Added on May 15, 2020
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New Delhi: The Central Information Commission will start hearing appeals and complaints of RTI applicants pertaining to Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from Friday, nearly nine months after the transparency provisions of the erstwhile state were revoked and the central act was enforced there, officials said on Thursday. The commission is hearing […]
Added on May 15, 2020
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Jammu: Police have seized over 8,000 kilograms of poppy being smuggled from Srinagar to Punjab on a truck and arrested one person in Samba district, officials said. Acting on a specific information, a police team of Ghagwal area intercepted the vehicle while checking at Thapyal, they said. During checking, a total of 8.300 kgs of […]
Added on May 15, 2020
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Islamabad: Pakistan’s total number of coronavirus cases reached 35,788 after 1,452 new infections were reported, while the death toll rose to 770 with 33 fresh fatalities, the health ministry said on Thursday, as the spread of the deadly disease through local transmission showed a dangerous upward trajectory. According to the Ministry of National Health Services, […]
Added on May 15, 2020
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New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking release of nearly 3,300 members of Tablighi Jamaat who have been sent to various quarantine centres for around 40 days and not released despite reporting negative for COVID-19. The petition, which is likely to come up for hearing on Friday, sought direction […]
Added on May 14, 2020
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New Delhi: With the aim of scaling up coronavirus testing facilities, the Union Health ministry has designated 14 health establishments such as AIIMS, New Delhi, PGIMER in Chandigarh and JIPMER, Puducherry to review proposals for approving any new laboratory for COVID-19 testing in different states. Amid a spurt in cases of coronavirus infections in India, […]
Added on May 14, 2020
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New Delhi: The government on Wednesday unveiled a major booster dose entailing a series of initiatives for micro, small and medium enterprises, including Rs 3 lakh crore worth of collateral-free automatic loans for businesses. A subordinate debt of Rs 20,000 crore for stressed units, a Fund of Funds for equity infusion of Rs 50,000 crore, […]
Added on May 14, 2020
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Srinagar: Political parties in Kashmir on Wednesday condemned the killing of a civilian by CRPF personnel in Budgam district and called for an impartial enquiry to punish the guilty. Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), in a statement, strongly condemned the incident. “The firing should have been avoided. The loss of innocent lives has […]
Added on May 13, 2020
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Jammu: Security forces have launched a search operation following information about movement of suspected persons in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said on Wednesday. On receiving the information that some people saw movement of suspected persons in the Sandroon forests belts of Bani tehsil, police and the army launched a cordon and search operation […]
Added on May 13, 2020
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Srinagar: A video purportedly showing policemen damaging shops and houses of people in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district after a deputy superintendent of police got injured in clashes there last week has gone viral on social media. In the little over two-minute video, the policemen are seen vandalising and ransacking the shops […]
Added on May 13, 2020
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Islamabad: Pakistan has reported more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases, taking the number of infections to over 34,000, while 31 more people have succumbed to the coronavirus, health officials said on Wednesday, amidst the easing of lockdown restrictions. The Pakistan government announced last week that it would begin a phased lifting of the lockdown due […]
