Added on August 20, 2020
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Srinagar: Srinagar has earned the distinction of being amongst the nine districts across the country that have achieved 100 cent percent implementation of the centrally-sponsored Jal Jeevan Mission to provide piped drinking water to every household, officials said Wednesday. Authorities are now planning to install smart water meters across the city under the Srinagar Smart […]
Added on August 20, 2020
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Berlin: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Wednesday cautiously welcomed an agreement between its close ally the United Arab Emirates and Israel to establish full ties and exchange embassies. Prince Faisal bin Farhan said the deal, which also halted unilateral annexation by Israel of West Bank territory sought by the Palestinians, could be viewed as positive. […]
Added on August 20, 2020
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Jammu: The Pakistan Army violated ceasefire on Wednesday by resorting to heavy firing and mortar shelling in forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, prompting a befitting retaliation from the security forces, officials said. “At about 1630 hours today, Pak army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and […]
Added on August 20, 2020
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Jammu: A man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of a community in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Mohammad Zahid has been arrested for posting objectionable comments on Facebook and hurting religious sentiments of a particular community, SSP, Poonch, Ramesh Angral said. A case has been registered, he added. (PTI)
Added on August 19, 2020
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Srinagar: An army court of inquiry on Tuesday began recording statements of witnesses in connection with the killing of three alleged militants in an encounter last month in Shopian in South Kashmir, following allegations by families in Rajouri area of Jammu region that as many of their kin were missing from the same place. Srinagar-based […]
Added on August 19, 2020
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Srinagar: A spell of overnight rainfall broke the prolonged dry spell in Kashmir valley even as the summer capital Srinagar had on Monday recorded the hottest August day in the last nearly four decades, officials said on Tuesday. Many places in the Kashmir valley received a spell of rainfall during the night, the officials said. […]
Added on August 19, 2020
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New Delhi: Holding that financial planning is in the domain of the Centre, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to direct transfer of contributions made to the PM CARES Fund for battling the COVID-19 pandemic to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). The top court also ruled that at this need of the hour no […]
Added on August 19, 2020
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New Delhi: The Congress said the Supreme Court’s judgement on the PM CARES Fund on Tuesday was a “body blow to transparency and accountability” of the government to the people and wondered why the ruling party was against openness. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the Apex Court let go an opportunity to bring in […]
Added on August 19, 2020
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Jammu: Pakistani Rangers opened fire on border out posts (BoPs) along the International Border in Kathua district, sources said on Tuesday. BSF troops guarding the border retaliated, resulting in exchanges, the sources said. They said Pakistani Rangers fired from machine guns at forward BoPs of Chandwa and Karol Matraya in Hiranagar sector on Monday night. […]
Added on August 19, 2020
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Srinagar: High speed mobile internet services are back in Jammu and Kashmir but only in Ganderbal and Udhampur and humour mills are on overdrive with whacky one liners, visual jokes and a veritable meme fest playing out on social media. Sharp, satirical and sometimes just slapstick, the posts, mostly on Twitter, reference Bollywood, use photographs […]
