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PM surrendered Indian territory to Chinese aggression: Rahul

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remark that neither is anyone inside India’s territory nor has any of its posts been captured, alleging that the PM has “surrendered” Indian territory to Chinese aggression. In a statement on the all-party meeting called by Modi on Friday to […]

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Three Punjab residents held with poppy straw

Jammu: Three Punjab residents were arrested on Saturday after 32.9 kg of poppy straw was recovered from their truck near here, police said. A police team intercepted the Punjab-bound truck at Jhajjar Kotli on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway and found its number plate replaced with a Jammu and Kashmir registration number, a police official said. […]

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India’s sovereignty is supreme: PM Modi

India’s sovereignty is supreme: PM Modi

No one has intruded into our territory, no post captured

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that neither has anyone intruded into Indian territory nor has anyone taken over any post. In his closing remarks at an all-party meeting on the face-off between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, Modi said the whole country is […]

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LAC faceoff: IAF chief pays quiet visit to Leh, Srinagar

New Delhi: Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria paid a two-day visit to Leh and Srinagar to oversee preparedness of the IAF in view of the massive escalation in tension with China following the violent Galwan Valley clash that left 20 Indian Army personnel dead and 76 injured, military sources said on Friday. The Indian Air […]

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NC demands restoration of special status for JK

‘Welcomes’ BJP leadership's change in stance

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) on Friday welcomed the apparent shift in the BJP’s stand from belligerence to ‘amity and peace’, while demanding restoration of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. In a joint statement by party president and MP Farooq Abdullah, his colleagues in the Lok Sabha — Mohammad Akbar Lone and Hasnain Masoodi […]

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Skirmishes along LoC, Indo-China border standoff not connected: Army

Srinagar: The Army on Friday said there is no connection between the Pakistan-initiated ceasefire violations along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and the situation on the Line of Actual Control with China in the Ladakh region. It, however, asserted that no “misadventure” would be allowed along the borders in the union territory. […]

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COVID-19 Pandemic: Newborn among four dead in JK, death toll reaches 76

10 soldiers, four cops among 125 test positive for Covid-19

Srinagar: A 15-day-old baby was among four COVID-19 patients who died at a hospital here, taking the number of fatalities due to the novel coronavirus in the Union Territory to 75, officials said on Friday. The baby is the youngest COVID-19 victim in the union territory, the officials said, adding all the deaths took place […]

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Worrying trend: More than 17 pc COVID-19 cases in Kashmir are children: Medico body

Srinagar: Claiming that more than 17 per cent of Covid-19 positive cases in Kashmir are children, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said that the valley has highest percentage of children the infection that the global average. “While children make up fewer than 2 per cent of reported Covid-19 cases globally, in Kashmir valley 17.29 […]

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Six militants killed in two encounters in south Kashmir

Srinagar: Six more militants were killed in two separate encounters with security forces in Pulwama and Shopian districts of south Kashmir, taking the number of ultras killed in the overnight operations to eight, officials said. While two militants were killed in the Pulwama encounter, four were killed in Shopian operation on Friday, the officials said. […]

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WHO chief warns virus pandemic ‘accelerating’

WHO chief warns virus pandemic ‘accelerating’

Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization said the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating and that more than 150,000 cases were reported yesterday – the”highest single-day number so far. In a media briefing on Friday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly half of the newly reported cases were from the Americas, with significant numbers from South […]