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New Delhi: Thirty-one private sector specialists were on Thursday selected as joint secretaries, directors and deputy secretaries in central government departments, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said. Those selected include three joint secretaries, 19 directors and nine deputy secretaries, it said. Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said it is a major step […]
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New Delhi: COVID-19 will become like the common cold in due course but that will take a while as “there is still so much about coronavirus that we do not understand”, said Sir Malcolm Grant, the Founder Chair of England’s National Health Service. Addressing the India Today Conclave 2021, he said India has got an […]
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Srinagar: The recent attacks on civilians in Kashmir were aimed at creating a wedge between communities and it is the responsibility of the majority community to give a sense of security to our brothers, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Friday. He made an earnest appeal to members of the minority communities in […]
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Leh: Ladakh recorded 12 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the virus tally to 20,843 while the active cases in the union territory was 57 Friday, officials said. Ladakh has registered 207 Covid-related deaths — 149 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. Four patients of coronavirus virus were […]
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Seven civilians killed in five days
Srinagar: A woman principal and a teacher were shot dead at point blank range inside a government school in the heart of the city on Thursday, taking to seven the number of civilians killed by militants in Kashmir Valley in five days. Of the seven, four were from minority communities and six of the deaths […]
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Srinagar: Militants on Thursday hurled a grenade at a security forces bunker in Safakadal area of the city, but there was no loss of life in the blast, officials said. The ultras lobbed the grenade towards a CRPF bunker at Braripora in Safakadal area around 8.40 pm, they said. They said the grenade hit the […]
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New Delhi: Condemning “targeted killings” of innocent people in Jammu and Kashmir, the external affairs ministry on Thursday said these killings highlighted its concerns over cross-border terrorism. “We strongly condemn it. Innocent people are being killed. It is targeted killing. We are worried about cross border terrorism. We keep discussing the issue of cross border […]
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Srinagar: Union Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday said the people of Kashmir are against violence and the recent spate of civilian killings will not break their morale nor will it trample the country’s democracy. Speaking to reporters here, Yadav the Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said the killings of two teachers in […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday held that a retired government employee who is a Kashmiri migrant would not be entitled to retain government accommodation for a period exceeding three years, in Delhi or in the National Capital Region or anywhere in the country. The top court said the three-year period can also be […]
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Jammu: Several organisations staged protest in Jammu on Thursday over the targeted killing of civilians, particularly minorities, by militants in Kashmir. A woman principal and a teacher were shot dead at point blank range inside a government school in the heart of Srinagar on Thursday, taking to seven the number of civilians killed by militants […]