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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 […]

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Article 370 was only ‘tunnel of light’ connecting Centre and erstwhile JK: SC told

Article 370 was only ‘tunnel of light’ connecting Centre and erstwhile JK: SC told

New Delhi: Article 370 of the Constitution was the only “tunnel of light” which maintained the relationship between the Centre and the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday. Petitioners challenging the Centre’s decision taken on August 5 last year to abrogate provisions of Article 370 contended that the Constitution […]

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CEO briefs JK Lt Guv about poll preparation to vacant panchayat, BDC seats

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shailendra Kumar today called on Lt Governor G C Murmu here and informed him about the preparations for the elections to vacant seats of panchayats and block development councils (BDCs) in the Union Territory, a Raj Bhavan spokesman said. According to officials, the elections to the nearly 13,000 […]

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IMF trims global growth forecast for 2019 on India slowdown

Davos: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday lowered growth estimate for the world economy to 2.9 per cent for 2019, citing “negative surprises” in few emerging market economies, especially India. Providing an update to the World Economic Outlook (WEO) ahead of the inauguration of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual summit here, the fund also […]

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Intense cold conditions in Kashmir Valley

Intense cold conditions in Kashmir Valley

Srinagar: Kashmir reeled under intense cold conditions on Monday as the minimum temperature stayed several degrees below freezing point across the valley, the MET Office said on Monday. A MET official said the freezing temperatures led to development of a layer of frost on roads which caused inconvenience to people especially to motorists but bright sunshine […]