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New Delhi: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 68 crore with more than 62.25 lakh jabs administered Saturday, the health ministry said. The daily tally is expected to increase further as the 7 pm provisional report gets updated with the compilation of the final numbers for the day […]
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Jammu: The cross-examination of witnesses in the three-decade-old cases of the gunning down of four IAF personnel and the abduction of then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s daughter Rubaiya Sayeed in Jammu and Kashmir began at a special court here on Saturday. Abdul Rehman Sofi, a prosecution witness in both the cases, and Saleem […]
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Jammu: An X-band doppler weather radar has been installed here to provide improved weather services to people of Jammu and Kashmir, the India Meteorological Department said on Saturday. Union minister Jitendra Singh will dedicate the radar along with an indigenous GPS based pilot-sonde to public at the meteorological office in Jammu on Sunday, it said […]
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SC collegium recommends 68 names to Centre
New Delhi: In an unprecedented decision, the Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana has recommended as many as 68 names in one go for appointment as judges in 12 high courts, including in Allahabad, Rajasthan and Calcutta, that are facing a severe crunch of judges. The three-member Collegium, […]
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New Delhi: A visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US later this month is likely to depend on the finality over hosting of the first in-person summit of the Quad leaders by the Biden administration, people familiar with the development said on Saturday. The tentative schedule explored for the visit was between September […]
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Islamabad: The Biden administration is quietly pressing Pakistan to cooperate on combating dreaded terrorist groups such as the ISIS-K and Al Qaeda following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, according to a set of leaked documents and diplomatic cables to a prominent US media outlet. The Dawn newspaper on Saturday carried a report quoting a news […]
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Washington: At least 50,000 Afghans are expected to be admitted into the United States following the fall of Kabul as part of an enduring commitment” to help people who aided the American war effort and others who are particularly vulnerable under Taliban rule, the secretary of homeland security said on Friday. Tens of thousands of […]
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Srinagar: The Ladakh administration on Saturday issued an order to temporarily define ‘Resident of Union territory of Ladakh’ for the purpose of appointment to all non-gazetted posts and also relax the age limit for entry into government service by two years. According to Ladakh Resident Certificate Order 2021, any person who possesses a Permanent Resident […]
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New Delhi: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Saturday said the pendency of cases has become a “challenge” and it is in the lower courts where “we really need to look with urgency”. Rijiju said the government will always try to ensure not only the independence of judiciary but also to support and strengthen it. Speaking […]
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Chandigarh: The Border Security Force opened fire on a suspected drone along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, an official said Saturday. The BSF troops heard the humming sound of the drone early on Saturday and then fire upon it, said the BSF official in a statement. A special search operation was carried […]
