Added on May 12, 2020
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Jammu: Three persons have been arrested in Ramban district after the police foiled a bid to smuggle 72 bovines to the Valley, officials said. Acting on inputs, three trucks were intercepted at a checkpoint in Ramsoo police station area and 72 cattle were found inside the vehicles, the police said. The truck was going to […]
Added on May 11, 2020
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New York: Some of the Indian nationals stranded in the US due to COVID-19 related international travel restrictions will fly back home on Sunday on a non-scheduled commercial flight from New Jersey to Mumbai and Ahmedabad, even as authorities said another five flights have been arranged to repatriate others still stuck in the country. Beginning […]
Added on May 11, 2020
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Singapore: Singapore on Sunday reported 876 new cases of coronavirus, mostly among the foreign workers residing in the dormitories, taking the total infections to 23,336 with 20 deaths so far, the health ministry said. Vast majority of the new cases are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories while only three of the infected […]
Added on May 11, 2020
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Jammu: Notwithstanding the ongoing lockdown which has mostly restricted the movement of vehicles to essential commodities only, the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar highway has become a nightmare for the commuters due to the pathetic condition of the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country. The people living along the strategic highway, especially in […]
Added on May 11, 2020
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New Delhi: Troops of India and China were involved in a fierce face-off near Naku La Pass in the Sikkim sector of the Sino-India border, official sources said on Sunday. A number of personnel on both sides sustained injuries as they exchanged punches, they said, adding the troops disengaged after a dialogue at the local […]
Added on May 11, 2020
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New Delhi: A total of 7,740 dedicated COVID-19 facilities in 483 districts have been identified, the Union health ministry said on Sunday, asserting that adequate health infrastructure is in place to fight the pandemic. The public health facilities dedicated to COVID-19 management are categorised into three categories — Dedicated COVID Hospital (DCH), Dedicated COVID Health […]
Added on May 11, 2020
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Jammu: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Sunday said all necessary arrangements have been put in place to receive thousands of local residents who are returning from various parts of the country by special trains. The first such train with 1,000 passengers left Chikkabanavara station in Bengaluru for Udhampur Railway Station this afternoon, […]
Added on May 10, 2020
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New Delhi: The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed 60,000 on Saturday and the death toll neared the 2,000 mark after more people tested positive for the deadly virus infection across states, while worries mounted globally about re-emergence of the outbreak after reopening of locked down economies. The Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said […]
Added on May 10, 2020
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New Delhi: A comment made by Kashmir Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar on the CRPF’s role in counter-terrorism operations has stirred a controversy among the forces deployed in the valley, officials said on Friday. They said IGP Kumar, during a meeting of joint forces at the district police lines in Baramulla on April 29 […]
Added on May 10, 2020
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Srinagar: Private cell phone operators resumed their services but mobile Internet continued to remain suspended on Saturday in the Kashmir valley, a move taken as a precautionary step after the killing of self-styled local chief of banned Hizbul Mujahdieen, Reyaz Naikoo, earlier this week. The situation in the valley, which has been witnessing lockdown since […]
