Added on July 21, 2019
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Jammu: A villager was injured when Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked mortar and small arms firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. The firing and shelling comes close to the day-long visit of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. An Army […]
Added on July 21, 2019
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Srinagar: Six persons have died in the past four days during the ongoing pilgrimage to Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the death toll in this year’s pilgrimage to 22, officials said on Saturday. “Six pilgrims died due to various causes during their pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath,” the officials […]
Added on July 21, 2019
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SRINAGAR: Crime Branch on Saturday filed a charge sheet against six individuals for defrauding people through a non-banking financial company in Jammu. The CB identified the accused as Tariq Mehmood son of Mohammad Aziz resident of Chhungan Mendhar, Zaffar Iqbal son of Nizam-din resident of village Salwa Mendhar, Zaheer Abbas son of Tasveer Hussain resident […]
Added on July 20, 2019
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Karachi: Pakistan suffered a whopping USD 50 million loss after it closed its airspace with India for nearly five months following the Balakot air strikes in February, according to the country’s aviation minister, who underlined that Islamabad’s action hit New Delhi “harder.” Pakistan fully closed its airspace on February 26 after the Indian Air Force […]
Added on July 20, 2019
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked the special judge conducting trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case, involving BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti, to deliver the verdict within nine months beginning from Friday. The top court also extended the tenure of the special judge at Lucknow till […]
Added on July 20, 2019
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Banihal/Jammu: Protestors demanding to know the whereabouts of a man who went missing from Reasi district earlier this month blocked the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Ramban’s Banihal belt on Friday, officials said. Gulam Rasool Wani, a resident of Tethar in Banihal, went missing from Jungle Gali area of Katra in Reasi on July 11, Sub-Divisional Magistrate […]
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Srinagar: Two men were killed Friday when their motorcycle was hit by a truck in Ganderbal district central Kashmir, police said. Bharat Bhushan, 27, and Gurlal Singh, 28, both residents of Haryana, were travelling on the motorcycle when they were hit by the truck coming from the opposite direction at Gund on the Srinagar-Leh Highway, […]
Added on July 20, 2019
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Jammu: Twenty anti-corruption bureau officers from Jammu and Kashmir will attend a 10-day training programme at the CBI Academy in Uttar Pradesh from July 22, officials said Friday. There are three superintendents of police (SPs) among them. Sanction has been accorded for deputation of 20 officers of the anti-corruption bureau for undergoing a 10-day training […]
Added on July 20, 2019
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Islamabad: Pakistan will grant consular access to Indian national Kulbushan Jadhav according to the Pakistani laws, for which the modalities are being worked out, the Foreign Ministry has said. The ministry also said that Jadhav had been informed of his rights under the Vienna Convention on consular relations. “Pursuant to the decision of the ICJ, […]
Added on July 20, 2019
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Beijing: China has urged Washington on Friday to “correct” sanctions imposed on Chinese companies accused of helping Iran acquire materials for its nuclear program. US pressure on Iran and its “long-arm jurisdiction” against companies in third countries is the “root cause” of tension with Tehran, a foreign ministry spokesman said. “China has consistently and resolutely […]