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New Delhi: The GST Council on Tuesday agreed to levy a 28 per cent tax on online gaming, casinos and horse racing and the tax would be levied on full face value. West Bengal finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said the Council has also approved the exemption of GST on import of cancer drug Dinutuximab, and […]
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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address the inaugural session of the G20 conference on crime and security to be held in Gurugram on July 13, according to an official document. The two-day ‘G20 Conference on Crime and Security in the Age of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Artificial Intelligence and Metaverse’ will bring together […]
Added on July 11, 2023
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Says street violence thing of the past
New Delhi: Defending the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, the Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the entire region of Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed an “unprecedented” era of peace, progress and prosperity, with street violence, orchestrated by terrorists and secessionist networks, becoming “a thing of the past.” Referring to the […]
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Jammu: An Army personnel was injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, officials said on Monday. The soldier suffered injuries when the landmine got activated after he accidentally stepped over it during patrolling in a forward village in Kerni sector late Sunday night, the officials said. They said […]
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Srinagar: The Congress should thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for fulfilling their promise by removing Article 370, which was a temporary provision of the Constitution, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday. He also said the Modi government brought grassroots democracy to Jammu and Kashmir “for the first time”. “When Syama Prasad Mookerjee suggested in […]
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Jammu: The Amarnath Yatra remained suspended from Jammu for the third consecutive day on Monday due to extensive damage caused to a section of the Jammu-Srinagar Highway in Ramban, officials said. More than 6,000 pilgrims are stranded in Jammu, particularly at the Bhagwatinagar base camp while over 5,000 are stranded at the Chanderkot base camp […]
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Ramban/Jammu: A 59-year-old Amarnath Yatra pilgrim from Madhya Pradesh died of suspected heart attack in Ramban district on Monday, officials said. Satish Suryavansham, a resident of Gwalior, complained of chest pain at Yatri Niwas Chanderkote and was attended by the doctors present there, the officials said. After first aid, the pilgrim was referred to district […]
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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah lauded two Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel on Monday for their “acts of honour and honesty” after they returned a bag containing Rs 80,000 in cash and other valuables to an Amarnath pilgrim, saying it was an “example of integrity”. “True heroism lies in our acts of honour […]
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Jammu: Four people who were trapped in a flash flood in Kathua district were rescued on Monday, officials said. Acting on the information, a team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) along with police launched a rescue operation in the Ravi river in Kathua and rescued them safely, they said. The four people were […]
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Doda/Jammu: An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 hit Doda district early Monday, the National Centre for Seismology said. The quake occurred at 5.38 am. There are no immediate reports of any damage, officials said. The epicentre was 10 km below the surface of the earth in Doda region. It occurred at latitude 33.15 degrees north and […]
