Added on September 14, 2025
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Jammu: The pilgrimage to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, which was scheduled to restart on Sunday after remaining suspended for 19 days, has been postponed again till further orders amid incessant rains, the shrine board said on Saturday. The pilgrimage was suspended on August 26, hours before a major landslide hit the route leading to […]
Added on September 13, 2025
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Jammu: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Friday highlighted the challenges related to predicting the exact forecasting of earthquakes and cloudbursts and said that efforts are on to study the contributing factors behind cloudbursts so that early warning can be provided. “There is no exact forecasting capability for earthquakes and cloudbursts yet, but we are studying […]
Added on September 13, 2025
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New Delhi: Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was on Friday sworn in as the 15th vice president of India. He later assumed charge as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha in his office in Parliament. President Droupadi Murmu administered oath to Radhakrishnan (67) at a brief ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, which was attended by Prime Minister […]
Added on September 13, 2025
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Pray for peace between Hindus, Muslims Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Friday offered prayers along with his son and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at the Hazratbal mosque here, a week after a controversy erupted over the placement of a plaque bearing the national emblem in the shrine. He also asked fruit growers […]
Added on September 13, 2025
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New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the Centre and states could earn up to Rs 40,000 crore in Goods and Services Tax if all 97 lakh unfit and polluting vehicles are scrapped. Addressing ACMA Annual Session 2025, Gadkari further said up to August this year, 3 lakh unfit and polluting vehicles have […]
Added on September 13, 2025
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Jammu: Police’s Crime Branch on Friday filed seven chargesheets in separate cases against 12 accused including an advocate, a government teacher and a cashier in connection with various frauds involving over Rs 2 crore and the use of fake documents. The chargesheets were filed in seven separate cases against Public Works Department (PWD) cashier Slocus […]
Added on September 13, 2025
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Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed Para on Friday said as the custodian of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, the speaker must speak in defence of the legislators to protect the “institution of MLA”. The remarks of Para, the MLA from Pulwama, came after Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice […]
Added on September 13, 2025
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New Delhi: Retail inflation inched up to 2.07 per cent in August from 1.61 per cent in the preceding month, driven by a rise in prices of kitchen items, like vegetables, meat, fish, and eggs, according to government data released on Friday. The rise in inflation comes after a continuous fall in the consumer price […]
Added on September 13, 2025
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Srinagar: Police have registered six cases against individuals and establishments found selling rotten meat in violation of public health and safety regulations in the city, an official said on Friday. Acting swiftly on reports of the sale of rotten and unhygienic meat in the district, the Srinagar Police, in coordination with civil administration and food […]
Added on September 13, 2025
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New Delhi: Prolonged delay in disposal of regular and anticipatory bail pleas amounts to a denial of justice, the Supreme Court on Friday said and directed high courts to decide such applications within two months from the date of filing. Issuing a slew of directions, a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan […]
