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Restrictions eased in eight districts of JK

Jammu:The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday announced further easing of restrictions in eight districts showing significant improvement in the COVID-19 situation. The decision to grant relaxations in Shopian, Kulgam, Ganderbal and Bandipora in Kashmir division and Poonch, Reasi, Ramban and Doda in Jammu division was taken at a meeting which focussed on total weekly […]

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Ladakh records 38 new COVID-19 cases

Leh: Ladakh has recorded 38 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 19,544, while the active cases in the region dropped to 746 after 88 more patients recovered from the disease, officials said on Sunday. Ladakh has registered 197 coronavirus related deaths since last year with the worst-hit Leh accounting for 143 fatalities followed […]

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Even Ambedkar would have been slandered as pro-Pakistan by BJP: Mehbooba

Even Ambedkar would have been slandered as pro-Pakistan by BJP: Mehbooba

Srinagar: The BJP would have slandered even B R Ambedkar, the father of Indian Constitution, as pro-Pakistan had he been alive, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said Sunday, amidst criticism of Congress leader Digvijaya Singh over his remarks on Article 370. Mehbooba said Article 370 — which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu […]

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Ravi Shankar Prasad asks Congress to make its stand clear on Digvijay’s remarks on Art 370

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday asked the Congress leadership to make its stand clear on the purported remarks of Digvijay Singh that his party will have a “relook” at Article 370 revocation if it returns to power, saying “time of silence is over”. A row erupted on […]

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Cong ask its leaders to stick to party’s official stance on Art 370

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday asked its leaders to follow the party’s stance on the issue of abrogation of Article 370 as articulated in the August 6, 2019 resolution of the CWC, after its leader Digvijay Singh’s remarks sparked a row. “The decision of revoking Article 370 and reducing the statehood of J&K is […]

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Google asked to preserve data of Parra’s emails to ‘Pak-based terror groups’: Police

Srinagar/New Delhi: The US authorities and Google have been approached by the Jammu and Kashmir Police to share email contents exchanged by Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, a close aide of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, with ‘Pakistan-based secessionist leaders and terrorists’, a charge sheet filed by the union territory police has said. The charge sheet said there is […]

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Lord Balaji temple in Jammu to be constructed in two phases in 18 months: L-G Sinha

Jammu: Describing the ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ ceremony of Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple here as a “historic and proud day” for Jammu and Kashmir, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said the temple is expected to be constructed in 18 months in two phases at a cost of Rs 33.22 crore. Sinha said the construction of the […]

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PM takes personal interest in equitable development of J&K: MoS Jitendra Singh

Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking personal interest in the equitable development of Jammu and Kashmir, and the government takes all care to ensure every region in the country gets its share of central resources, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. Singh was in Jammu for the foundation stone laying ceremony of the […]

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Mortar shell defused in J-K’s Samba district

Jammu: A live mortar shell was found in a field and it was subsequently defused by experts in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. The shell was spotted by some villagers at Banglar-Pangdour and they informed the local police post, an official said. He said a bomb disposal squad was immediately […]

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Lt Guv, political parties condemn attack

Lt Guv, political parties condemn attack

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday condemned the militant attack on security forces in Sopore and described it as a cowardly and mindless act. Two policemen and as many civilians were killed and at least three others injured when militants fired upon security forces in Sopore town […]