Added on April 9, 2020
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Jammu: Post offices across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh UTs are leaving no stone unturned to provide financial and welfare services to people during the coronavirus lockdown. Post offices are operating with the primary objective of facilitating financial transactions — easy withdrawals and deposit of funds — so that people can have sufficient cash flow […]
Added on April 9, 2020
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Srinagar: The Islamic State terror group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a CRPF patrolling party in Anantnag district of south Kashmir in which a jawan was killed and another injured. The group, which has a very little presence in the valley, made the claim on its Amaq news agency within hours of […]
Added on April 8, 2020
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United Nations: The United Nations Security Council will hold a closed session on Thursday to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, the first time the powerful UN organ is holding a meeting on coronavirus that has killed more than 74,000 people and infected over 1.3 million globally. Council President for the month of April, the Dominican Republic, […]
Added on April 8, 2020
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Srinagar: In a partial relief, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti was on Tuesday moved to her official residence where she would continue to be in detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA). Having spent over eight months in detention at two government facilities that were designated as sub-jails, Mufti reached her […]
Added on April 8, 2020
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United Nations: The UN human rights body has urged nations to release individuals detained without sufficient legal basis, including political prisoners, as the world body stressed the need to take a very close look at incarcerations and reduce overcrowding in prisons to prevent catastrophic rates of COVID-19 infection. Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High […]
Added on April 8, 2020
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir wildlife department has taken several steps for the safety of about 500 animals at the Manda Zoo here, including thorough check-ups, an official said, amid concern over a tiger testing positive for the novel coronavirus in the US. Wildlife Warden, Jammu, Shahzad Choudhary said none of the animals at the […]
Added on April 8, 2020
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Srinagar: One CRPF jawan was killed and another injured on Tuesday when a militant hurled a grenade at a patrolling party in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said. Head Constable Shiv Lal Neetam was killed in the incident in Bijbehara on Tuesday evening. A man threw a grenade at a CRPF patrolling party and ran […]
Added on April 8, 2020
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Jammu: Old habits will just no longer do, a Jammu and Kashmir administration employee found to his dismay on Tuesday when he was sent to a quarantine centre for blowing his nose and spitting on the road. The man, who works as an accountant in the civil secretariat here, had gone to meet a relative […]
Added on April 8, 2020
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Islamabad: The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan crossed 4,000 on Tuesday with more than 500 fresh infections reported, while the death toll reached 54, according to health officials. The Ministry of National Health Services, in its update on its website, reported that four patients died of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The […]
Added on April 8, 2020
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Islamabad: Global anti-money laundering watchdog FATF will review Pakistan’s performance to meet international commitments in the fight against terror financing during a meeting scheduled to be held in China in June. Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to […]
