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R-Day celebrated in East; bomb blasts in Assam, CAA protests

Guwahati/Kolkata/Patna: The 71st Republic Day was celebrated with pomp and pageantry across the eastern region on Sunday, even as four serial explosions rocked Assam early in the day, and sparse protests over the new citizenship law were reported from parts of the state and neighbouring West Bengal. Barring Meghalaya, where Tathagata Roy is on leave […]

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JK Crime Branch sleuths raid house of PHE cashier’s accused of embezzling Rs 1.64 cr revenue

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police’s crime branch sleuths raided the house of a cashier of the public health engineering (PHE) department on Friday and seized documents in connection with financial misappropriation. The crime branch has registered a case against Nikhil Gandral for alleged misappropriation of government revenue in the PHE department to the tune of Rs […]

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Man gets 7 years rigorous imprisonment for raping woman in Reasi

Man gets 7 years rigorous imprisonment for raping woman in Reasi

Jammu: A court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Friday convicted a man of raping a 20-year-old woman in 2011 and sentenced him to seven years of rigorous imprisonment. The District and Sessions Judge Reasi also slapped Rs 10,000 fine on Rakesh Kumar after finding him guilty in the rape case. A complaint against Kumar, […]

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China shuts down 13 cities as coronavirus death toll climbs to 26

Beijing: Battling the fast spreading coronavirus, China on Friday said that it is building a 1,000-bed hospital for patients infected with the deadly virus that has claimed 26 lives so far with confirmed cases rising sharply to over 880, prompting authorities to shut down 13 cities during the country’s most important holiday. Dampening the celebrations of […]

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Missing girl traced from Jammu, handed over to family

Jammu: A girl who went missing from Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district has been traced and handed over to her family on Friday, officials said. A man had lodged a report about his missing daughter at Talwara police post on Sunday last, they said. A police team was constituted and raids were conducted at different locations. […]

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Suspended DSP Davinder Singh, 4 others produced in court; granted 15-day NIA custody

Jammu: Suspended Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Davinder Singh, who was arrested for helping terrorists, was produced in a special court here on Thursday and was sent to 15-day NIA custody with four co-accused, officials said. They said the suspended officer was produced in the special NIA court along with the two terrorists, who […]

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Abrogation of Article 370 has now become fait accompli, should be accepted: Centre to SC

New Delhi: The abrogation of the provisions of Article 370, which granted special status to erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir, has now become a “fait accompli” leaving sole option to accept the change, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday. Vehemently opposing the contention that Jammu and Kashmir was not integrated with India, the Centre told […]

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India to Trump: No role for third party on Kashmir issue

New Delhi: Ahead of a possible India visit of US President Donald Trump, who again offered to “help” in resolving the Kashmir issue, New Delhi on Thursday categorically ruled out any role for a third party, asserting that any issue between India and Pakistan should be resolved bilaterally. India’s reiteration on the Kashmir issue came […]

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Revenue official arrested in Kathua while taking bribe

Jammu: A government official was caught arrested on Thursday while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) spokesperson said. Ramesh Kumar, Patwari of Halqa Baddu in Billawar Tehsil was trapped on the complaint of Hukam Chand and was booked under relevant sections of the law, the spokesperson […]

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Traffic suspended on Srinagar-Jammu highway after fresh snowfall

Srinagar: Authorities on Tuesday morning suspended traffic movement on Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all-weather linking route to Kashmir Valley with the rest of world. “We have suspended traffic as a precautionary measure on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Tuesday morning due to fresh snowfall on both sides of the Jawahar Tunnel”, official said and […]