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Mercury stays several degrees below freezing point due to clear skies in Kashmir

Mercury stays several degrees below freezing point due to clear skies in Kashmir

Srinagar: Minimum temperatures in Kashmir stayed several degrees below the freezing point due to clear skies with Pahalgam being the coldest recorded place in the valley. The mercury in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which serves as the base camp for annual Amaranth Yatra, dropped to minus 10.5 degrees Celsius from 7.4 degrees Celsius a night earlier, […]

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One held in Jammu for duping man on pretext of MES job

One held in Jammu for duping man on pretext of MES job

Jammu: The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday arrested a man here for allegedly duping a youth on the pretext of providing him a job in the Military Engineering Service (MES) in Srinagar. Pawan Kumar, a resident of Bhagwati Nagar area of Jammu, was evading arrest since long by frequently changing his […]

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Measures in place to deal with coronavirus threat in JK: Official

Jammu: Preemptive measures are in place to deal with the threat posed by coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir, a senior government official said on Friday, asserting that people, who have arrived from China, have been screened and were found to be asymptomatic. Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, Atal Dulloo also advised the officers […]

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Kathua gang rape, murder case: SC stays JJB proceedings against ‘minor’

Kathua gang rape, murder case: SC stays JJB proceedings against ‘minor’

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday stayed the proceedings before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) against a ‘minor’ allegedly involved in the sensational gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua. A bench of Justices N V Ramana, Ajay Rastogi and V Ramasubramanian stayed the proceedings after Jammu and Kashmir administration claimed […]

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Bank security guard killed in accidental firing in Shopian

Bank security guard killed in accidental firing in Shopian

Srinagar:  A bank security guard was killed after his colleague accidently shot at him in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday, police said. Majid Manzoor, a security guard at a bank in Kapran, sustained severe injuries after his colleague’s rifle accidently went off, a police official said. The security guard was rushed to SKIMS […]

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Kashmiri boy beaten to death by colleague in Jaipur

Kashmiri boy beaten to death by colleague in Jaipur

Jaipur: A 17-year-old Kashmiri boy, working with a catering firm, was allegedly beaten to death by his colleague here, police said on Friday. Basit, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara, was allegedly thrashed by his fellow worker Aditya (22) in Harmara area on Wednesday night after the two had an argument, they said. Later, […]

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Yet another blatant illustration of Centre’s high-handedness: NC on PSA on Omar, others

Yet another blatant illustration of Centre’s high-handedness: NC on PSA on Omar, others

Srinagar: The National Conference on Friday condemned the slapping of the Public Safety Act (PSA) against party vice president Omar Abdullah, general secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar and others, saying the “atrocious” move is yet another blatant illustration of the Centre’s high-handedness. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were on Thursday […]

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Omar, Mehbooba need to be freed: Priyanka on ex-CMs PSA charge

New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday questioned the basis on which former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were booked under the Public Safety Act and said they deserve to be freed and not incarcerated indefinitely. Taking to Twitter, Priyanka said the two Jammu and Kashmir leaders […]

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Detention without charges worst abomination in democracy: Chidambaram on PSA on Omar, Mehbooba

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday slammed the government for invoking the Public Safety Act against former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah and said detention without charges is the worst abomination in a democracy. Mufti and Abdullah, besides two political stalwarts from the PDP and its arch-rival […]

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Invoking PSA on former CM’s belies govt claims that everything is normal in JK’: CPI(M)

New Delhi: The CPI(M) on Friday slammed the government for invoking the Public Safety Act against former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, saying the move belies the Centre’s claims that “everything is normal in J-K”. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were on Thursday night […]