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Snowfall, landslides disrupt traffic on National Highway

Snowfall, landslides disrupt traffic on National Highway

Banihal: Snowfall around the Jawahar Tunnel and landslides triggered by rains at several places near here disrupted traffic for several hours on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Wednesday, officials said. Several landslides struck the strategic 270-km highway overnight at Digdole, Battery Cheshma and Maroog between Banihal and Ramban, blocking the only all-weather road linking Kashmir […]

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Shawl vendors manhandled, looted near Rohtak

New Delhi: Two Kashmiri shawl vendors have claimed they were beaten up and called “stone pelters” by unidentified men on a train, forcing them to cut short their business trip to Rohtak, officials said Wednesday. The incident comes amid reports of attacks on Kashmiri people in many parts of the country in the aftermath of […]

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Pulwama attack: India to provide proof of Pak’s involvement to friendly countries

Pulwama attack: India to provide proof of Pak’s involvement to friendly countries

New Delhi: India will not submit any evidence to Pakistan on the role of Jaish-e-Mohammad in the Pulwama terror strike, and instead give all such facts to friendly nations to unmask the role of elements based in the neighbouring country in the attack, a senior government official said. The official was sharing the views within […]

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Ram-Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute: SC to hear matter on Feb 26

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday decided to hear on February 26 the politically sensitive Ayodhya’s Ram-JanmabhoomiBabri Masjid land dispute matter. It will be heard by a five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice RanjanGogoi and Justices S ABobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S A Nazeer. The apex court on January 27 had cancelled […]

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Dealing with terror, extremism: Saudi to help India, other neighbouring countries: MBS

NEW DELHI: Terrorism and extremism are “common concerns” and Saudi Arabia will extend all cooperation to India and other neighbouring countries to deal with them, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said on Wednesday after holding “extensive and successful” talks with Prime Minister NarendraModi. The talks took place a day after the influential Arab leader […]

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Pulwama attack: NIA takes over probe from JK Police

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday took over the probe into the February 14 attack in Pulwama from the Jammu and Kashmir police, officials said. The agency has re-registered the case and formed a team to investigate the terror strike in which more than 40 CRPF personnel were killed, an NIA spokesperson […]

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Pak violates ceasefire along LoC

Jammu: The Pakistan army violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, prompting the Indian Army to retaliate, a defence spokesperson said here. “At about 1830 hours Wednesday, the Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by resorting to heavy shelling with mortars […]

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Give Imran a chance: Mehbooba on Pak seeking proof

Give Imran a chance: Mehbooba on Pak seeking proof

Jammu: A day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan asked India to share “actionable intelligence” on the Pulwama terror attack, PDP chiefMehbooba Mufti said an “opportunity” should be given to him to see what he does. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, however, said Pakistan has not acted on the evidence given to it […]

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Senior IAS officer Farooq Shah resigns, likely to join politics

Jammu: Senior IAS officer Farooq Ahmad Shah has resigned from service officials said, amid reports that he is likely to join the National Conference ahead of the Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections. Shah, a 2004-batch IAS officer, who was presently posted as Secretary Public Health Engineering, Irrigation and flood control with additional charge of […]

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Attacking Kashmiri students, traders will have incalculable consequence: Karan Singh

New Delhi: Amid rising tension with Pakistan in the wake of Pulwama attack, Veteran Congress leader Karan Singh Wednesday cautioned that it seemed the country was moving towards “yet another conflagration” which could have “incalculable consequence”. Singh also rued that there has unfortunately been a “strong anti-Kashmiri backlash” around the country in the aftermath of […]