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New Delhi: The Delimitation Commission, set up to redraw the constituencies of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, will visit the north-eastern states and the Union Territory after preparing a “broad framework” of the delimitation exercise, officials said. The commission will also seek views and inputs of its “associate members” — a […]
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New Delhi: Suspended Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Devender Singh, who has been chargesheeted by the NIA for providing support to banned terror group Hizbul Mujahideen, was tasked by his Pakistani handler with establishing a “contact” in the Ministry of External Affairs for carrying out espionage activities. According to the chargesheet of the […]
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New Delhi: Reacting sharply to Pakistan hailing the recent Gupkar Declaration in which six political parties of Jammu and Kashmir vowed to fight collectively against the abrogation of Article 370, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday asserted that “we are not anyone’s puppets”. “Pakistan has always abused mainstream political parties of Jammu and […]
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Jammu: A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army was killed on Sunday in firing by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said. The firing from across the border in the Nowshera sector was unprovoked and responded strongly by the Indian Army, the […]
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Jammu: Describing the new government business rules for Jammu and Kashmir as repulsively bizarre , the National Panthers Party (NPP) on Sunday said the notification seemed to be a move on the part of BJP-led government to undermine the authority of J&K legislature. The new rules which provide for allocation of powers and government business […]
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Jammu: Devotees across the country can now get ‘prasad’ from the shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district delivered on demand at their doorstep. The shrine atop Trikuta hills reopened on August 16 after remaining closed for nearly five months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The board managing the shrine has […]
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Leh: Ladakh has reported four more coronavirus-related deaths, taking the total number of fatalities due to the disease to 32 in the Union Territory, officials said on Sunday. Two deaths each linked to COVID-19 were reported from Kargil and Leh districts on Saturday, the officials said. The death toll comprises 20 fatalities in Kargil and […]
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New Delhi: The first phase of the Census and the exercise to update the National Population Register (NPR), scheduled for this year but deferred due to the coronavirus outbreak, may be delayed by a year as there is no sign of slowdown of the pandemic. The Indian census is one of the largest administrative and […]
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Kabul: Afghanistan’s president has appointed a council for national reconciliation, which will have final say on whether the government will sign a peace deal with the Taliban after what are expected to be protracted and uncertain negotiations with the insurgents. The negotiations were envisaged under a US-Taliban peace agreement signed in February as intra-Afghan talks […]
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New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 recoveries have sprinted past 27 lakh, taking the recovery rate to 76.61 per cent, while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.79 per cent, the health ministry said on Sunday. It also highlighted that active cases of the infection comprise only 21.60 per cent of the total caseload. With […]
