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Srinagar: A day after quitting the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Shah Faesal, who topped the exam in 2009, Thursday said his next course of action will depend on what the people of Kashmir, especially the youth, want him to do. Faesal said he received both abuse and adulation over his decision to quit the government […]
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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Thursday took a dig at the BJP-led central government over the resignation of IAS officer Shah Faesal, saying the world will take note of “his cry of anguish and defiance”. In a series of tweets, the former home and finance minister claimed whatever Faesal, the first Kashmiri IAS […]
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Srinagar: The Meteorological Department has forecast a fresh spell of rain or snow from Thursday evening in Kashmir, even as the valley and Ladakh region continued to reel under intense cold conditions. A MeT Department official said a fresh western disturbance (WD) is approaching Jammu and Kashmir under the influence of which intermittent rain and […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to constitute afresh the five-judge Constitution bench to hear on January 29 the politically-sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute in Ayodhya after a judge, Justice U U Lalit, recused himself from the hearing. Justice Lalit, who was part of the five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief […]
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New Delh: Alok Verma was shunted out as the CBI chief after a marathon meeting of high-powered selection committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday, officials said. Verma, a 1979-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, has been removed from the high-profile post on the charges of corruption and dereliction of duty making him the first […]
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New Delhi: The triple talaq ordinance, which seeks to make the practice of instant divorce a penal offence, will lapse later this month as a bill to convert it into a law is stuck in the Rajya Sabha. Sources in the government said the ordinance is set to be reissued, but its timing is yet […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party is operating at least 18 undeclared bank accounts within the country, putting him and other senior leaders in legal jeopardy, a media report Thursday quoted a report by Pakistan’s central bank as saying. According to a report submitted by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to the […]
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Srinagar: A Mumbai resident died of cardiac arrest during Chadar Trek in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region, officials said Thursday. The body was found when the Indian Air Force launched an air rescue this morning, they said. Daval Suresh Shah, a resident of Mumbai, suffered cardiac arrest near Tibb Cave on Chadar Trek in Leh […]
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Srinagar: A 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region Thursday, officials said. The quake occurred at 8:22 am with its epicentre at 34.39 degrees north and 78.21 degrees east 63.6 km north of Leh and 193.1 km east of Kargil – in Ladakh region, officials of the Disaster Management Department said. They said no […]
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Jammu: A girl who was kidnapped a week ago was rescued from Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said. The girl’s father had lodged a complaint on January 2 against Mohammad Aslam of Reasi district’s Kundardhan Chasana area for allegedly kidnapping his daughter, they said. The girl’s family belongs to Kanthol village in Kathua district […]