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19 pvt schools get notices for charging ‘exorbitant’ fee

Jammu: The Governor’s administration has issued notices to 19 private schools for charging “exorbitant” fee and forcing parents to purchase non-prescribed books and stationery from selected vendors in Jammu. The Directorate of School Education Jammu has given three days’ time to reply to the notices issued to the principals of these 19 schools. “Complaints have […]

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BSF nabs ‘Pak intruder’ in Samba

Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF) Thursday arrested a Pakistan intruder along the International Border in Samba district, officials said. Troops of BSF observed some movement along the IB near a forward area and nabbed a person, they said. During preliminary investigation, he was identified as Mohmmad Afzal of Shakergarh district of Pakistan. He has […]

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30 kg heroin worth crores seized in Banihal

Srinagar: Police on Thursday claimed to have seized a large quantity of heroin worth crores of rupees in international market from Banihal area. “Police has once again achieved major success by recovering 30 Kilograms of the banned drug ‘heroin’, popularly known as ‘Chitta’ which values in several crores in the International black market,” a police […]

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Rahul asks PM Modi to explain about Rafeal deal

Rahul asks PM Modi to explain about Rafeal deal

Sirsa (Har)- Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday renewed his attack over alleged corruption in the Rafale aircraft deal, this time in response to Narendra Modi calling his late father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi Bharashtachari No 1 . He also took on the prime minister over unemployment, taunting Modi for a remark that selling […]

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Indian, Pakistani journalist join hands to tell ‘the Truth about Neighbours’

New Delhi: A book, to be published later this year, will provide a contemporary understanding of India and Pakistan and their thoughts about one another, written together by an Indian and a Pakistani. Titled “The Truth About Neighbours”, the book is co-authored by journalist Hindol Sengupta and Pakistani lawyer Huma Ijaz Zaman. Beginning the discussion […]

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SC to hear Babri Masjid land dispute case today

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday the issues relating to the Ayodhya’s Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case. A notice in this regard was put up on the apex court website which said that the matter will be hard by a five-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief justice Ranjan Gogoi and […]

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Don’t vote for Mahamilavati opposition, PM Modi tells people

Azamgarh (UP): Accusing the mahamilavati opposition parties of putting the nation’s security in peril, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday urged people not to vote for a “khichdi” coalition that will only bring in anarchy and instability . These are the parties indulging in politics of vote bank and caste equations, these ‘mahamilavatis’ had put the […]

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EVM’s to face litmus test as EC prepares for bigger VVPAT count on May 23

New Delhi: As it prepares for the mammoth exercise of counting of votes for Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission has stated that in case of a mismatch between EVM and VVPAT machine counts, the latter will be held valid. Though the exercise of matching EVM results with paper trail machine (VVPAT) slips was being […]

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Police nabs three absconders in Jammu, Poonch

Jammu: Three absconders wanted in separate cases were arrested in Jammu and Poonch districts, officials said Thursday. A police team raided a place in Poonch on Wednesday and arrested Mohd Azam, who had been evading arrest for the past 10 years, they said. He was wanted in a case of house-trespass, rioting, and causing hurt […]

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RTI reply says that army has no data ‘surgical strikes’ carried before Sept 2016

Jammu: Army has no data to suggest that surgical strikes were conducted by its troops across the Line of Control (LoC) before September 29, 2016, the day when such strikes were carried out in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK). This was stated by the Directorate General of Military Operations (DGMOs) in a RTI reply, putting to […]