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New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 case tally crossed 48 lakh with 92,071 new infections being reported in a day, while over 37.8 lakh people have recuperated taking the national recovery rate to 78 per cent on Monday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 48,46,427, while the death toll climbed […]
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New Delhi: A total of 3,186 incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan were reported along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu region in the last eight months, the government said on Monday. In addition, 242 incidents of cross-border firing took place along the international border with Pakistan in Jammu region from January 1 to […]
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New Delhi: The government does not have data regarding the number of migrants who died or were injured during migration to their native places due to the lockdown, Union minister Santosh Gangwar told the Lok Sabha on Monday. “No such data is available,” the Labour Minister said in a written reply. The response was to […]
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday placed two officials under suspension and ordered an inquiry into missing stamp papers worth around Rs 51 lakhs in Rajouri district, officials said. The action followed an inspection of the District Treasury in Rajouri by the Deputy Commissioner of Stamps, Jammu, on September 7, they said. The […]
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London: The UK on Monday began human trials of a new antibody treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19. As part of the government-backed Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY (RECOVERY) Trials, monoclonal antibodies, or potent laboratory-made antibodies, will be given to about 2,000 patients in the coming weeks to see if they are effective against coronavirus. […]
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Seek separate UT in Kashmir for their rehabilitation
Jammu: Several organisations of Kashmiri Pandits observed ‘Martyr’s day’ here and in Delhi on Monday, demanding their rehabilitation in the Valley and setting up of a panel to probe the “genocide” the community was allegedly subjected to. The Kashmiri Pandits have been observing ‘Balidan Divas’ (Martyr’s day) since 1990 to pay homage to the community […]
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Jammu: A Gujjar leader on Monday sought urgent attention of the Centre and the Opposition, demanding that necessary amendments be made in a bill to include Pahari, Gojri and Punjabi as official languages of Jammu and Kashmir. The Union cabinet had approved the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill on September 2, making Kashmiri, Dogri […]
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Jammu: A suspected drug peddler was arrested on Monday after seven kilograms of heroin worth Rs 35 crore was recovered from his possession in Rajouri district, police said. The recovery was made from a mini-truck, which was intercepted by a police party at a checkpoint near Rajouri town, according to Senior Superintendent of Police Chandan […]
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New Delhi: The Congress on Monday urged the government to step up its efforts on cyber security for confronting China’s intentions in the cyber space after a media report claimed that a Shenzen-based firm with links to the Chinese government is monitoring over 10,000 Indian individuals and organisations in its global database of “foreign targets”. […]
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Leh: The death toll due to COVID-19 in Ladakh has reached 40 after one more patient succumbed to the infection in the Union Territory, officials said on Monday. The 83-year-old patient, who recently tested positive for COVID-19, died in Leh district on Sunday, they said. The officials said this was the seventeenth in Leh due […]
