Added on December 17, 2020
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Kolkata: Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Anil Chauhan on Wednesday said there have been no intrusions or major face-offs in the area of responsibility of the Eastern Command since the Ladakh standoff between Indian troops and China’s PLA. He said post the Galwan Valley incident, bonhomie and mutual trust on the Line of Actual Control […]
Added on December 17, 2020
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Stages walkout along with other Congress members
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other members of his party on Wednesday walked out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence, alleging that the panel’s time was being wasted in discussing armed forces’ uniform instead of the crucial issue of national security, sources said. Gandhi was disallowed to speak at the […]
Added on December 17, 2020
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Five deaths also reported during past 24 hours
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 332 fresh COVID-19 infections on Wednesday which took the union territory’s caseload to 1,16,922, while five more fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,817, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 151 were reported from the Kashmir division and 181 from the Jammu division, they said. Jammu district recorded the highest […]
Added on December 17, 2020
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New Delhi: India dropped one spot to 131 among 189 countries in the 2020 human development index, according to a report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Human Development Index is the measure of a nation’s health, education, and standards of living. Life expectancy of Indians at birth in 2019 was 69.7 years […]
Added on December 17, 2020
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Jammu: A 38-year-old man was shot at and injured by an unidentified assailant outside his house in Rajouri district, a police official said on Wednesday. Preliminary investigations suggested personal rivalry as the reason behind the incident, the official said. The man identified as Ranjeet Singh, a resident of Draaj village, was evacuated to hospital and […]
Added on December 17, 2020
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Jammu: The Army on Wednesday celebrated Vijay Diwas in Jammu and Kashmir and paid homage to soldiers who laid down their lives in the 1971 India-Pakistan war, a Northern Command spokesperson said. A large number of Army personnel and ex-servicemen participated in the celebrations held at the Northern Command headquarters in Udhampur, he said. Lt […]
Added on December 16, 2020
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North India shivers as cold wave sweeps many regions
Srinagar: Night temperatures in the Kashmir Valley dipped below the freezing point owing to a clear sky, with the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg shivering at minus 10.2 degrees Celsius, Meteorological department officials said here on Tuesday. All weather stations in the Valley recorded sub-zero night temperatures several degrees below the normal for this part of […]
Added on December 16, 2020
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Jammu: Two people were booked by the police for destroying polling materials in Poonch district, officials said on Tuesday. The presiding officer of the Keri polling station in the Balakot District Development Council constituency informed the Gursai police station about the destruction of polling materials at a booth on Sunday, they said. The application said […]
Added on December 16, 2020
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New Delhi: COVID-19 cases and deaths are declining in India which is very reassuring, the Centre said on Tuesday but cautioned against any laxity saying an overwhelming proportion of the country’s population is still “very very susceptible” to the virus and the situation may escalate unexpectedly. While there is a continuous increasing trend in COVID-19 […]
Added on December 16, 2020
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked the Centre on Tuesday to consider granting break to doctors engaged in COVID-19 duty for the last seven-eight months. The top court said that continuous work might be affecting mental health of doctors. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R S Reddy and M R Shah, which is hearing […]
