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Srinagar: Veteran politician and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah was on Wednesday discharged from a Srinagar hospital, where he was admitted last week as a precautionary measure after testing positive for COVID-19, officials said. Abdullah, a former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, was discharged as doctors were of the opinion that he could recover at […]
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Srinagar: The Army handed over a boy to Pakistani authorities at the Titwal crossing point along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday, a defence spokesperson said here. Mausam, the son of Manzoor Ahmad and a resident of the Lipa area in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK), was handed over to the […]
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Washington: The United States on Tuesday said that it encourages India and Pakistan to have a direct dialogue between them on issues of concern. However, the State Department refrained from commenting on the recent decision of the Pakistani Cabinet not to import sugar and cotton from India. “I wouldn’t want to comment on that specifically,” […]
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Srinagar: Militants opened fire on security personnel in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday but there was no damage in the incident, officials said. The ultras opened fire on a mobile check party of the police and CRPF at Imamsahib in Shopian town around 3.20 pm, they added. There was no report of any casualty […]
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Jammu: Two men were killed and two injured when an oil tanker skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Reasi district, police said on Wednesday. The tanker was on its way to Dugga from Reasi and the accident occurred at Karka late on Tuesday night when the driver lost control over […]
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Jammu: A woman and her daughter were charred to death in a fire at their residence in Kishtwar district in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. Posha Devi (50) and Neetu Bala (25) were trapped inside their kutcha house in Manzgam-Tagood village in Chhatroo area when the fire broke out around 1 am, a […]
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Jammu: A leopard was captured by the wildlife department on Wednesday after hectic efforts lasting over six hours in a village in Doda district, officials said. The leopard ventured into Pranoo village from the nearby forest around 8.30 am and was noticed by some local labourers working on construction of a road, the officials said. […]
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Russian FM meets top leadership
Islamabad: Pakistan and Russia on Wednesday agreed to further promote bilateral cooperation in the field of economy, trade, counter-terrorism and defence, as Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held extensive talks with the country’s top leadership, including Prime Minister Imran Khan and powerful Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa. Lavrov, the first Russian foreign minister to visit […]
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Jammu: Relatives of a CoBRA commando held hostage by Naxals after a recent gun battle with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district blocked the Jammu-Poonch highway on Wednesday, demanding an assurance from the government for his safe release. “He is the responsibility of the government, which should take immediate action to ensure his safe return […]
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Amritsar: A Pakistani smuggler who crossed over to India with around 22 kg of heroin was shot dead along the International Border (IB) here in a joint operation of the Punjab police and the BSF, officials said. They said there was specific information about the movement of Pakistani smugglers towards the Indian territory with consignment […]
