on Tuesday, officials said. The leopard ran into a trap laid by villagers of Bhalwal-Brahmana in Akhnoor to safeguard their maize crop from damage by wild animals, they said. They said the villagers were surprised […]

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Child pillion passenger: MoRTH proposes 40 kmph speed limit for motorcycles

New Delhi: To introduce safety measures for child passengers, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has proposed that the speed limit of a motorcycle, with a child up to 4 years of age being carried as a pillion, shall not be more than 40 kmph. The ministry in a draft notification has also […]

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Climate talks: UN chief laments ‘leadership gap’

Climate talks: UN chief laments ‘leadership gap’

Berlin: The head of the United Nations says a leadership gap is undermining the world’s efforts to curb global warming, days before presidents and prime ministers from around the globe gather for a climate summit in Glasgow. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters Tuesday that time is running out to cut greenhouse gas emissions to […]

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Review of Covaxin by WHO underway: Official

Says recommendation expected within 24 hours

United Nations/Geneva: A technical advisory group of the World Health Organisation was on Tuesday reviewing data on Covaxin for the emergency use listing of India’s indigenously-made vaccine and it could pronounce its decision within the next 24 hours or so, a spokesperson said. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, which has developed Covaxin, had submitted EOI (Expression of […]

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HM’s JK visit: Not Pak, Govt will engage with youth: Amit Shah

HM’s JK visit: Not Pak, Govt will engage with youth: Amit Shah

Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the government would rather hold talks with the youth and “brothers and sisters” of the Valley than Pakistan as suggested by National Conference president Farooq Abdullah. He also said the only intention behind repealing Article 370 was to put Kashmir and Jammu on the path of […]

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Shah inaugurates Houseboat Festival in Srinagar

Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday inaugurated a Houseboat Festival organised by the Department of Tourism of Jammu and Kashmir at the famous Dal Lake here, officials said. The minister also witnessed a musical fountain and laser show, that, he said, was “a mesmerising experience”. The Houseboat Festival has been organised as part […]

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Poonch-Rajouri encounter: Firing resumes as search operation enters 15th day

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Jammu: Heavy firing was reported from a forest area as a massive search operation to track down hiding militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri entered the 15th day on Monday, officials said. It was not immediately clear whether the firing in Bhatti Durrian forest was the result of a […]