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LAC faceoff: Indian, Chinese troops begin disengagement in certain areas: Report

New Delhi: Chinese and Indian troops have begun “disengagement” in Galwan Valley and two other areas in eastern Ladakh reflecting their willingness to resolve the month-long standoff through talks, military sources said on Tuesday. However, there has been no change in their posturing in areas like Pangong Tso and Daulat Beg Oldie, they said. There […]

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Has China occupied our territory: Rahul asks Rajnath

Has China occupied our territory: Rahul asks Rajnath

New Delhi: A day after his “everyone knows the reality” of border situation jibe, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked Defence Minister Rajnath Singh whether China has occupied Indian territory in Ladakh. “Once RM is done commenting on the hand symbol, can he answer: Have the Chinese occupied Indian territory in Ladakh,” he asked […]

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4G restoration in JK, Plea in SC seeks contempt action

New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Union Home Secretary and Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir for their alleged ‘willful disobedience’ in complying with the apex court’s order for setting up a “special committee” to consider restoration of 4G internet services in the Union […]

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NIA custody: Kashmiri woman who tested COVID-19 denied bail

New Delhi: A Kashmiri woman, who was found COVID-19 positive during her NIA custody, was denied interim bail on Tuesday by a Delhi court in a case of allegedly planning a terror attack in the country during the anti-CAA protests here. Hina Bashir Beg, currently lodged into Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital, was arrested along […]

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Sgr advocate appointed judge of JK High Court

New Delhi: A prominent advocate was on Tuesday appointed a judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. According to a Law Ministry notification, Javed Iqbal Wani has been appointed a judge of the common high court of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh. His recommendation, made by the […]

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Suspended DSP Davinder Singh moves Delhi court, seeks bail

New Delhi: Suspended Jammu and Kashmir DSP Davinder Singh, arrested while ferrying two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants in a vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway earlier this year, moved a Delhi court on Tuesday seeking bail. Singh and two other accused in the case – Irfan Shafi Mir and Sayed Naveed Mushtaq – moved the applications, claiming they […]

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Pak army resorts to shelling along LoC in Poonch

Jammu: The Pakistan army resorted to heavy shelling along the Line of Control in Poonch district on Tuesday, prompting strong retaliation by the Indian Army, an official said. “At about 0630 am today, the Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars along the LoC in Mankote […]

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COVID-19: Five more test positive in Ladakh, tally rises to 108

Leh: Five more persons tested positive for coronavirus in Leh district of Ladakh, taking the total number of cases in the union territory to 108, officials said on Tuesday. All the five persons have been shifted to a COVID hospital in Leh, said a bulletin issued by the Directorate of Health Services Ladakh. The union […]

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Forces detect IED in Baramulla village

Srinagar: Security forces averted a militant attack by timely detection of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. A patrol party of the Army noticed the IED planted by the ultras by the roadside at the Saidpora crossing in the Dangiwacha area of Baramulla early in […]

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COVID-19 toll rises to 7200 in India, record jump in cases

New Delhi: The novel coronavirus toll rose to 7,200 with 271 more deaths and the number of infections climbed to 2,56,611 in India on Monday after a record single-day spike of 9,983 cases, the Health Ministry said in its revised data. The country has been registering over 9,000 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for […]