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Two booked for sedition during Muharram procession
Srinagar: Police has registered a case of sedition and arrested two persons after mourners at a Muharram procession allegedly raised “pro-Azadi slogans” in Hokersar area here, officials said on Wednesday. The action was taken after a video of the alleged incident appeared on social media, they said, adding more arrests were likely. “On surfacing of […]
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Jammu: A 35-year-old man was killed and a bridge washed away as heavy rains lashed wide parts of Jammu region for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, officials said. A temple also suffered some damages after being struck by lightning while people in different areas faced a lot of problems due to waterlogging after the […]
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Banihal/Jammu: The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the second day on Wednesday as heavy rains triggered fresh landslides at different places in Ramban district hampering road clearance operation, officials said. The highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed for vehicular traffic early Tuesday after a […]
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New Delhi: A ruling party MP and member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday appealed to the panel’s chairman and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to cancel a meeting on suspension of Internet services in various states and Union Territories, including Jammu and Kashmir. Dubey’s letter came a day after Lok […]
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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government over the state of the economy and said it needs to give money to the poor to restart the economy through consumption. Gandhi said “distractions” through media won’t help the poor or make the “economic disaster disappear”. His attack on the government came after […]
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New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) India’s novel coronavirus tally rose to 32.34 lakh on Wednesday with 67,151 more people testing positive for the infection, while the recoveries have surged to 24,67,758, the Health Ministry said. The death toll from the pathogen climbed to 59,449 with 1,059 more fatalities. The recovery rate rose to 76.30 per […]
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New Delhi: Mohammed Umar Farooq, the nephew of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, had received Rs 10 lakh in his bank accounts in Pakistan to execute the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed in February last year, the NIA has said in its chargesheet. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe has […]
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New Delhi: When the National Investigation Agency (NIA) began its probe into the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed last year, it faced a blind case in the absence of any solid proof against the perpetrators. The case posed unique challenges, such as a lot of evidence having blown to pieces […]
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Jammu: A 25-year-old man, facing trial in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, allegedly committed suicide by jumping into river Tawi here, prompting police to order a high-level probe into the incident, officials said on Wednesday. Akshay Kumar, a resident of Janipur locality of Jammu, reportedly jumped into the […]
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Leh: One more coronavirus patient has died in Ladakh, taking the death toll due to the infection to 24 in the Union Territory, officials said on Wednesday. The fresh death due to COVID-19 was reported from Leh district on Tuesday and the last rites of the deceased were performed in accordance with the set protocol, […]
