Added on September 1, 2021
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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that Rs 50,000 crore is expected to be invested in Jammu and Kashmir after the unveiling of a new central scheme for industries. Launching a web portal for registration of industrial units under the ‘New Central Sector Scheme’ in Jammu and Kashmir, Shah said a […]
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Leh: A strategically important road, which connects Leh to the Pangong Lake, was inaugurated here on Tuesday by Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, who said that the stretch passing through the Kela Pass at 18,600 feet will be world’s highest motorable way. The road, constructed by the 58 Engineer Regiment of the Indian Army, will […]
Added on September 1, 2021
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Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday asserted his party will win the next assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, indicating for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 that his party would participate in the polls. “We will win and I am telling you this with authority that if they […]
Added on September 1, 2021
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Shopian (JK): A large national flag hoisted atop a 111-foot flagpole, the tallest in the Kashmir Valley, was installed at a stadium in Shopian district which has been the worst hit by decades of militancy. Lt Gen D P Pandey who heads the strategically located XV Corps of the army in the Kashmir Valley unfurled […]
Added on September 1, 2021
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Says Afghan soil should not be used for anti-India activities
New Delhi: In the first formal and publicly acknowledged contact, Indian Ambassador to Qatar Deepak Mittal met senior Taliban leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai on Tuesday and conveyed India’s concerns that Afghanistan’s soil should not be used for anti-Indian activities and terrorism. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the discussions also focused on the […]
Added on September 1, 2021
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New Delhi: The daily COVID-19 vaccinations crossed the one crore mark on Tuesday for the second time in five days, taking the cumulative doses administered in the country to over 65 crore, the Union Health Ministry said. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the highest one-day record of 1.09 crore vaccine doses has been achieved […]
Added on September 1, 2021
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Kathua/Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir police Tuesday detained a 17-year-old Afghan boy in Kathua district, officials said. They said Abdul Rehman, son of Abdul Rashid Ahmed, was apprehended near a Covid testing centre at Lakhanpur, the entry point to J&K. He has a passport and a visa and has been taken to the Lakhanpur police […]
Added on August 31, 2021
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Says intensity expected to be 1/4 of second wave
New Delhi: India may see a third wave of COVID-19 peaking between October and November if a more virulent mutant than the existing ones emerge by September, but its intensity is expected to be much lower than the second wave, a scientist involved in the mathematical modelling of the pandemic said on Monday. Manindra Agrawal, […]
Added on August 31, 2021
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Chandigarh: The current happenings in Afghanistan have raised new security questions, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday, adding that the government is alert and no anti-national force should be allowed to encourage terrorism from across the border by taking advantage of the situation. He also asserted the central government is capable of dealing with […]
Added on August 31, 2021
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Pahalgam: In the wake of recent attacks on sarpanches in Kashmir, local panchayat leaders requested Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for additional security and vehicles on Monday. Birla, who is on a four-day trip to the valley, visited Pahalgam on Monday and interacted with the panchayat leaders. He assured them that the government is fully […]
