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Will remain silent till others are not released too
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was released on Friday after he spent over seven months in detention, with the government revoking the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA) under which he had been held at his residence here. Immediately after his release, Abdullah demanded that his son and former chief minister Omar […]
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Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah visited his father Sheikh Abdullah’s grave, located on the banks of the Dal Lake at Hazratbal here, shortly after being released from his 221-day detention on Friday. Accompanied by his wife Moile, grandson Adeem and other members of the family, Abdullah offered prayers at the grave […]
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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday hit out at the Modi government for keeping former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah under detention for seven months, alleging that “despotism and arbitrariness” constitute the rule of law in the Union Territory. Chidambaram’s attack on the government came after Abdullah was released following […]
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More than 3,000 vehicles stranded
Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway, an all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, remained closed for the second consecutive day on Friday due to heavy snowfall and landslides, officials said. Over 3,000 vehicles comprising mostly trucks carrying essential supplies are stranded at various places on the highway from Lakhanpur in Kathua district […]
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Jammu: One person died and nine others sustained injuries when a vehicle skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Udhampur district on Friday, officials said. A tempo traveller carrying passengers from Patnitop to Jammu skidded off the Patnitop-Kud road at Kassal Morh and rolled down into a deep gorge, they said. […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday took note of global pandemic Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and decided that only urgent matters shall be taken up for hearing and no persons except concerned lawyers will be allowed inside its courtrooms. The decision was taken in a meeting presided over by Chief Justice of India S A […]
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Says no foreigners will be allowed entry
Amritsar: Any foreign national will not be allowed to enter India from Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah border from Friday evening onwards amid coronavirus threat, a senior BSF official said here. He said Indian nationals who had gone across the border would be allowed to come back before their visas expire. The entry of foreign nationals […]
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Mumbai/New Delhi: Second batch of 44 Indian pilgrims has arrived from Iran, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said. An Iran Air flight carrying Indian pilgrims stranded in coronavirus-hit Iran landed at the airport in Mumbai on Friday afternoon, an official said. Iran is one of the worst-affected countries by the coronavirus outbreak and […]
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Jammu: Pakistan army violated the ceasefire and restored to firing and shelling along the Line of Control in Poonch district on Friday, a defence spokesperson said. Around 3.00 pm, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by small arms firing and shelling with mortars in Mankote sector, he said. The Indian Army is retaliating befittingly, the spokesperson […]
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Kathmandu: Nepal has halted all mountaineering expeditions, including Mount Everest ascents, and stopped issuing on-arrival tourist visas after the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic and urged countries to take precautionary measures. The Himalayan country attracts mountaineers from all over the world and earns millions of dollars a year from Everest permits. Nepal has […]
