Added on July 19, 2020
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Jammu: A sentry of the Defence Security Corps (DSC) allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle in Poonch on Saturday, police said. Mohammad Bashir (48), an ex-soldier of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAKLI) Regiment, had joined the DSC after his retirement from the active service. Currently, he was posted in the Mendhar […]
Added on July 19, 2020
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Jammu: Two people were arrested while the search is on for the third accused as police on Saturday claimed to have solved the recent murder of a 30-year-old man in Kathua. Deepak Kumar, a resident of Badala village, was allegedly murdered by some people at Chack Drab Khan village last week. Taking cognizance of the […]
Added on July 18, 2020
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Srinagar: In a breakthrough in a recent narco-terror case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested the key accused — a branch manager of a cooperative bank — from Srinagar, a spokesperson of the probe agency said. Afaq Ahmad Wani, a resident of Maratgam village of Handwara, is the fourth person to have been arrested […]
Added on July 18, 2020
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Srinagar: Three militants, including a self-styled top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), were killed and two security personnel injured in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday, police said. The security forces launched a cordon and search operation early Friday morning in Nagnad area of Kulgam district following information about the presence of militants […]
Added on July 18, 2020
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Says no power can touch even an inch of India's land
Lukung (Ladakh): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday hoped the ongoing talks would resolve the border standoff with China but said he cannot guarantee the extent of success, and asserted that no power in the world can touch even an inch of India’s land. Addressing the Army and ITBP jawans at a forward post […]
Added on July 18, 2020
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New Delhi: Stepping up his attack on the government over the LAC standoff, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday issued a video message sharing his thoughts on why did China choose to be aggressive now and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “indiscretions” have weakened the country and left it vulnerable. In the video message […]
Added on July 18, 2020
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Islamabad: In one of the most significant shake-ups in years, the Taliban put the son of the movement’s feared founder in charge of its military wing and added powerful figures to its negotiating team ahead of expected talks aimed at ending Afghanistan’s decades of war, Taliban officials say. As head of a newly united military […]
Added on July 18, 2020
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Srinagar: Almost half of the inmates at a jail in south Kashmir have tested positive for COVID-19, but their condition is stable, officials said on Friday, and stressed that spraying, fumigation and other steps to curb the spread of the virus were carried out at a number of prisons. Superintendent of Anantnag District Jail Syroz […]
Added on July 17, 2020
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New Delhi: India has 3,31,146 active COVID-19 cases, which is around a third of the country’s total tally that rose to 9.68 lakh on Thursday, the Union Health ministry said and credited targeted measures for the steady decline in active caseload. As the country witnessed a record single-day increase of 32,695 cases on Thursday, the […]
Added on July 17, 2020
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London: Researchers at the University of Oxford believe they may have a breakthrough in their search for a COVID-19 vaccine after the team discovered that the jab could provide “double protection” against the deadly coronavirus following early stage human trials, according to media reports in the UK. Blood samples taken from a group of UK […]
