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24-25 militants infiltrated this year
Srinagar: The BSF on Monday said the operation along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Machil sector, in which four security forces personnel and three militants were killed on Sunday during a failed infiltration bid, was on to rule out the presence of other ultras in the area. Three Army personnel, including an officer, a […]
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New Delhi: The saffron bowl, which has so far been confined to Kashmir, may now expand to the northeast as well. The Northeast Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR), a body under the Department of Science and Technology, supported a pilot project to explore the feasibility of growing saffron in the northeast region of […]
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New York: Pfizer says an early peek at its vaccine data suggests the shots may be 90 per cent effective at preventing COVID-19, indicating the company is on track later this month to file an emergency use application with U.S. regulators. Monday’s announcement doesn’t mean a vaccine is imminent: This interim analysis, from an independent […]
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Jammu: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday attacked the BJP policies, asserting that “the party will meet the same fate as the outgoing US president Donald Trump.” Days after the Bihar assembly exit polls predicted an edge for the Mahagathbandhan led by RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, the PDP chief said, I want to congratulate Tejashwi who […]
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Govt seeks clarification over declaring Kashmir as ‘disputed area’
Srinagar: The administration on Monday issued three notices to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association asking it to clarify its position on terming Kashmir a disputed territory and prohibiting it from holding elections, besides imposing prohibitory orders in premises of the district court complex. Srinagar District Magistrate Shahid Iqbal Choudhury issued the notices […]
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Jammu: Days after his expulsion from the post of chief patron after meeting the leaders of the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) here, the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Monday revoked the exclusion of its founder Bhim Singh terming his visit purely as “personal”. The JKNPP on Saturday had removed Singh […]
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Jammu: A BJP leader’s son on Monday joined the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party here, a party statement said. Vinod Kumar, son of former BJP MLA from Chenani Dina Nath, joined the JKNPP along with hundreds of his supporters, the party said. Welcoming Kumar into the party fold, JKNPP chairman Harsh Dev Singh said […]
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Jammu: Three senior PDP leaders, who recently resigned from the party over remarks of its president Mehbooba Mufti on the tricolour, joined the Congress on Monday, ahead of the District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Former MP Tarlok Singh Bajwa, ex-MLC Ved Mahajan and former PDP state secretary Hussain Ali Waffa resigned […]
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Jammu: Security forces busted a militant hideout and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Poonch district on Monday, officials said. Based on a specific input, a joint search operation was launched by the special operations group (SoG) of the J-K Police and the 10 Assam Rifles of the Army in the general […]
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Jammu: An Army officer of Major-rank was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the Rashtriya Rifles camp in Rajouri district on Monday morning, police said. The body was found at the camp in the Thanamandi belt of the district and brought to the knowledge of the police, they said. Senior Army and police officers rushed […]
