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Faceoff at LAC: Implement consensus reached between two premiers, China tells India

Beijing: China and India have agreed to work to maintain peace along the LAC and resolve the border standoff through talks while implementing the consensus reached between the two countries’ leadership that “differences” do not escalate into “disputes”, a top Chinese official said on Monday. The remarks of China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying came […]

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Talks with China positive, will continue: Rajnath Singh

Mumbai: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said India’s military and diplomatic levels talks with China have been positive and will continue. Addressing the BJP’s Maharashtra Jan-Samvad Rally via video link, the minister also said the Narendra Modi-led government will ensure that India’s pride is not affected as far as the situation along Indo-China border […]

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Shopian encounter: Four Hizbul militants killed, 3 troopers injured

Srinagar: Security forces killed four Hizbul Mujahideen militants on Monday in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, taking the total number of slain militants during the past 24 hours in South Kashmir to nine. Lauding the role of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, CRPF and the army, General officer Commanding (GoC) 15 Corps Lt Gen B S […]

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2020 witnessed killing of 88 militants, arrest of 240 OGW’s: DGP

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Monday said 88 militants, including a number of top commanders, were killed and 280 others arrested so far in the Union Territory this year. Twenty-two of the militants, including six top commanders, were killed in the past two weeks, dealing a major blow to […]

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Packet addressed to Army man contained live bullets, seized at Airport

Srinagar: Security forces recovered some live bullets and empty cases from two bags during X-Ray scanning at the Srinagar airport here on Monday, officials said. During X-Ray scanning at the drop gate of the airport, security personnel deployed there recovered some live bullets and empty rounds from two bags, they said. The officials said while […]

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Coronavirus: Pak’s former PM Abbasi, Railways Minister Rashid test positive

Coronavirus: Pak’s former PM Abbasi, Railways Minister Rashid test positive

Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and incumbent Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad were tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Monday, making them the latest amongst the country’s top politicians to contract the virus that has infected over one lakh people in the country. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Maryam Aurangzeb confirmed […]

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Pandemic: 45 civic bodies to focus on house-to-house survey, prompt testing

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Monday asked officials of 45 civic bodies across 38 districts in 10 states, that are witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, to focus on house-to-house surveys, carry out prompt testing and undertake active surveillance measures to contain the infection and reduce mortality. Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan along […]

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Official blamed for ‘creating hurdles’ during Amarnath yatra prayer

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has asked the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to take action against an IAS officer who allegedly tried to prevent the Amarnath Shrine Board officials from undertaking “pratham pooja” (first prayer) for Amarnath yatra, sources said on Monday. This is for the first time in many years that […]

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SABLO favours cancellation of yatra

Jammu: With coronavirus cases continuing an upward trend across Jammu and Kashmir, the Shri Amarnath Barfani Langars Organisation (SABLO) has suggested the cancellation of the upcoming annual pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas. The 42-day yatra was scheduled to commence from the twin tracks of Pahalgam in Anantnag […]

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Art 370 scrapping has people’s approval: Army Commander

Srinagar: People of Kashmir took the scrapping of Article 370 in a “positive manner” as there was relative peace for a long time but Pakistan is on a “hyperdrive” on peddling a false narrative to keep the pot boiling in the valley, a top army officer said on Monday. “Starting from the situation post abrogation […]