Added on November 29, 2020
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Mumbai: India’s economy contracted 7.5 per cent between July and September, putting it among the worst-performing major advanced and emerging economies as it entered a technical recession for the first time since independence, official data showed Friday. Although the figures were an improvement on the record 23.9-per cent contraction recorded last quarter, they indicate that […]
Added on November 29, 2020
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Gund: Several voters in Ganderbal district on Saturday said that the District Development Council (DDC) polls are to elect people who can solve basic problems and “bigger issues” like restoration of special status should be left for assembly and parliamentary elections. The eight-phase DDC polls are the first elections in Jammu and Kashmir since it […]
Added on November 29, 2020
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Jammu: The army on Saturday provided various assistive aids like artificial limbs, wheelchairs and hearing aids to the needy at a special camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, a defence spokesman said. The camp was organised by the army at Kalakot with the help of Ludhiana-based NGO Bharat Vikas Parishad Charitable Trust, he said. […]
Added on November 28, 2020
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Srinagar/Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir is all set to witness its first elections since being reorganised as a union territory last year with the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls beginning on Saturday, officials said. They said by-elections to 12,153 panchayat constituencies are also taking place along with the DDC polls. Out of these, 11,814 are […]
Added on November 28, 2020
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Sub-zero temp recorded at several places
Srinagar: Kashmir experienced a dry but cold weather on Friday with Pahalgam tourist resort in Anantnag district being the coldest recorded place in the Union Territory at minus 6.5 degrees Celsius, the Meteorological Department said. A MeT Department official said while the day temperature was almost around the normal for this part of the season […]
Added on November 28, 2020
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Srinagar: Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu on Friday joined the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) here, days after winning the coveted post of the city’s civic body. Mattu joined the JKAP — led by former finance minister Altaf Bukhair — at the party’s head office in the Lal Chowk area of the city here, […]
Added on November 28, 2020
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday directed the government to ensure that all steps be taken to implement its decision to forego interest on eight specified categories of loans paid upto Rs two crore in view of the coronavirus pandemic. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said the COVID-19 pandemic has not only caused […]
Added on November 28, 2020
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Denies claims of house arrest
Srinagar: Kashmir is an “open air prison where no one has the right to express their opinion, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday after the authorities barred her from holding a press conference at her residence here where she claimed she was placed under house arrest in the morning. The former Jammu and Kashmir […]
Added on November 28, 2020
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Jammu: PDP leader Waheed Parra was remanded to 15 days of National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody on Friday following his arrest earlier this week for allegedly conspiring with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists to get their support during the 2019 parliamentary elections. Parra was taken to Jammu and produced before a designated NIA court in a case […]
Added on November 28, 2020
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Jammu: Two Army jawans were killed on Friday as Pakistani troops opened heavy fire and shelled mortars along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, a defence official said. He said the Indian Army immediately responded to the unprovoked firing from across the border. “The Pakistani army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire on the Line […]
