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Jammu: Police on Tuesday arrested two persons for allegedly issuing fake movement passes in lieu of money from people entering Kathua district in Jammu, officials said. The movement passes are necessary for inter-state and inter-provincial movement in Jammu and Kashmir since the outbreak of coronavirus in March. The duo was arrested at Lakhanpur corridor along […]
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Srinagar: Glaciers in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh are melting at a “significant” rate, according to a first-of-its-kind study which used satellite data to find that over 1,200 glaciers in the Himalayan region saw an annual reduction in mass of 35 centimetres (cm) on average between 2000 and 2012. The study, published in the journal Scientific […]
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Peshawar: At least 19 people have been killed and dozens were battling for their lives after six units of the famed marble mines in Pakistan’s Ziarat Ghar mountain collapsed, causing large boulders to fall on them, according to media reports on Tuesday. The mines collapsed on Monday night, instantly killing 12 miners, the Geo News […]
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New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, his French counterpart Florence Parly and India’s top military brass will attend a ceremony in Ambala airbase on Thursday to formally induct five Rafale fighter jets into the Indian Air Force, officials said. Parly and Singh will hold talks in Ambala on ways to further deepen bilateral defence and […]
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Jammu: Members of the Sikh community staged a demonstration here on Tuesday, demanding inclusion of Punjabi in the list of official languages in Jammu and Kashmir. Led by Supreme Sikh Organisation (SSO) chairperson S Gurmeet Singh, the demonstrators said they would intensify their struggle if their demand is not met. The protest in Gandhi Nagar […]
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Srinagar: Three “overground workers” of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) have been arrested in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district and incriminating materials found in their possession, police said on Tuesday. A police official said information was received on Sunday about miscreants hoisting Pakistani flags at the behest of active LeT militants at the main market of the Hajin […]
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Jammu: The Shiv Sena Dogra Front (SSDF), a local political outfit, on Tuesday staged a protest here against the aggressive maneuvers by Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh. The Army earlier in the day said Chinese troops fired shots in the air and attempted to close in on an Indian position in eastern Ladakh. The protesters, […]
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Jammu: Three persons were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to break open an ATM of a bank here, officials said. A written complaint was lodged at Police Station Bahu Fort by manager Rattan Lal that some unidentified burglars attempted to break open the ICICI ATM near Baggar Mandi in Trikuta Nagar, they said. A […]
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New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases went past 42 lakh with a record 90,802 people being infected in a day, while 32,50,429 people have recuperated so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 77.30 per cent on Monday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total number of coronavirus cases mounted to 42,04,613, […]
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Srinagar: The Centre has extended the price stabilisation interventions under the Operation Greens scheme for fruit and vegetables produced in Jammu and Kashmir to extend support to the farmers and prevent distress sale. “As part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, GoI announces extension of price stabilisation interventions under ‘Operation Greens’ scheme to all notified fruit […]
