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Ensure heightened surveillance, Guv Malik to CRPF

Ensure heightened surveillance, Guv Malik to CRPF

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Tuesday asked the CRPF to maintain heightened surveillance on all fronts in the state including internal security and the smooth conduct of the ongoing Amarnath yatra. Malik made the observations during a meeting with Additional Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Zulfiqar Hasan, who […]

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Police training VDC members in Rajouri

Police training VDC members in Rajouri

Move aimed to strengthen security gird along LoC

Move aimed to strengthen security gird along LoC

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Stop wearing army-pattern dresses: Police tells civilians

Jammu: Police in Kishtwar district has appealed to civilians to refrain from wearing combat or army-pattern dresses besides advising shopkeepers not to sell such clothing as terrorists camouflage themselves in army uniforms to carry out their evil designs. It also asked the youth in the hilly district to use social media to spread awareness and […]

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Three detained for unlawful activities

Jammu: Three persons have been detained for their alleged involvement in unlawful activities in Rajouri district, officials said Tuesday. A report of their involvement in such activities was submitted before an executive magistrate first class in Kotranka, who ordered their detention under relevant sections of the law, they said. The accused, Aftar Hussain of Draj […]

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Trump attacks India over ‘imposing tariffs on American products’

Trump attacks India over ‘imposing tariffs on American products’

Says the deal is 'no longer acceptable'

Says the deal is ‘no longer acceptable’

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Personnel ministry asks states to send more bureaucrats on deputations

New Delhi: Citing ‘insignificant number’ of officers willing to work at the Centre, the personnel ministry has asked all states to ensure that required number of bureaucrats are nominated for central deputation to ensure career progression and exchange of relevant experience. It said there is “extremely low” representation of officers on central deputation, especially at […]

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PIL in SC seeking guidelines to define term ‘minority’

New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the Centre’s 26-year-old notification declaring five communities — Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsees — as minorities. The petition filed by advocate and BJP member Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has sought to declare as unconstitutional section 2 (c) of the National […]

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Ayodhya dispute: SC agrees to examine seeking early hearing

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to examine the plea of an original litigant in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya seeking early hearing of the case as “nothing much” was happening even after a mediation panel was set up to explore an amicable solution of the contentious matter. Gopal Singh Visharad, […]

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Militants in J-K facing ‘leadership crisis’: Rajnath Singh

Militants in J-K facing ‘leadership crisis’: Rajnath Singh

New Delhi: There is a “crisis of leadership and resources” among militants in Jammu and Kashmir and the security forces have kept the ultras under check, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, the minister said an NIA probe is on into the February 14 […]

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Officials made millions when in charge of J&K forest: Guv Malik

Srinagar: Governor S P Malik Monday said that those in charge of the state’s forests “have made millions” through dubious means and asserted that his administration will not spare anyone who indulged in corrupt practices. “There is no vendetta (against anyone). In its natural course, the way Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is working now, we won’t […]