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Veterinarian arrested in jobs fraud

Jammu/Srinagar: A retired veterinarian was arrested by the Crime Branch of the police for allegedly duping a youth of over Rs 6 lakhs by offering him a job in the Jammu and Kashmir bank, officials said on Thursday. Retired veterinary doctor of the Animal Husbandry department DrRehmat Ullah Khora was arrested from Srinagar city for […]

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Pak pop singer posts photo wearing suicide jacket

Threatens PM Modi over Kashmir issue

Islamabad: A provocative photo posted by Pakistani pop singer Rabi Pirzada in which she was seen wearing a suicide jacket and threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi for revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir has gone viral in social media. As the photo appeared on social networking site Twitter, it attracted huge attention with […]

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Pak will pay a heavy price: Rajnath

Leh: Indian Army has given a befitting reply to Pakistan on attempts to infiltrate and such actions will continue if they don’t stop infiltration, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday. He said this during a function held here for the inauguration of 1400-ft Col Chewang Rinchen bridge in eastern Ladakh over Shyok River, the […]

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Pak Army negates India’s claims of attack on militant camps

Islamabad: The Pakistan military has rejected as “false” the Indian Army’s assertion that it targeted at least three militant camps in PaK and said India is welcome to take any foreign diplomat or media to the site to “prove” its claim on the ground. Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Sunday that six […]

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Day 78: Life continues to be disrupted in Kashmir

Srinagar: The stalemate in Kashmir, following abrogation of Article 370, continued as normal life remained affected in the valley for the 78th consecutive day on Monday with main markets shut and public transport off the roads, officials said. Some shops opened for few hours early in the morning in some areas including in the commercial […]

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Centre readies for social media regulations by Jan 2020

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that the entire process of finalising the laws on regulating social media will be completed by January 2020, while seeking three months more time for notifying the final revised rules in accordance with law. The government told the top court that after collating and analysing […]

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Pakistan, India to ink Kartarpur agreement this week

Islamabad: The agreement on the Kartarpur Corridor is to be inked between Pakistan and India on Wednesday or Thursday, even as PM Imran Khan announced that Pakistan will inaugurate the corridor on November 9. Pakistan handed the final draft of the proposed bilateral agreement on Kartarpur to India on Monday and the signing ceremony is […]

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Pakistan shells two sectors in Poonch

Jammu: Pakistani troops resorted to heavy mortar shelling on civilian areas and forward posts in two sector along the Line of Control in Poonch district on Monday, an Army official said. This came a day after the Indian Army in a major counter-offensive after Pakistan’s unprovoked firing carried out heavy artillery strikes targeting four launch […]

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Mamata assures support to Farooq

Kolkata: Assuring former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah of standing by him during “difficult times”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday extended birthday wishes to the National Conference patron. She urged Abdullah to stay positive and prayed for his good health. “Birthday wishes to Farooq Abdullah Ji. These are difficult times […]

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Modi govt to give ‘true’ self-rule, autonomy to JK: Singh

Kathua: Union minister Jitendra Singh said that Jammu and Kashmir would get “true” self-rule and autonomy under the Modi government, and it would be quite different to the “frivolous slogans” of such demands raised by Kashmir-centric political parties. Addressing a meeting of BJP candidates contesting the block development council (BDC) election, Singh said it is […]