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Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that Pakistan would not hold talks with India until New Delhi reverses its decision of scrapping the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. India abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 on August 5, 2019 and bifurcated it into two Union territories. “Unless […]
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Srinagar: Three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Vailoo in Komernag area of the district early on Tuesday following information about presence of militants there, a police official said. “During […]
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Jammu: A 14-year-old boy was killed and four others injured on Tuesday when they were struck by lightning in a remote village in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The lightning hit a mud-house in Raslitakran village in Basantgarh around 2.30 am, resulting in on-the-spot death of Joginder Kumar and minor injuries to […]
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Islamabad: The Indian variant of the coronavirus has not been found yet in Pakistan, a senior minister in-charge of the coronavirus task force has said, rejecting reports that the Indian strain of the virus reached Thailand from the country. According to reports, health authorities in Thailand on Monday confirmed the country’s first cases of the […]
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Dubai: Saudi Arabia has announced 118 humanitarian projects worth over USD 123 million for Pakistan in food security, health, education and water during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s two-day visit, according to a report. The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief)’s Supervisor General Dr Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah said that the assistance was […]
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Washington: COVID-19 vaccines finally are headed for more kids as US regulators on Monday expanded use of Pfizer’s shot to those as young as 12, sparking a race to protect middle and high school students before they head back to class in the fall. Shots could begin as soon as a federal vaccine advisory committee […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not travel to the UK to attend a summit of the G7 grouping in person in view of the prevailing coronavirus situation, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday. The G7 summit is scheduled to take place in Cornwall in the UK next month. “While appreciating […]
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Srinagar: Massive traffic jams were witnessed in several parts of the city on Tuesday, as people thronged the market places for Eid shopping, prompting police to shut down stores in some areas. There was a sudden rush of vehicles in the city’s commercial hub, Lal Chowk, and other major markets prior to Eid, which is […]
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Jammu: Police on Tuesday arrested 44 people and slapped FIRs against several others for violation of lockdown along with COVID-19 guidelines in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. A total of 38 FIRs have been registered against violators of COVID protocols, 44 persons arrested and 141 people fined during a drive against the those […]
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Jammu: A massive door-to-door exercise was started across Jammu on Tuesday to ‘trace and isolate’ probable COVID-19 positive patients as part of the ongoing efforts to contain the pandemic, officials said. Jammu district tops the COVID fatality chart with a total of 686 deaths till Monday evening with over 300 of the patients succumbing to […]
