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Couple among four killed in a mishap

Jammu: A couple was among four people who died in two separate accidents on the highway in Kathua district, police said Monday, adding two others were injured. A couple was travelling on a motorcycle on the highway at Lakhanpur in the district when another vehicle hit them Monday, they said. 60-year old Manohar Lal and […]

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Pilgrim dies on way to Shivkhori shrine

Jammu: A 60-year-old pilgrim died after apparently suffering a cardiac arrest on way to the Shivkhori shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday. Shambu Prasad, a resident of Varanasi, fell unconscious at Ransooen route the cave shrine Sunday evening, a police official said. Prasad was rushed to a local public […]

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Man hailing from Kashmir accused of smuggling banned heroin

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested a man from Budgam in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a heroin smuggling case, a senior official said Sunday. In August, ATS had arrested two men in Gujarat and seized 5 kilogrammes of heroin worth Rs 14.84 crore in the international market. ATS officials said that one of […]

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Congress for keeping BJP at bay

Congress for keeping BJP at bay

Appeals 'secular minded' candidates in SMC to flock together

Appeals ‘secular minded’ candidates in SMC to flock together

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BJP fails to score in Ladakh region

BJP fails to score in Ladakh region

Srinagar: The BJP Saturday failed to open its account in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region in the urban local body elections held earlier this month. Out of the total 26 wards in this region, the Congress bagged all the 13 seats in Leh municipal committee. It also won five wards in neighbouring Kargil district, election […]

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Massive landslide blocks Jammu-Srinagar highway

Massive landslide blocks Jammu-Srinagar highway

Banihal/Jammu: A massive landslide on Saturday blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Ramban district, leaving a number of vehicles stranded, officials said. The nearly 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country. The landslide occurred near Ramsoo town in Ramban, the officials said. No vehicle was […]

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Pulwama youth arrested by NIA

Pulwama youth arrested by NIA

Says he was an absconder in 2016 Nagrota army camp attack case

Says he was an absconder in 2016 Nagrota army camp attack case

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Foreign funding of local mosque: Delhi Minorities Commission team visits Palwal, initiates probe

Chandigarh: A three-member fact-finding team of Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) on Saturday reached Palwal in neighbouring Haryana to probe the alleged funding of a local mosque by militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The team will also meet the family members of the persons arrested by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) in connection with foreign funding of […]

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FATF flags Pak’s efforts over terror financing: Media report

Islamabad: Expressing dissatisfaction over Pakistan’s efforts to combat terror financing, a delegation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has asked the country to take robust steps to strengthen its legal framework if it wants to avoid being blacklisted by the anti-money laundering watchdog, according to a media report on Saturday. Currently placed on the […]

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Retired army colonel duped of Rs 3 crore

Retired army colonel duped of Rs 3 crore

New Delhi: A retired army colonel has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) after he was allegedly duped of more than Rs 3 crore on the pretext of investing in insurance policies, police said Saturday. Based on the complaint, a case was registered against two men on October 18. In […]