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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 632 fresh cases and 10 more fatalities in a day which took the caseload to 79,738 and death toll to 1,252 on Monday, officials said. Of the new cases, 346 were reported from Jammu region and 286 from the Kashmir Valley, they said. Jammu district reported the highest number of […]
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief G A Mir on Monday criticised the Union Territory administration over its response to the prevailing COVID-19 situation and demanded necessary steps to restore confidence of people in the health system. He also took a dig at the administration for launching the third phase of […]
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Jammu: A minor girl went missing on Monday after getting separated from her father in a village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Shahida Kouser, a resident of Bhangai village, was accompanying her father Mohammad Azam when she went missing from Gazali Chowk in Thanamandi area in the morning, a police official […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday stressed on responsible use of artificial intelligence and protecting the world against weaponisation of AI by non-state actors. Speaking at the Raise 2020 conference, he said AI has a big role to play in sectors like agriculture, creating next generation urban infrastructure and making disaster management systems […]
Added on October 5, 2020
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Riyadh: A very small, limited number of people donning the white terrycloth garment symbolic of the Muslim pilgrimage circled Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Sunday after Saudi Arabia lifted coronavirus restrictions that had been in place for months. The kingdom had taken the rare step of suspending the smaller “umrah” pilgrimage that draws millions […]
Added on October 5, 2020
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Says we can't be selective in condemning violence
Srinagar: Violence and killings — whether of common people or security forces — should be condemned without being selective, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday as he appealed the people to contribute towards peace in the Union territory. On the third day of the Back to Village-3, Sinha visited the Panchayat […]
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New Delhi: For the 13th day in an “unbroken string”, India has maintained its steady trend of clocking less than 10 lakh active cases of COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. It also said that an average of 11.5 lakh tests for detection of coronavirus infection were done on a daily basis during […]
Added on October 5, 2020
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Jammu: Pakistani troops on Sunday resorted to intense mortar shelling on forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, prompting befitting retaliation by Indian army, a defence spokesperson said. There was no report of any casualty on the Indian side in the shelling, the spokesperson said. At about 3.20 am, Pakistan initiated […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported eleven more covid-19 deaths in last 24-hours, taking the fatality count to 1245. Five among those who succumbed to the virus were from Kashmir Valley including a 33-year-old woman from Chadoora Budgam and 72-year-old former divisional forest officer who launched a political party after retirement. The septuagenarian was a resident […]
Added on October 5, 2020
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New Delhi: The seventh round of Corps Commander-level talks between armies of India and China is expected to be held on October 12 with a specific agenda of firming up a roadmap for disengagement of troops from the friction points in eastern Ladakh, people familiar with the developments said on Sunday. At the talks, the […]
