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Arrives on surprise visit to Kashmir, meets kin of stranded persons
Srinagar: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived on a surprise visit to Kashmir on Monday and met the relatives of those people, including students, who are stranded in Iran amidst coronavirus scare, officials said. They said the Union minister reached the valley on Monday morning and he will take a briefing on the security situation […]
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New Delhi: Qatar has temporarily banned entry of people coming from India and 13 other countries in the wake of coronavirus outbreak. The temporary ban will also be applicable on people coming from Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria and Thailand. “This decision comes as a preventive […]
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Jammu: Pakistan army resorted to firing and mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Monday, a defence spokesperson said. “Around 12.15 pm, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by small arms firing and shelling with mortars in the Shahpur sector. The Indian Army is retaliating befittingly,” […]
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Investors lose nearly Rs 7 lakh cr
New Delhi: Investor wealth plummeted by nearly Rs 7 lakh crore on Monday as equity markets crashed tracking global equity sell-off amid mounting fears of an economic slowdown due to the coronavirus outbreak. Market capitalisation (m-cap) of the BSE-listed companies saw a massive decline after the Sensex plunged over 2,467 points during the day, the […]
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Paris: The number of cases of novel coronavirus worldwide has crossed 110,000 people in 100 countries and territories with more than 3,800 dead, according to an AFP tally on Monday. The landmark figure came after Iran reported almost 600 new cases on Monday morning, taking its total number of infections past 7,000. China, where the […]
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Jawahar tunnel being upgraded, say officials
Banihal/Jammu: The old Banihal alignment bypassing the Jawahar Tunnel on Jammu-Srinagar will be made motorable and thrown open as an alternate route within a week after being cleared of snow and making necessary repairs, a Border Road Organisation official said Monday. The work is on in full swing to clear the old Banihal alignment of […]
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Domestic help among two arrested
Jammu: Police on Monday claimed to have solved the sensational murder case of a senior city-based lawyer with the arrest of two persons including his domestic help and recovery of various stolen items. Deepak Chouhan (26) alias “Deepu” and Sunil Kohli (30) alias Lambu, both residents of Madhya Pradesh, were arrested by a special team […]
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Jammu: A Pakistani intruder was arrested by the Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, officials said on Monday. Faryad Ali (20), a resident of Kotli in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, sneaked into this side from across the LoC and was intercepted by the Army in a forward area in Balakote sector late on […]
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Islamabad: A 50-year-old man has been tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in Pakistan, taking the total number of the COVID-19 infections in the country to seven. The new case was found in Karachi on Sunday. This is the seventh case in Pakistan though one has already recovered and discharged, while another one is ready […]
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Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the Lucknow administration to remove posters of those accused of vandalism during anti-CAA protests in December. The bench f Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Ramesh Sinha also asked the Uttar Pradesh government not to install such posters “without having the authority of law”. The court directed […]
