Added on July 16, 2021
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir police have seized mobile phones and SIM cards from some inmates of the high-security Kot Bhalwal Central Jail here during a surprise search operation on Thursday, officials said. The raid was conducted by a team of police and CID wing this morning after specific inputs were received that mobile phones […]
Added on July 16, 2021
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Jammu: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat is visiting forward areas along Line of Control (LoC) to take stock of the army’s operational preparedness and the security situation in Jammu region, officials said Thursday. He will be returning to Delhi in the evening, they said. He will be reviewing operational preparedness, security situation and […]
Added on July 16, 2021
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New Delhi: Two persons, including an Army man, have been arrested under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly providing classified documents to the Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan, the Delhi Police said on Thursday. The Army headquarters have confirmed that the documents in question were classified in nature, they said. The development comes after a 34-year-old […]
Added on July 16, 2021
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New Delhi: India has the highest number of under-vaccinated or unvaccinated children worldwide at 3.5 million, an increase of 1.4 million from 2019, amid the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the UNICEF said. It also noted that over 3 million of zero-dose children in 2020 lived in India. At nearly 4.4 million, South Asia recorded the highest […]
Added on July 16, 2021
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Washington: The COVID-19 curve in the US is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July gatherings. Confirmed infections climbed to an average of about 23,600 a day on Monday, […]
Added on July 16, 2021
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Srinagar: Authorities in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Thursday imposed a ban on the entry of local day-picnickers in the tourist destination of Gulmarg during weekends to prevent the spread of coronavirus, officials said. “No local day-picnickers shall be allowed to enter tourist destination Gulmarg on weekend days (Saturday and Sunday),” Baramulla Deputy Commissioner Bhupinder Kumar […]
Added on July 15, 2021
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Kabul: The Taliban are pressing on with their surge in Afghanistan, saying they seized a strategic border crossing with Pakistan on Wednesday – the latest in a series of key border post to come under their control in recent weeks. The development was the latest in Taliban wins on the ground as American and NATO […]
Added on July 15, 2021
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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to restore Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for central government employees and pensioners from July 1, 2021 while increasing the rate of allowance to 28 per cent. The increase in the DA and DR will impose an additional annual burden of Rs 34,401 crore on […]
Added on July 15, 2021
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New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry Wednesday said blatant violations of COVID-19 norms have been observed in several parts of the country, including hill stations, and asked states and union territories to take action against officials responsible for ensuring compliance to laid down guidelines. In a letter to all states and UTs, Union Home Secretary […]
Added on July 15, 2021
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New Delhi: There has been no attempt by the Indian or the Chinese side to occupy the areas in eastern Ladakh from where they disengaged in February and both sides are engaged in talks to resolve the remaining issues in the region, the Army said on Wednesday. The Army said it has been monitoring activities […]
