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Srinagar: Highways were closed as a precautionary measure after the higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Friday, with the meteorological department predicting light rains or snow over the next two days, officials said. The famous ski-resort in Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district recorded about six inches of fresh snowfall, a meteorological department […]
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Washington: A US Congressional Commission’s hearing on human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir nearly fizzled out as only four of the 84 members of the panel turned up for the hearing, the second such meeting by an American panel after India abrogated Article 370 to revoke the special status of that state. Republicans refused […]
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Bum La (Arunachal Pradesh): Despite differences in perception between India and China on the boundary issue, the armies of the two countries have been sensible enough to reduce tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Friday. He also said that there has been no tension at LAC […]
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Congress, BJP MP’s clash over discussing JK during meet
New Delhi: Top Union Home ministry officials on Friday conveyed to a parliamentary panel that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is getting normal and detained political leaders, including former chief ministers, will be released but gave no time-frame for it, sources said. Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Additional Secretary in the Home […]
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New Delhi: Asserting that past handling of Pakistan raises many questions, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said the 1972 Simla agreement resulted in a “revanchist” Pakistan and continuing problems in Jammu and Kashmir, as he hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “bold moves” in dealing with the neighbouring country. The minister also said that […]
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New Delhi: A court Friday directed Delhi Police to give 10-day pre-arrest notice to Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement leader Shehla Rashid, booked for sedition over her controversial tweets on Kashmir, in case the need arises to arrest her. The court passed the order while disposing of her anticipatory bail application, after the investigating officer […]
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Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti was on Friday shifted to a government accommodation in the city from a tourist hut located at the foothills of Zaberwan range, officials said here. The move was necessitated as the approaching winters and frequent power cuts made it difficult to stay in the hut which […]
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Washington: India and the US are understood to have resolved most of the important trade issues, thus paving the way for an ‘initial trade package’ wherein the two countries are looking for an equitable market access. The much-needed progress is believed to have been made during the meeting between the Union Commerce and Industry Minister […]
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Thursday it has busted a job scam by arresting two persons who duped several people of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of landing them a job in the Army. The accused have been identified as Mohammad Qasim and Ashiq Yousuf of Ganderbal district, officials said. The […]
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Jammu: Senior police officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre Syed Ahfadul Mujtaba has been appointed as the first Director General of a newly-created prosecution department in the Union Territory which will help in improving the criminal justice system. Recruited as Deputy Superintendent in 1984 and conferred IPS in 1998, Mujtaba has over three-decade experience of […]
