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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has extended the 2G mobile data service and fixed line internet connectivity wherever provided across the union territory till February 24, an official spokesperson said on Sunday. However, the internet service providers (ISP) have been given directions to ensure access to 1,485 white-listed sites only and not to any […]
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Srinagar/New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir authorities did not allow a conference on the Union Territory’s future in which senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar was to participate as no prior permission was sought for it, officials said on Saturday. Aiyar claimed he was put under “hotel arrest” and police stopped people who were to attend […]
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Jammu: The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir police has filed a charge sheet against a father-son duo for duping a man of Rs 3 lakh on the pretext of arranging jobs for the man’s sons here. The charge sheet was filed in a court of law against Mohammad Ashraf Malik (now expired) and his […]
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Jammu: A private ultrasound centre was sealed in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir for violating norms, an official spokesman said on Sunday. The centre in Kotranka town was sealed following an inspection by an official team headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kotranka, Surinder Mohan Sharma on Saturday, the spokesman said. He said the team […]
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Munich: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told a senior US Senator that India will “settle” the Kashmir issue on its own when the American lawmaker brought up the issue during an interaction at the Munich Security Conference. Referring to the Kashmir issue during a panel discussion, Senator Lindsey Graham said the best way to sell […]
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Washington: Google Maps has redrawn the world’s borders which look different depending upon where the user is viewing them from, with the popular search engine showing Kashmir’s outlines as a dotted line acknowledging “dispute” when it is seen from outside India, a leading American daily has reported. According to the Washington Post, “the borders on […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday summoned a senior diplomat from the High Commission of India and lodged a strong protest over the alleged ceasefire violations along the LoC. The Foreign Office said that the Indian security forces fired in Nezapir and Rakhchikri sectors of the Line of Control (LoC) on February 14. The “indiscriminate and unprovoked […]
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has booked former IAS officer-turned-politician Shah Faesal under the controversial Public Safety Act, official sources said on Saturday. Faesal, who has been under detention after scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, was booked under the PSA on Friday night, according to the sources. Former chief ministers Omar Abdullah […]
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Munich: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference and discussed bilateral relationship ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to India this month. “Good to see @SecPompeo at #MSC2020. Allowed us to take stock of the relationship as we look forward […]
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Bengaluru: Three students from Kashmir studying at a private engineering college in Hubballi district of Karnataka were arrested on sedition charges for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans and posting a video of it on a messaging platform, police said on Saturday. Police said, according to preliminary information, the students are from Shopianin Kashmir and action has […]
