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New Delhi: Judges are often caught in the dilemma of morality versus legality in quest to deliver justice and it needs moral courage to render an opinion which might displease many, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Wednesday while stressing that it is imperative for judges not to be swayed by these […]
Added on August 19, 2021
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that physical hearing in the apex court, which is conducting proceedings virtually amid the COVID-19 pandemic since March last year, may resume soon. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said that physical hearing in the apex court may start within 10 days. The bench, […]
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Srinagar: Cracking the whip on secessionist movement, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of four separatist leaders, including some constituents of the Hurriyat Conference, for “selling” MBBS seats in Pakistan to Kashmiri students and using the money to support and fund militancy, an official spokesperson said here. The Counter Intelligence (Kashmir), […]
Added on August 19, 2021
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Jammu: Four residents of Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) were apprehended by Army personnel on Wednesday after they intruded into the Indian side in Poonch district, officials said. The PaK residents, aged between 9 and 24 years, were taken into custody soon after they crossed over the Line of Control (LoC) in Chaka Da Bagh area. They […]
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Jammu: Asserting that COVID-19 has badly hit tourism, transport and trade sectors in Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) on Wednesday demanded a special relief package for these sectors. The Chamber also advocated continuation of the bi-annual ‘Darbar move’, an age-old practice under which the J&K government functions six months each […]
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Jammu: Security forces detected and defused a mortar shell in Rajouri district on Wednesday, officials said. The rusted explosive shell was recovered from a water channel near Agrati area, they said. Security forces defused the shell safely. (PTI)
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Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s mother on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here in a case related to money laundering, officials said. Gulshan Nazir, who is in her late seventies, came to the ED office in the civil lines area of the city with her daughter, they said. Nazir, […]
Added on August 19, 2021
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Srinagar: The BJP on Wednesday contested the police claim that the law enforcing agency was not approached for the security of Javaid Ahmad Dar, its worker shot dead by militants in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Shortly after Dar’s killing on Tuesday, police had said they were not approached for his security. “The JKP statement is […]
Added on August 18, 2021
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Kabul: The Taliban declared an amnesty across Afghanistan and urged women to join their government Tuesday, seeking to convince a wary population that they have changed a day after deadly chaos gripped the main airport as desperate crowds tried to flee their rule. Following a blitz across Afghanistan that saw many cities fall to the […]
Added on August 18, 2021
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Washington: US President Joe Biden has conceded that the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan happened “more quickly” than anticipated, but insisted that he remains “squarely behind” his decision to withdraw American troops from the war-torn country, amidst “gut-wrenching” images emerging out of Kabul. In his address to the nation from the White House on Monday following […]
