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India, Pak armies exchange gunfire LoC in Kupwara

Srinagar: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday by firing mortar shells towards Indian positions, army officials here said. “On June 23, in the afternoon hours, Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation along the LoC in Machil sector by firing mortars and other weapons,” […]

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Missing Srinagar youth joined militant ranks: Police

Srinagar: Police on Tuesday claimed that a youth from Srinagar, who went missing during a trekking expedition in Ganderbal district of central Kashmir, has joined the militant ranks. “Yes. He has joined,” Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar told reporters at the wreath-laying ceremony held for a CRPF jawan who was killed in an […]

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Jamia student Safoora Zargar gets bail

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted bail to Jamia student Safoora Zargar, who is pregnant and was arrested under anti-terror law UAPA in a case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, as Solicitor General Tushar Mehta did not oppose it on humanitarian grounds. At the […]

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Faceoff at LAC: India, China hold second round of Lt Gen-level talks

New Delhi: Indian and Chinese militaries are holding a second round of Lt General-level talks on Monday in an attempt to lower the temperature following the violent clashes in Galwan Valley last week that left 20 Indian Army personnel dead, official sources said. The talks were scheduled to start at 11:30 am at Moldo on […]

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Top Army commanders hold meet in Delhi

New Delhi: The apex leadership of the Indian Army on Monday held detailed deliberations on the eastern Ladakh standoff and the situation along the Line of Actual Control with China after the Galwan Valley clashes that left 20 Indian soldiers dead, official sources said. On the opening day of a two-day conference, the commanders carried […]

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China declines to react on deaths, injuries to PLA soldiers

Beijing: China on Monday declined to comment on Union Minister and former Indian Army chief Gen (retd) V K Singh’s remarks that more than 40 Chinese soldiers were killed in the Galwan Valley clash in eastern Ladakh, saying it has no information to release on the issue. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, during a […]

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Lt Guv directs for timely issuance of domicile certificates

Launches e-application at Jammu

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu Monday launched e-Application-cum-issuance of Domicile Certificate, developed by Jammu and Kashmir e-Governance Agency (JaKeGA), here at the Raj Bhavan. With the launch of this service, the count of the Government to Citizen (G2C) online services reached 27. It is an addition to the UT Government’s e-governance initiatives to speed […]

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COVID-19 Pandemic: Pakistan partially resumes international flights

Islamabad: After nearly three months, Pakistan has partially resumed international flights to repatriate its citizens stranded abroad due to the COVID-19 lockdown, according to a media report. On March 21, Pakistan suspended all international flight operations to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The government has now reopened 25 per cent […]

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Army man killed during LoC shelling

Jammu: An Army jawan was killed on Monday in unprovoked Pakistani firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, raising the number of soldiers who fell to cross-border firing this month to four, officials said. Pakistan Army and Rangers personnel also targeted forward areas and posts along the LoC […]

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LAC row: Manmohan asks PM to be mindful of implications of his words

New Delhi: In his first remarks on the Ladakh face-off, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said PM Narendra Modi must be mindful of the implications of his words and cannot allow China to use them as a vindication of its position. Noting that disinformation is no substitute for diplomacy or decisive leadership, Singh […]