Added on August 17, 2020
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Washington: If voted to power in the November general elections, a Biden administration will reform the H-1B visa system and work towards eliminating the country-quota for green cards, his campaign has said, in a move to woo the influential Indian-American community. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign […]
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New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the proposal to expand the National Cadet Corps (NCC) in 173 border and coastal districts from where one lakh new cadets will be inducted, an official statement said on Sunday. The expansion of the NCC was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech […]
Added on August 17, 2020
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Katra (J&K): Khushvinder Singh is part of a 12-member group from Jammu who reached Katra before dawn to pay obeisance at the famous Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine atop Trikuta hills in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. The shrine along with other religious places across the Union Territory reopened for devotees on Sunday morning after […]
Added on August 17, 2020
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Srinagar: Militants fired gunshots on a security forces party during a cordon and search operation in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. The cordon and search operation was being carried out in the orchards at Warpora and Dangerpora in Sopore area of the district in north Kashmir, a police official said. […]
Added on August 17, 2020
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Jammu: Days after the Supreme Court held lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan guilty of criminal contempt of court for his two tweets against the judiciary, eminent legal luminaries from Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday expressed concern over the growing rift between the bar and the bench and advocated cordial relationship between the two in the interest of […]
Added on August 16, 2020
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that elections would be held in Jammu and Kashmir as soon as the delimitation process in the union territory gets over. In his Independence Day address to the nation, the prime minister, who spoke on development in various parts of the country, noted that it has […]
Added on August 16, 2020
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday delivered a strong message to China and Pakistan against challenging India’s sovereignty in his Independence Day speech, emphasised on making the country self-reliant and announced several initiatives like national digital health mission and mass production of COVID-19 vaccine once it is approved by scientists. In his seventh […]
Added on August 16, 2020
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Srinagar: A new era of normalcy and development has dawned in Jammu and Kashmir due to the changes effected in the last one year, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Saturday and expressed the resolve to make peace, progress and social harmony the most integral part of the transformed narrative. “It is a matter of […]
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New Delhi: A spike of 65,002 cases took India’s COVID-19 tally past 25 lakh on Saturday, just a day after it crossed the 24 lakh mark, while the number of fatalities neared 50,000 with 996 deaths, Union Health Ministry data showed. According to figures from the ministry, 18.08 lakh people have so far recuperated from […]
Added on August 16, 2020
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Srinagar: Internet services on mobile devices were restored in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday after remaining suspended for several hours as a precautionary measure on the occasion of Independence Day. Mobile internet services were cut in the early hours of the morning as stringent security arrangements were put in place for Independence Day celebrations across […]
