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Digital arrest scam: Jammu trader duped of Rs 4.4 Cr, police arrests three from Gujarat

Jammu: The cyber wing of Jammu and Kashmir police has uncovered an online fraud involving Rs 4.4 crore with the arrest of three accused from Gujarat’s Surat who had kept a Jammu-based businessman under digital arrest, police said on Tuesday. The fraud came to light on September 2 when the businessman lodged a written complaint […]

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Weather Vagaries: Major highways, roads closed due to rain, snowfall in JK

Jammu: The traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar and Srinagar-Leh national highways along with Mughal and Sinthan top roads was suspended on Tuesday following multiple landslides triggered by heavy rain and snow accumulation in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The high-altitude areas of Jammu and Kashmir experienced fresh snowfall, while the plains were […]

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Gift under Mohammedan Law does not require written document to be valid: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said a gift (hiba) under Mohammedan Law does not require a written document to be valid. The court said there are three essential conditions for an oral gift — a clear manifestation of the wish to give on the part of the donor, an acceptance of the gift […]

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SC asks EC to furnish details of 3.66 lakh excluded voters from final roll

Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision exercise New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to provide details of 3.66 lakh voters excluded from the final electoral roll prepared after Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The poll panel informed the apex court that most of the names added in the final list after […]

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Over 60 pc higher education institutions permitting use of AI tools by students: Report

New Delhi: Over 50 per cent of higher education institutions (HEIs) in India are using generative AI to develop learning materials while 60 per cent of them are permitting student use of AI tools, according to a new report based on a survey of 30 leading HEIs. The report released by Ernst and Young-Parthenon, in […]

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World Bank raises India’s growth projection to 6.5 pc for 2025-26

New Delhi: The World Bank on Tuesday raised India’s growth forecast for the current fiscal to 6.5 per cent from 6.3 per cent estimated earlier, and said the country is expected to remain fastest-growing major economy, underpinned by continued strength in consumption growth. The World Bank also cautioned that 50 per cent tariffs on Indian […]

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SIA opposes PDP MLA Parra’s plea to travel outside JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) has urged the J&K High Court to dismiss an application filed by PDP MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra seeking permission to travel outside the Union Territory. The SIA filed its response to the application of Parra, who is on bail in a terror-linked case registered against him in 2020, […]

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Army rescues 25 tribals trapped in blizzard in Doda

Bhaderwah/Jammu: Twenty five tribals belonging to the Bakarwal community were rescued by the Army after they were trapped in a snowstorm with their livestock in the upper reaches of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. Dozens of tribal families were on their traditional seasonal migration trail from the high-altitude meadows of […]

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Lawyer tries to hurl shoe at CJI in SC courtroom, BCI suspends license

PM Modi speaks to CJI Gavai, says attack on him angered every Indian New Delhi: In a shocking security breach, a 71-year-old lawyer allegedly attempted to hurl a shoe towards Chief Justice of India B R Gavai in his courtroom in the Supreme Court on Monday, prompting the Bar Council of India to suspend his […]

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Bypolls in JK other states on Nov 11: CEC

Budgam, Nagrota to witness close contest New Delhi/Srinagar: The voting for assembly bypolls in eight constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Punjab, Telangana and Rajasthan will be held on November 11, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar announced on Monday. The counting of votes will be done on November 14. “The assembly bypolls […]