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New Delhi: Media bodies on Friday strongly condemned the filing of FIRs against senior editors and journalists for their reporting on the farmers’ tractor rally and the ensuing violence here on Republic Day, saying it was an attempt to “browbeat” and “intimidate” the media. In a statement, the Editors Guild of India demanded that such […]
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Peshawar: A fugitive militant leader from Pakistan who carried a USD 3 million US bounty for alleged terrorist activities was killed by a roadside bomb in neighbouring Afghanistan along with two associates, an Afghan official said Friday. The commander, Manghal Bagh, led an outlawed militant group called Lashkar-e-Islam, or Army of Islam. The group had […]
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Jammu: The service weapon of a policeman stolen from his house was seized from a thief here, an official said on Friday. A complaint was lodged by assistant sub-inspector Ali Mohd Wani of Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police posted at Manwal area in Sangar on Thursday, they said. The ASI said that he had kept […]
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Washington: The White House has expressed outrage over Pakistan Supreme Court’s decision acquitting those involved in the sensational kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl in 2002 and said that the judgement is an “affront” to terrorism victims everywhere. Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while […]
Added on January 30, 2021
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Says am worried about the power they enjoy
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he is “worried about the power of social media companies and called for creating a global mechanism to regulate them. Guterres, addressing a press conference on Thursday following his informal briefing to the UN member states on Priorities for 2021′, said he does not think we can […]
Added on January 29, 2021
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16 Oppn parties to boycott president's address
New Delhi: The Budget session of Parliament beginning Friday is poised to be stormy with the Opposition set to attack the government over the three new farm legislations, amid an ongoing agitation by farmers. The session will begin with the address of the President to the joint sitting of the two Houses on Friday morning […]
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JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government Thursday issued several guidelines with respect to the re-opening of Higher Education Institutions (Universities and Government Degree Colleges) for academic activities. The higher education institutions in Summer Zone areas of Jammu Division will re-open from February 01, 2021. While as in Kashmir Division and Winter Zone areas of Jammu […]
Added on January 29, 2021
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MeT predicts another wet spell
Srinagar: The mercury plunged by several degrees across Kashmir as the valley was gripped by intense cold wave conditions on Thursday, officials said here. The extreme subzero temperatures have resulted in freezing of water bodies and drinking water supply lines in many areas of the valley. Srinagar city recorded a low of minus 5.6 degrees […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that India last year showed it is capable of taking all steps to meet challenges, be it from coronavirus or at its borders. “We have to strengthen the emotion with which we dealt with big challenges last year, with one nation with one heart. We have […]
Added on January 29, 2021
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Jammu: K D Sethi, who was the last surviving member of the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly, passed away at his residence here on Thursday. He was 93. Sethi was a member of the Constituent Assembly — a body of representatives elected in 1951 — which framed the Constitution of the erstwhile state of Jammu […]
