Added on February 12, 2021
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JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, Thursday chaired the 81st Kashmir University Council meet, here at Raj Bhavan. The Lt Governor, who is the Chancellor of the University, sought a detailed report on the activities and various initiatives taken by the University of Kashmir and advised the University authorities to take comprehensive measures for strengthening the […]
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New Delhi: With a resolution of the stalemate over the new farm legislation seeming unlikely anytime soon, the agitating farmers at the Singhu border have started strengthening the infrastructure at the protest site to prepare for a long haul. The leaders of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, leading the protest, have reiterated to continue the agitation […]
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Srinagar: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) won the election for the post of chairperson of the District Development Council (DDC) in Anantnag district held on Thursday, officials said. PAGD is an amalgam of six parties seeking the restoration of the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. In the fourth […]
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Srinagar: The minimum temperature in most parts of Kashmir dropped on Thursday, but there was some improvement in Srinagar, even as the MeT Office forecast dry weather for the next few days, officials said. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 0.4 degrees Celsius last night, up from the […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday conducted a successful training launch of a surface-to-surface cruise missile which can strike targets up to 450 kilometres, the Army said, the country’s third missile test in three weeks. The Babar missile “is capable of engaging targets at land and sea with high precision, the Army said in a statement, adding […]
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New Delhi: Stepping up the attack against the government over the three farm laws, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that these legislations would damage country’s food security system as also “break the spine of farmers” and that the country is being run by only four people with a ‘Hum do, Hamare do’ approach. […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 65 new positive cases, taking the tally to 1,25,117, even as two fresh deaths due to the virus were reported in the last 24 hours, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 15 were from Jammu division and 50 from Kashmir division of the Union territory, they said. […]
Added on February 12, 2021
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Jaipur: Rajasthan cadre IAS officer Athar Aamir-ul-Shafi Khan will go to Jammu and Kashmir on deputation for a period of three years, according to a government relieving order. Khan, who belongs to J-K, had married IAS officer Tina Dabi, who was the topper of the 2016 batch and the officer of the Rajasthan cadre, in […]
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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has attached assets worth over Rs 20 crore of a Jammu and Kashmir-based industrialist in an alleged loan fraud case involving the Bank of India (BoI). The attached properties are in the name of Raj Kumar Gupta and they include 44 kanals and 10 marlas […]
Added on February 11, 2021
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Govt respects farmers, their agitation 'sacred'
New Delhi: The government and Parliament have great respect for farmers who are voicing their views on the three farm bills, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, and asserted that he holds their agitation “sacred”, while making a fresh appeal to agitating farmers to resume talks with the Centre. In his reply in Lok […]
