Added on April 12, 2020
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Kargil: The 434-km Srinagar-Leh national highway, considered as the lifeline of the Union Territory of Ladakh, was reopened on Saturday to ferry essential commodities after remaining closed for over four months owing to heavy snowfall along the Zojila Pass. In view of the coronavirus outbreak, the Ladakh administration on Friday had decided to only allow […]
Added on April 12, 2020
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Srinagar: Security forces on Saturday seized a light machine gun and materials used for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) after an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Khulgam district, police said. A cordon and search operation was launched by the security forces in Nandimarg in the Damhal Hanjipora area of the south Kashmir district […]
Added on April 12, 2020
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Srinagar: Restrictions on the movement and assembly of people in Kashmir to contain the spread of the coronavirus continued for the 24th consecutive day on Saturday, officials said. They said the curbs have been tightened across the Valley in the wake of the surge in the number of COVID-19 positive cases. The security forces have […]
Added on April 12, 2020
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Jammu: An alleged hardcore overground worker (OGW) of Jaish-e-Mohammad militant outfit was arrested from a village near the International Border here, a police official said on Saturday. Mohammad Muzaffar Beigh (24), a resident of the Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, was arrested during a late night raid on a house in Chakroi, village, […]
Added on April 12, 2020
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Washington: The US has become the world’s first country to have registered more than 2,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day with 2,108 fatalities reported in the past 24 hours, while the number of infections in America has crossed 500,000, the highest in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University data. China, where the deadly […]
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New Delhi: A Delhi court has sent to one-month judicial custody Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Davinder Singh, who was arrested while ferrying two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorists in a vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway earlier this year. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Jain sent Singh to judicial custody till May 6 after he was produced before the […]
Added on April 12, 2020
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Kathua/Doda/Jammu: Setting an example, about 2,500 residents of a panchayat in Kathua district Saturday decided to skip their one meal everyday to feed the hungry as the coronavirus lockdown has snatched livelihoods of many and left them without food, despite best government efforts. Sarpanch Shiv Dev Singh of Panchayat Baira-Buorthian said a resolution to this […]
Added on April 11, 2020
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New Delhi: The production of personal protective equipment (PPE) is being ramped up, a review meeting held by the Prime Minister’s Office on the efforts to tackle the spread of coronavirus was informed on Friday. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister P K Mishra chaired the meeting of the empowered groups of officers set up […]
Added on April 11, 2020
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Asks states, UT’s to ensure strict lockdown
New Delhi: In view of the upcoming festivals, the Centre asked the states and Union territories on Friday to strictly adhere to the ongoing 21-day lockdown and not allow any social or religious gathering and procession. In a communication, the Union Home Ministry also said that appropriate vigil on social media should be maintained against […]
Added on April 11, 2020
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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the BSF to enhance vigil along the Indian borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh, especially in the non-fenced areas, a senior official said on Friday. The minister reviewed the security of the two borders on Thursday with Border Security Force (BSF) officials via a video conferencing and […]
