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Says lot needs to be done during the next 9 years
New Delhi: Asserting that the 2014-29 period between the 16th to 18th Lok Sabha is “very important” for a young democracy like India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the last six years have been “historic” for the country’s development and a lot remains to be done in the remaining period. As the age […]
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Jerusalem: Israeli media reported Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia for a clandestine meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which would mark the first known encounter between senior Israeli and Saudi officials. Hebrew-language media cited an unnamed Israeli official as saying that Netanyahu and Yossi Cohen, head of Israel’s Mossad […]
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Jammu: The BJP is doing the politics of ballot to strengthen democracy in Jammu and Kashmir, Union minister Anurag Thakur has said as he lashed out at the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and accused it of playing the politics of bullets to scare the people in the union territory. He also asserted that […]
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Beijing: China said on Monday that it will launch its first unmanned space mission on Tuesday to collect samples from the moon’s surface and return to earth, which its scientists say is one of the country’s most complicated and challenging space missions. China National Space Administration (CNSA) said that the fuelling of the Long March-5 […]
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Jammu: BSF troops on Monday shot dead a Pakistani intruder along the International Border (IB) in Samba district, officials said. The body is lying on the zero line and has not been retrieved yet, they said. The officials said the incident took place in the Check Faqeera border outpost area when BSF personnel noticed some […]
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Banihal: A vehicle fell into the Chenab river in Ramban district and was swept away on Monday evening, prompting the authorities to launch a rescue operation, police said. It was not immediately known how many persons in the vehicle, which was going to Kashmir along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. It was swept away by the […]
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir BJP on Monday criticised the state election commission (SEC) for issuing a “faulty and discriminatory” postal ballot scheme notification for displaced Kashmiri migrants for the ensuing district development council (DDC) polls. The party alleged that it was a deliberate attempt at the bureaucracy level to keep the community out of […]
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Islamabad: A little over two months after students across Pakistan returned to classes, the authorities on Monday decided to close all educational institutions again from November 26 to January 10 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed nearly 7,700 lives and infected over 3.7 lakh people in the country. The decision was taken at […]
Added on November 24, 2020
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Civil society calls for week-long shutdown
Leh: The COVID-19 death toll in the Union Territory of Ladakh reached 100 as two more people died due to the infection in Leh district, thereby prompting the civil society to call for a self-imposed week-long shutdown here from Monday to contain the spread of the virus. A total of 73 people tested positive for […]
Added on November 24, 2020
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Jammu: A 45-year-old man, who was recently arrested for his alleged involvement in cross-border narcotic smuggling, died due to some “health problems” at a police station here on Monday, an official said. Kuldeep Kumar, a resident of Akhnoor, was lodged in the lockup at R S Pura police station and complained of chest pain before […]
