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Batch of over 3,700 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath shrine

Jammu: A fresh batch of over 3,700 pilgrims left Jammu on Monday for the twin base camps of the cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas amid tight security arrangements, officials said. So far, over 3 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the ice lingam of Lord Shiva at the 3,880-metre-high shrine since […]

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3.1 magnitude earthquake hits Kishtwar

Jammu: An earthquake hit Kishtwar district in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. There were no reports of any loss of life or damage to property, they said. The earthquake, with its epicentre near Kishtwar and a magnitude of 3.1, occurred at 1.36 am on Monday, the National Centre for Seismology said. The depth […]

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CDS emphasis on tri-services synergy

Delivers talk on Op Sindoor at Tamil Nadu’s Wellington New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Saturday delivered a talk on Operation Sindoor at a prestigious military institution and laid emphasis on the tri-services synergy demonstrated during the action by the Indian armed forces. He visited the Defence Services Staff College, Tamil […]

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SC’s five-judge bench to consider Prez reference on timeline for assent to state bills

Matter to be heard on July 22 New Delhi: A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to consider on July 22 the Presidential reference on whether timelines could be imposed by judicial orders for the exercise of discretion by the President while dealing with bills passed by state assemblies. According to the […]

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Separatist leader Bilal Lone says Hurriyat is ‘irrelevant’

‘Kashmiris must move on, find place for themselves within India’ Srinagar: Former separatist leader Bilal Gani Lone has held the Hurriyat Conference responsible for its own irrelevance, calling the separatist conglomerate “non-functional”, while also slamming Pakistan for creating a “mess” and “fissures” in Jammu and Kashmir. The comments of Lone mark a significant departure from […]

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Congress doing negative politics: Amit Shah

Dehradun/Rudrapur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused the Congress of doing negative politics at a time when Uttarakhand is progressing on the path of development and advised the opposition party to desist from the habit if it wished to survive. Shah listed the achievements of the BJP-led governments at the centre and in […]

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Handmade products exports from Kashmir cross Rs 300 Cr-mark in April-June quarter

Handmade products exports from Kashmir cross Rs 300 Cr-mark in April-June quarter

Srinagar: Exports of handmade products from Kashmir have crossed the Rs 300 crore mark in the first quarter of the current financial year, which is the highest for the period in the last four years, an official said on Saturday. “In a major fillip to Kashmir’s famed craft sector, hand-made products worth Rs 309.62 crore […]

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Police’s counter-intelligence wing detains 10 people in terror-linked case

Srinagar: The counter-intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police has detained 10 people for allegedly using encrypted messaging applications for coordinating, financing and executing terror activities on the instructions of handlers from Pakistan, officials on Saturday said. The detentions were carried out during searches conducted by the Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) at multiple locations in the […]

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Reports on AI plane crash premature; fully support AAIB probe: NTSB

New Delhi: he US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy has said the board will continue to support the AAIB’s investigation into the Air India plane crash, and that reports about the incident are premature and speculative. On June 12, Air India’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft en route from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick crashed […]

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Monsoon session of Parliament: INDIA bloc to raise Pahalgam attack, Trump’s claims on ‘ceasefire’ between India-Pakistan

Monsoon session of Parliament: INDIA bloc to raise Pahalgam attack, Trump’s claims on ‘ceasefire’ between India-Pakistan

New Delhi: INDIA bloc parties on Saturday resolved to raise during the Parliament’s Monsoon session the issues of Pahalgam attack terrorists not being brought to justice, US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims of brokering a ‘ceasefire’ between India and Pakistan and the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar that the opposition alleges “threatens […]