Added on March 17, 2021
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Taipei (Taiwan): China has approved a new COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, one that was developed by the head of its Centre for Disease Control, adding a fifth shot to its arsenal. Gao Fu, the head of China’s CDC, led the development of a protein subunit vaccine that was approved by regulators last week for […]
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Jammu: A Pakistani intruder was on Tuesday gunned down by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the International Border in Samba district, officials said. He was shot dead when he ignored the repeated warnings by BSF personnel and tried to sneak into this side from across the border in Ramgarh sector this evening, they said. […]
Added on March 17, 2021
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Yangon: At least two people protesting last month’s military coup were reported shot and killed by security forces Tuesday after a morning of peaceful marches in parts of Myanmar. Security forces have killed scores of their countrymen in recent days, and the UN has put the nationwide death toll at 149 since the February 1 […]
Added on March 17, 2021
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Jammu: The Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday arrested four people here and recovered 15 kg of hashish from them, officials said. On a specific input that some interstate smugglers are carrying huge quantity of hashish in a vehicle from Kashmir to Maharashtra, ANTF sleuths swung into action […]
Added on March 16, 2021
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh on Monday said the elimination of top commanders of terror outfits will provide respite to the common people in the Valley. Singh, accompanied by Inspector General of Police (Kashmir Zone) Vijay Kumar, was in Anantnag district to chair a security review attended by officers of […]
Added on March 16, 2021
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Apex court directs notices to Centre, EC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday asked the Centre and the Election Commission to respond to a plea seeking that an election result be nullified and fresh poll conducted if maximum votes in a constituency favour the NOTA (none of the above) option. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S […]
Added on March 16, 2021
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Jammu: Two PDP leaders, along with their supporters, joined the BJP here on Monday, a BJP spokesman said. The BJP received further boost in Poonch district when PDP leaders Gurdeep Singh Saraf and Ravinder Kumar Bitta, along with their dozens of supporters, joined the party in the presence of state unit president Ravinder Raina, he […]
Added on March 16, 2021
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Jammu: Police on Monday claimed to have solved a blind murder of a 14-year-old boy with the arrest of a youth who allegedly strangulated the victim over a dispute on grazing land in Reasi district last month. Mohammad Muzzamal Bakarwal, a resident of Bharakh Mohalla, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Alia forest on […]
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Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Monday said Delhi deserves to be a full state with all powers exercised by the elected government, throwing his weight behind the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation in the national capital notwithstanding the Aam Aadmi Party supporting “dismemberment and downgrading” of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019. Abdullah’s remarks come after […]
Added on March 16, 2021
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100 sports centres across JK to be set up soon
New Delhi: The government on Monday informed the Rajya Sabha that it would soon set up a world class winter sports academy in Gulmarg and 100 small sports centres under the ‘Khelo India’ mission across Jammu and Kashmir. Replying to supplementaries during question hour, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) Kiren […]
