Added on July 20, 2020
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) led by former finance minister Syed Altaf Bukhari on Saturday demanded the restoration of statehood for the union territory and domicile rights over land and jobs for its people. A party delegation led by Bukhari, who is the JKAP president, called on Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor […]
Added on July 20, 2020
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Lucknow: The animal markets, which are usually bustling with activity ahead of Bakrid, are desolate this year. The COVID-19 pandemic has shorn all festivals of public celebrations, and people are apprehensive that the tradition of animal sacrifice may be affected due to social distancing norms. Also there is a massive drop in demand for sacrificial […]
Added on July 19, 2020
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London: The UK government is planning to roll out millions of free coronavirus antibody tests which generate instant results following finger-prick after successful secret trials, according to a UK media report. The home tests, developed by a University of Oxford consortium with diagnostics firms, can tell within 20 minutes if a person has ever been […]
Added on July 19, 2020
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United Nations: As global leaders underscored the importance of reformed multilateralism to ensure an “effective collective response” to global crises such as COVID-19 at a high-level session here, Pakistan raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and oppose the expansion of the Security Council’s permanent membership. Pakistan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who […]
Added on July 19, 2020
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Srinagar: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday visited a key forward post along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Keran sector of north Kashmir. Singh, who was accompanied by Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and Army Chief Gen MM Naravane, visited the North Hill post and was apprised about the situation at […]
Added on July 19, 2020
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Jammu: Hundreds of villagers on Saturday bid a tearful adieu to a couple and their son who were killed in heavy mortar shelling by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district. Mohammad Rafiq (58), his wife Rafia Bi (50) and their son Irfan (16) were killed when a mortar shell hit their […]
Added on July 19, 2020
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Jammu: A Pakistani intruder was arrested by the Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Saturday. The intruder was found moving into this side in Nowshera sector late Friday night and was immediately arrested, he said. The official said the man was being questioned. […]
Added on July 19, 2020
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Srinagar: Three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of south Kashmir on Saturday, police said. Acting on specific information about the presence of militants in the Amshipora area of Shopian in south Kashmir, security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation there, a police official said. He said the search operation […]
Added on July 19, 2020
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Beijing: China rushed a team of medical specialists to Urumqi, the provincial capital of Xinjiang, after it reported 40 new coronavirus cases, including 23 asymptomatic infections, prompting the local administration to declare a “wartime mode”, official media reports here said on Saturday. This is the second outbreak in Xinjiang, the Muslim Uyghur majority province which […]
Added on July 19, 2020
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Islamabad: At least three persons have died and 19 were injured, mostly labourers, when a multi-storey building collapsed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. Renovation work was going on the triple-storey marriage hall building in the Chaksawari area of Mirpur district when it collapsed on Friday, trapping dozens of workers. Rescuers from the military’s […]
