Added on April 5, 2021
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administrative council has sanctioned granting 62.02 acre of land in Majeen village for the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams, that governs Lord Venkateswara’s shrine in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirumala, to build a temple. On Thursday, the council, headed by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, approved a proposal to allot land on Sidhra bypass along […]
Added on April 4, 2021
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New Delhi: India on Saturday recorded 89,129 new COVID-19 cases in a day, the highest daily rise in around six-and-half-months, taking the nationwide tally of infections to over 1.23 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Saturday. The death toll increased to 1,64,110 with 714 more fatalities in a day, also the highest […]
Added on April 4, 2021
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Srinagar: A man was arrested for allegedly trying to snatch the rifle of a guard at a bank’s branch in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday, a police official said. The incident took place at the Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s Imamsahab branch in the afternoon, he said. Nadish Ahmad tried to snatch a 12 bore […]
Added on April 4, 2021
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Srinagar: Former chairman of J&K Bank Parvez Ahmad Nengroo was arrested on Saturday in connection with a case of illegal allotment of tenders for housekeeping that led to a loss of crores of rupees to the bank, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said. The ACB had registered a case in October last year against a private […]
Added on April 4, 2021
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Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan decided that Pakistan cannot go ahead with any trade with India under the current circumstances after holding consultations with key members of his Cabinet on importing cotton and sugar from the neighbouring country, a media report said on Saturday. The prime minister after consultations on Friday instructed the Ministry of […]
Added on April 4, 2021
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Beijing: The CEOs of a host of Indian businesses and industries in China have expressed concern over the continuing COVID-19 related visa and travel restrictions being pursued by Beijing which they say are hampering their activities. They expressed their concern during their interaction with the Indian Ambassador to China, Vikram Misri. Misri, who is on […]
Added on April 4, 2021
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Jammu: An under-trial prisoner died under mysterious circumstances at a high-security central jail here, officials said on Saturday. Sunny Singh, a resident of Deoli village, was facing charges in three cases, including that of murder, registered against him at Bishnah police station between 2008 and 2010, the officials said. They said Singh, who was in […]
Added on April 4, 2021
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Srinagar: An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday, police said here. The security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation in a forest area of Choor Ki Gali in Herpora of Shopian, following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. He said the […]
Added on April 4, 2021
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Jammu: The ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’ Mashaal, as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, reached Basoli military station near Lakhanpur — the gateway to Jammu and Kashmir — on Saturday, a defence spokesman said. The Mashaal was received by Brigadier Manoj Kharkwal in the presence of other […]
Added on April 4, 2021
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Mulls to completed the challenge within 50 days
Jammu: Soldier Naik Velu P is all set to make his 30th birthday memorable as he left for a mission to enter the Guinness Book of World Records by running from Kashmir to Kanyakumari under 50 days. Last year in June, Naik Velu became the first Indian ultra-runner to complete 1,600 km in just 17 […]
