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Carcass of leopard with bullet injuries found in Doda

Jammu/Bhaderwah: A carcass of a leopard with bullet injuries was found in a forest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Monday, officials said. The six-year-old male leopard was found dead in a water stream in the forest near upper Dandi village, around 3-km from Bhaderwah town, they said. The Forest department officers reached the […]

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Officials: Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead in home

Officials: Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead in home

Jerusalem: The Chinese ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home north of Tel Aviv on Sunday, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said. No cause of death was given and Israeli police said it was investigating. Du Wei, 58, was appointed envoy in February in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. He previously served as China’s […]

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Kashmir’s netpreneurs’ stare at bleak future sans high speed internet

Kashmir’s netpreneurs’ stare at bleak future sans high speed internet

Srinagar: Many online businesses in Kashmir are on the verge of closing down after the Supreme Court last week refused to direct for restoration of high speed internet. Iqra, a young woman who started her e-tail business in clothing in 2015, wants the government to restore 4G internet in the Union territory if it really […]

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Pak rejects ‘threats and allegations’ by Indian Army chief: FO

Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday rejected what it called “threats and allegations” by Indian Army chief Gen MM Naravane against it. Responding to a question about the possibility of India facing a two-front war along the borders with China and Pakistan in New Delhi on Friday, Gen Naravane said that it is a possibility and that […]

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Fighting Corona: Important for nations to work together: Modi to Trump

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said in times of global health crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak, it is important for nations to work together and do as much as possible to make the world healthier and free of COVID-19. The prime minister was responding to a tweet by US President Donald […]

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COVID-19 vaccine to be a reality by year end: Trump

COVID-19 vaccine to be a reality by year end: Trump

Washington: US President Donald Trump said he hoped a COVID-19 vaccine would be available by the end of the year and announced to appoint a former head of vaccines at GlaxoSmithKline to spearhead the effort as researchers around the world scramble to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus that has killed more than 300,000 people […]

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HC need not to be apprehensive about disposal of service cases: CAT chairman

New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court need not be so apprehensive about the disposal of cases by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), its chairman L Narasimha Reddy said on Saturday. Refuting the claims made by Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal, in a letter written to the Centre, over the […]

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Centre withdraws 10 CAPF companies from Jammu

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Saturday ordered withdrawal of 10 CAPF companies from Jammu and Kashmir and sent nine such units to Maharashtra, officials said. They said the 10 units comprising over 1,000 personnel are being withdrawn from the Jammu region of the Union Territory. It has also released nine companies — four […]

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Lockdown eased: Pakistan resumes domestic flights partially

Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday resumed domestic flight operations in a phased manner as the government eased the nationwide-lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus that has claimed the lives of over 830 people in the country. The resumption of the domestic flight services from five major airports on Saturday came as the Pakistan […]

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Coronavirus cases reach 38,799 with 834 deaths

Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday said it has reported 1,581 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total infections in the country to 38,799 with 834 deaths, the health ministry said. In its latest update, the Ministry of National Health Services said that overall 14,201 cases have so far been detected in […]