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CISF takes charge of security of Jammu airport

Jammu/New Delhi: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) took over the security of the Jammu airport on Friday with the deployment of around 300 personnel, officials said. On February 26, the central force had similarly been inducted to guard the Srinagar airport in Jammu-Kashmir. While the induction of the force at the two airports in […]

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Jammu-Srinagar highway blocked due to multiple landslides

Jammu: The 270-kilometre Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was blocked due to multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains in Ramban district on Friday, officials said. Vehicular traffic on the strategic highway was disrupted due to multiple landslides forcing over 400 vehicles to halt at different […]

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Labourer killed in avalanche in Ganderbal

Srinagar: A labourer was killed while another was rescued after they came under a snow avalanche in Ganderbal district of central Kashmir on Friday, police said. The avalanche struck Royal Gund area in the central Kashmir district in the afternoon, a police official said. He said rescue teams immediately swung into action and saved one […]

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27 killed in attack on Afghan political rally: officials

Kabul: At least 27 people were killed in an attack on a political rally in Kabul on Friday, officials said, in the deadliest assault in Afghanistan since the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Taliban. The attack highlights the glaring lack of security in the heavily fortified Afghan capital just 14 months ahead of […]

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Coronavirus kills 124 people amid 4,747 confirmed cases in Iran

Tehran: Iran on Friday said the new coronavirus has killed 124 people amid 4,747 confirmed cases in the Islamic Republic as authorities warned they may use “force” to limit travel between cities. Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour offered the figures at a televised news conference. He did not elaborate on the threat to use force, […]

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Top govt official in Iran dies due to coronavirus

Tehran: An adviser to Iran’s foreign minister who took part in the 1979 US embassy hostage crisis has died from coronavirus, the official IRNA news agency reported. Hossein Sheikholeslam, “a veteran and revolutionary diplomat” died late Thursday, IRNA said. Iran has been scrambling to contain the rapid spread of coronavirus which so far has infected […]

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PDD Jr engineers sacked, booked for securing jobs on fake sports certificates

Jammu: Two junior engineers of Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department have been dismissed on charges of securing their jobs on the basis of fake sports certificates, said officials on Friday. The duo, Pallav Gupta and Sagar Kumar, have also been booked on charges of committing cheating and forgery, they said. Gupta and Kumar had […]

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Coronavirus scare reaches Kashmir

Five persons with travel history to affected countries isolated in Srinagar hospital

Srinagar: Health authorities in Kashmir have kept five persons with a recent history of travelling to coronavirus-affected countries in the isolation ward of the SKIMS hospital here after they showed symptoms of the disease, officials said on Thursday. “We have kept the five persons in the isolation ward at the SKIMS hospital in Soura,” they […]

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Two quarantined persons flee from hospital, brought back

Jammu: Two people, who had a travel history to coronavirus-hit Italy and South Korea, fled from a Jammu-based government hospital’s isolation ward, but were brought back, officials said on Thursday. They were admitted to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Samples were taken and sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, they said. […]

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CAA could result in ‘disenfranchisement’ of Muslims: US Federal Body

Washington: Members of a Congress created federal body that monitors violation of religious freedom abroad on Wednesday expressed concern over India’s amended citizenship laws, saying it could result in the “wide-scale disenfranchisement” of Muslims in the country. Members of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) along with an invited panel of experts convened […]

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