Added on July 21, 2020
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Jammu: Police on Monday claimed to have busted a terror funding module of Pakistan-based militant organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) tasked to activate its cadres in the Jammu region, with the arrest of one person, officials said. The police received information that LeT has activated a module of its members for carrying out activities in the Union […]
Added on July 20, 2020
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Johannesburg: Saying we are at the breaking point, the U.N. secretary-general made a sweeping call Saturday to end the global inequalities that sparked this year’s massive anti-racism protests and have been further exposed by the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 has been likened to an X-ray, revealing fractures in the fragile skeleton of the societies we have […]
Added on July 20, 2020
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Jammu: A 50-year-old woman died of COVID-19 at a hospital here on Sunday, taking the total number of fatalities due to the infection in Jammu and Kashmir to 237, officials said. This will be the 19th death in the Jammu region, which has recorded a total of 2,687 COVID-19 cases as compared to 10,511 cases […]
Added on July 20, 2020
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Srinagar: Most of the tourism players in the valley are not enthused over the Jammu and Kashmir government’s move to reopen the Union Territory for tourists amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the ground situation is far from normal for any such activity to take place. They said in these extraordinary times, the survival of people […]
Added on July 20, 2020
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New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said he has taken up with his ministerial colleague and Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari the issue of high charges at Jammu’s Ban toll plaza. He said this during the District Development Co-ordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting for Udhampur and Reasi districts. During the meeting, […]
Added on July 20, 2020
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) led by former finance minister Syed Altaf Bukhari on Saturday demanded the restoration of statehood for the union territory and domicile rights over land and jobs for its people. A party delegation led by Bukhari, who is the JKAP president, called on Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor […]
Added on July 20, 2020
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Lucknow: The animal markets, which are usually bustling with activity ahead of Bakrid, are desolate this year. The COVID-19 pandemic has shorn all festivals of public celebrations, and people are apprehensive that the tradition of animal sacrifice may be affected due to social distancing norms. Also there is a massive drop in demand for sacrificial […]
Added on July 19, 2020
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London: The UK government is planning to roll out millions of free coronavirus antibody tests which generate instant results following finger-prick after successful secret trials, according to a UK media report. The home tests, developed by a University of Oxford consortium with diagnostics firms, can tell within 20 minutes if a person has ever been […]
Added on July 19, 2020
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United Nations: As global leaders underscored the importance of reformed multilateralism to ensure an “effective collective response” to global crises such as COVID-19 at a high-level session here, Pakistan raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and oppose the expansion of the Security Council’s permanent membership. Pakistan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who […]
Added on July 19, 2020
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Srinagar: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday visited a key forward post along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Keran sector of north Kashmir. Singh, who was accompanied by Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and Army Chief Gen MM Naravane, visited the North Hill post and was apprised about the situation at […]
