Added on January 24, 2020
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Jammu: A court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Friday convicted a man of raping a 20-year-old woman in 2011 and sentenced him to seven years of rigorous imprisonment. The District and Sessions Judge Reasi also slapped Rs 10,000 fine on Rakesh Kumar after finding him guilty in the rape case. A complaint against Kumar, […]
Added on January 24, 2020
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Beijing: Battling the fast spreading coronavirus, China on Friday said that it is building a 1,000-bed hospital for patients infected with the deadly virus that has claimed 26 lives so far with confirmed cases rising sharply to over 880, prompting authorities to shut down 13 cities during the country’s most important holiday. Dampening the celebrations of […]
Added on January 24, 2020
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Jammu: A girl who went missing from Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district has been traced and handed over to her family on Friday, officials said. A man had lodged a report about his missing daughter at Talwara police post on Sunday last, they said. A police team was constituted and raids were conducted at different locations. […]
Added on January 23, 2020
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Jammu: Suspended Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Davinder Singh, who was arrested for helping terrorists, was produced in a special court here on Thursday and was sent to 15-day NIA custody with four co-accused, officials said. They said the suspended officer was produced in the special NIA court along with the two terrorists, who […]
Added on January 23, 2020
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New Delhi: The abrogation of the provisions of Article 370, which granted special status to erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir, has now become a “fait accompli” leaving sole option to accept the change, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday. Vehemently opposing the contention that Jammu and Kashmir was not integrated with India, the Centre told […]
Added on January 23, 2020
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New Delhi: Ahead of a possible India visit of US President Donald Trump, who again offered to “help” in resolving the Kashmir issue, New Delhi on Thursday categorically ruled out any role for a third party, asserting that any issue between India and Pakistan should be resolved bilaterally. India’s reiteration on the Kashmir issue came […]
Added on January 23, 2020
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Jammu: A government official was caught arrested on Thursday while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) spokesperson said. Ramesh Kumar, Patwari of Halqa Baddu in Billawar Tehsil was trapped on the complaint of Hukam Chand and was booked under relevant sections of the law, the spokesperson […]
Added on January 21, 2020
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Srinagar: Authorities on Tuesday morning suspended traffic movement on Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all-weather linking route to Kashmir Valley with the rest of world. “We have suspended traffic as a precautionary measure on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Tuesday morning due to fresh snowfall on both sides of the Jawahar Tunnel”, official said and […]
Added on January 21, 2020
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New Delhi: Article 370 of the Constitution was the only “tunnel of light” which maintained the relationship between the Centre and the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday. Petitioners challenging the Centre’s decision taken on August 5 last year to abrogate provisions of Article 370 contended that the Constitution […]
Added on January 21, 2020
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shailendra Kumar today called on Lt Governor G C Murmu here and informed him about the preparations for the elections to vacant seats of panchayats and block development councils (BDCs) in the Union Territory, a Raj Bhavan spokesman said. According to officials, the elections to the nearly 13,000 […]
