Added on December 17, 2020
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Jammu: The Army on Wednesday celebrated Vijay Diwas in Jammu and Kashmir and paid homage to soldiers who laid down their lives in the 1971 India-Pakistan war, a Northern Command spokesperson said. A large number of Army personnel and ex-servicemen participated in the celebrations held at the Northern Command headquarters in Udhampur, he said. Lt […]
Added on December 16, 2020
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North India shivers as cold wave sweeps many regions
Srinagar: Night temperatures in the Kashmir Valley dipped below the freezing point owing to a clear sky, with the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg shivering at minus 10.2 degrees Celsius, Meteorological department officials said here on Tuesday. All weather stations in the Valley recorded sub-zero night temperatures several degrees below the normal for this part of […]
Added on December 16, 2020
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Jammu: Two people were booked by the police for destroying polling materials in Poonch district, officials said on Tuesday. The presiding officer of the Keri polling station in the Balakot District Development Council constituency informed the Gursai police station about the destruction of polling materials at a booth on Sunday, they said. The application said […]
Added on December 16, 2020
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New Delhi: COVID-19 cases and deaths are declining in India which is very reassuring, the Centre said on Tuesday but cautioned against any laxity saying an overwhelming proportion of the country’s population is still “very very susceptible” to the virus and the situation may escalate unexpectedly. While there is a continuous increasing trend in COVID-19 […]
Added on December 16, 2020
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked the Centre on Tuesday to consider granting break to doctors engaged in COVID-19 duty for the last seven-eight months. The top court said that continuous work might be affecting mental health of doctors. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R S Reddy and M R Shah, which is hearing […]
Added on December 16, 2020
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Jammu: The Northern Railway will be completing the most difficult 111-kilometre long section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link by December 2022 that would connect Kashmir to the rest of India through the railway network, a senior official said on Tuesday. “The work is going on in full swing. The prestigious project will be completed by […]
Added on December 16, 2020
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Govt forms panel for setting up OSCs
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has constituted a committee to finalise arrangements for implementation of guidelines to set up one stop centres (OSCs) in every district for prevention and protection of women from sexual abuse at public places or workplaces in the Union Territory. In an order issued by the general administration department, the […]
Added on December 16, 2020
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Dhordo (Guj): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said a conspiracy is afoot to confuse farmers over the new agri laws and accused the opposition of using farmers’ shoulders to fire their guns. As the protest by farmers outside Delhi entered the 20th day, Modi made a strong pitch for the agri laws enacted in […]
Added on December 16, 2020
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New Delhi: As a standoff continues between the government and groups of protesting farmers over three new farm laws, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said the Acts have been welcomed in various states across the country but the Centre is willing to continue its talks with “genuine farm unions” to find a solution […]
Added on December 16, 2020
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Cong slams move
New Delhi: The winter session of Parliament will not be held this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Budget session will be convened in January 2021, the government has conveyed to the opposition, a move slammed by the Congress as the “decimation of parliamentary democracy”. In a letter to leader of Congress in […]
