Added on June 18, 2023
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Jammu: A 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday but there was no report of any damage, officials said. The epicentre of the tremor, which occurred at 2.03 pm, was hilly Ramban district along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, an official of the meteorological department said. He said the depth of the earthquake was […]
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Jammu: A 66-year-old man was axed to death over a dispute related to the extraction of stones in Doda district, police said on Saturday. The accused, Bharov Singh (31), was arrested from the forested Gandoh area within four hours of the murder, a police official said. Singh attacked Ram Krishan with an axe in Gandoh […]
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Udhampur/Jammu: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing development in all sectors. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a programme in Udhampur in the Union Territory, he also hit out at Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi on her remark […]
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday staged a protest outside the office of the State Election Commission here, demanding the restoration of statehood and a democratically elected government in the union territory. President of the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena in J-K Manish Sahni, who was leading […]
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Jammu: The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) has secured a hat-trick of winning the first prize in the ‘National Water Awards’ for the promotion of water conservation and proper management of water, officials said. The shrine board bagged the ‘Best Institution for Campus Usage’ award in the fourth National Water Awards, they said. […]
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Srinagar: The Army on Saturday organised a mega blood donation camp in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district in which 25 soldiers and five civilians took part. “Army’s 50 Rashtriya Rifles organised a mega blood donation camp in collaboration with Government Subdistrict Hospital, Pampore, at the Army Camp in Pampore where 30 people, including five civilians, donated […]
Added on June 17, 2023
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Kupwara: Security forces killed five heavily armed foreign terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Friday and said it was the “biggest” infiltration bid to have been foiled since 2021, when India and Pakistan effected a ceasefire understanding. The operation in the Jumagund area in the Keran sector […]
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New Delhi: India’s defence and security establishment has decided to go for common annual confidential reports for all senior officers of the armed forces soon, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. They said the decision is largely in sync with the government’s plan on theaterisation process that is aimed at bringing in jointness […]
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Srinagar: Five Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists were arrested from Anantnag district of south Kashmir in connection with the killing of a circus worker last month, police said on Friday. Deepak Kumar (27), a resident of Udhampur district, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne militants from a close range when he had gone to the market to […]
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Jammu: More than 2,900 people, who transport pilgrims on ponies, pithus and palkis during the Amarnath Yatra, have registered for extension of services ahead of the annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine, officials said. The pilgrimage to the shrine located at a height of 3,880 metre in the south Kashmir Himalayas begins on July 1. […]