Added on July 20, 2023
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Samba/Jammu: Traffic on the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway was suspended for over an hour following the detection of a suspicious bag outside an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Wednesday, officials said. The black bag was found in the afternoon lying below a highway flyover at Maheshwar. Army and police personnel cordoned off […]
Added on July 20, 2023
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Srinagar: A traffic policeman in Srinagar has won praise for managing the movement of vehicles on a busy road here barefoot amid torrential rains. A video, being widely shared on social media, showed the policeman on duty at the Gupkar Road intersection managing the traffic barefoot as he took out his shoes and socks due […]
Added on July 19, 2023
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Army says major terror strike thwarted
Poonch/Jammu: Four heavily-armed foreign terrorists were killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces in Poonch district on Tuesday, the Army said, asserting that the successful operation scuttled possible terror strikes in the region. The killing of four terrorists comes a day after security forces foiled a major infiltration bid along the Line of Control […]
Added on July 19, 2023
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Poonch/Jammu: Security forces have busted a terrorist hideout and nabbed a person during their search operation in Poonch district, official sources said on Tuesday. Three grenades and other materials have been seized from the hideout, they said. The search operation was being conducted by the Army and the special operations group in the Kala Jhula […]
Added on July 19, 2023
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New Delhi: The government has convened an all-party meeting on Wednesday to deliberate on a host of issues related to Parliament’s monsoon session, which will begin from July 20. It’s a customary get-together on the eve of a session’s start as various parties put across their issues at the meeting attended by senior government ministers. […]
Added on July 19, 2023
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United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address the annual high-level session of the UN General Assembly in September, according to a provisional list of speakers issued by the UN here. The high-level General Debate of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly will begin September 19, 2023, with Brazil as the […]
Added on July 19, 2023
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on whether “the rules of the game” for appointment to various posts in the judiciary can be changed mid-way through the selection process. A five-judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices Hrishikesh Roy, P S Narasimha, Pankaj Mithal and Manoj Misra […]
Added on July 19, 2023
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Total deaths during yatra climbs to 31
Srinagar: An on-duty policeman died in a road accident in the outskirts of the city, taking the death toll during this year’s Amarnath Yatra in the south Kashmir Himalayas to 31, officials said on Tuesday. Special Police Officer Zahoor Ahmad Khan was hit by a vehicle in the city’s Maloora area late on Monday while […]
Added on July 19, 2023
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Pulwama: A priest from Uttar Pradesh walked over 700 kilometres to pay obeisance at the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas. Rahul Sharma, a resident of Badhoo village in Saharanpur district, said he will visit Kedarnath in Uttarakhand on his way back home. He started his journey on May 30 and […]
Added on July 19, 2023
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Srinagar: Security forces arrested four associates of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. They were arrested in the Beerwah area of the central Kashmir district, a police spokesman said. He identified them as Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, a resident of Gondipora Beerwah, Azhar Ahmad Mir, a resident of […]
